Microsoft released Windows 2000 for business users in early 2000 after preview builds circulated in 1999, and Windows ME arrived later that same year for home users with the identical startup chime. As those systems aged, the sound survived on nostalgia channels, retro computing forums and meme edits, often paired with a computer error sound for comic effect. Creators still reach for it when they need an instantly recognisable old PC moment, because few other clips mark outdated technology, patience and early internet culture quite so quickly in a few seconds.
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The startup chime from Windows 2000 and Windows ME, a short orchestral welcome played when the PC boots, now reused for retro tech and nostalgia edits.
This is the brief startup melody that played when a Windows 2000 computer finished loading, shared with Windows ME. It opens with a bright synthesized swell and settles into a calm, optimistic chord progression that lasts only a few seconds. The tone feels clean and corporate, a snapshot of late nineties computing when home PCs were becoming everyday objects. Hearing it instantly signals an old machine waking up, a system ready after a long wait, or a deliberate throwback. In videos it works as an audio time machine, turning any ordinary screen into a nostalgic boot sequence.
