Windows 7 was released by Microsoft in 2009 and its startup sound became one of the most recognised computer sounds of the following decade. As the operating system remained on school, office and home PCs for years, edited boot failure versions began circulating in meme videos and soundboards. The joke works because almost everyone has waited for that chime and a working desktop, so hearing it fall apart sums up years of slow laptops, failed updates and sudden crashes in just over two seconds.