Microsoft introduced this hardware insert tone with Windows 8 in 2012 and kept it in Windows 8.1 in 2013 as part of the default system sound scheme. Every time a peripheral was detected, the operating system played the short rising ding sound effect instead of the older Windows 7 tones. Clips of the sound later circulated on soundboards and in editing packs, where its brevity and familiarity made it useful long after many users had moved to Windows 10 and 11.