Microsoft introduced this startup sound with Windows XP in 2001, and it played every time the operating system finished loading on millions of home and school computers. As XP became one of the most widely used versions of Windows, the short melody became familiar far beyond tech circles. Years after support ended, it lived on in nostalgia videos, retro computing content and meme edits that use old technology as a punchline. Its continued popularity comes from instant recognition: a few seconds are enough to place viewers back in the early 2000s.
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The iconic Windows XP startup sound that played as the computer booted up. Creators use it for nostalgic retro tech edits and old Windows jokes.
This is the short, bright startup melody that greeted Windows XP users when their computer finished booting. It opens with a soft, rising synth phrase, then settles into a warm, optimistic chord that feels clean and unmistakably early-2000s. The sound is instantly recognisable even to people who never owned an XP machine, because it became shorthand for an era of chunky monitors, dial-up patience and desktop computers humming to life. Hearing it today triggers a wave of nostalgia, turning an ordinary edit into a flashback to school computer labs, family PCs and simpler technology.
