Microsoft released Windows 2000 in February 2000 and Windows ME later that same year, and their startup and system chimes were heard daily in homes, schools and offices. As those machines were replaced, the sounds survived online in nostalgia compilations, retro tech videos and meme edits recreating old desktops. The same era gave users the familiar error sound and ding sound for alerts, which is why this chime still works as instant shorthand for early 2000s computing, loading delays and a computer coming back to life.
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The classic startup chime from Microsoft Windows ME and 2000, used in retro PC memes, nostalgia edits and fake computer error videos online today.
This clip captures the familiar chime associated with Windows ME and Windows 2000 around the turn of the millennium. It has that bright, clean electronic tone of early home computing, with a short melodic rise that instantly signals a system booting up and ready to use. Hearing it triggers instant nostalgia for dial up era desktops, chunky monitors and school computer labs. Creators use the sound as an immediate shorthand for an old PC waking up, thinking, or restarting, and viewers recognise the era before any image needs to explain it.
