PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Remember your PCs startup noise in the late ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft released the latest version of its desktop operating system, Windows 11, which comes with a host of features and changes for an improved user experience. One of these new ...

If you’ve been having flashbacks to 2007 while using your PC over the past few days, you’re not alone. Microsoft has mistakenly replaced Windows 11’s boot sound — in test versions of the OS — with the ...

It's easy to dismiss the startup sound for a games console as a fleeting irrelevance, but they're actually hugely important. Those few seconds tell you more about a console, and who it's for, than any ...

The startup sound associated with Windows has always been divisive, with some wanting to disable it, others feeling indifferent to it, and some enjoying it. And, of course, the sound is typically ...