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Windows 95 is now considered culturally significant

Windows 95 startup sound added to National Recording Registry Library of Congress recognizes cultural, historical significance of iconic sound Microsoft's Minecraft music also included in NRR's 2025 ...
The Verge

The Windows 95 startup sound is now historic.

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...
Yahoo

Brian Eno’s Windows 95 start-up sound just got preserved forever in the US Library of Congress

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Windows Central

Microsoft teases Windows 11 with startup sound slo-fi remix

Microsoft released a slo-fi remix of Windows startup sounds from Windows 95, Windows XP, and Windows 7. The remix slows down the startup sounds to 4,000% reduced speed. The video is, oddly, exactly 11 ...
PC Gamer

The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings

Life Sim Stardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming Life Sim Stardew Valley's soundtrack is the game's unsung hero, and nails the surprisingly difficult task of making a cosy ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1995, Microsoft Debuted Windows 95, Complete With Music Composed by Brian Eno

How about a hefty dose of nostalgia? On this day in 1995, 30 years ago today, Microsoft released the operating system known as Windows 95. The company had released operating systems and various ...