Microsoft removes the whiff of Vista from Windows 11 Insider Preview

Great news! Microsoft has finally squashed a Windows 11 Insider bug. No, it still hasn't "Made the Start Menu Great Again." No, you still can't drag the taskbar wherever you like. But yes, it simply kills the bug that played the Windows Vista boot chime on startup.

The bug was introduced in a Windows Insider Preview build of Microsoft's flagship operating system in June. Affected users found themselves on the receiving end of the Windows Vista startup sound – a noise usually followed by a deep sigh or groan as the follow-up to Windows XP lumbered onto users' screens almost two decades ago.

Microsoft acknowledged the bug as a known issue (it wasn't an Easter egg or something snuck in to remind users of one of the times the company dropped something a bit whiffy on their hard drives) and wrote: "This week’s flight comes with ...