Why Microsoft axed startup sound on Windows 8 & Windows 10



The beautiful history of sound on personal computers. A Microsoft employee explains why the company killed off its memorable startup sounds.

When you started using Microsoft Windows on your computer? Linux & MacOS are operating systems too. You might have heard a "Logon Sound" when you started your computer and signed into the desktop. Before launched Windows 8 & 10. 

We are heard the beautiful history of Microsoft logon sound. But still you started on PC with Windows 8 or Windows 10, the startup process was complete silent. We now know why this happen?

Jensen Harris, who worked with the Redmond company as the Windows User Experience (WUE) team's Director of Program Management, took to You tube to explain why the company killed the startup sound on Windows 8 & Windows 10, as spotted by Windows Central.

Harris begins explaining the real reason why Microsoft decided to remove the logon sound on the last updated Windows OS. We highly recommend watching the entire video. It's have a fascinating story. Harris also explains how sounds on computers evolved over time from the early Macs to the arrival of later Windows Versions.

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The company started to look at how people were using their computers. More peoples using Laptops in more than one location. "With mobility came different considerations" he explains, The company started planning for its Surface platform. The team started to port the OS to ARM based hardware.

Harris said that he realised that having a startup sound was "a really bad feature for a device". It's not good for private and intimate spaces at any time of day and night and even classroom, library and aeroplane at night. That's essentially how the startup sound was removed from the OS.

Harris team was considering adding it again. However, the Windows Fundamentals team that was tasked with optimising the OS bootup time needed to play the audio. So the sound was permanently axed in favour of faster startup speeds. 

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