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Trivia:
−The Windows 3.0 MME startup and shutdown sounds were introduced before the system was released.
−The Windows 3.1x wordmark was originally used for the Windows 3.0 logo and the system's products (released 2 years prior to its successor).
−The Windows 3.1x/NT 3.xx logo had made its first appearance as a compatibility mark on Microsoft's product packages and on the incremental beta release of Windows 3.1 in 1991.
−The Windows 3.1/NT 3.xx startup and shutdown sounds were introduced 4 months before 3.1 was released.
−The Windows 3.1/NT 3.xx startup sound was also used on the prototype versions of Windows 95 (up to build 444) and on the Beta 1 builds of Windows NT 4.0.
−The Windows 3.1x/NT 3.xx shutdown sound was also used on the earliest prototype builds of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
−The Windows 95 startup sound was introduced 4 months before the system was released.
−The Windows 95 startup and shutdown sounds were also used on the prototype versions of Windows 98 (up to Beta 2).
−The Windows NT 4.0 startup and shutdown sounds were introduced 4 months before the system was released.
−The Windows NT 4.0 startup sound was also used on the earliest prototype builds of Windows 2000.
−The Windows NT 4.0 shutdown sound was also used on the first 2 betas of Windows 2000.
−The Windows 98 startup sound was introduced 5 months before the system was released.
−The Windows 98 shutdown sound was introduced 4 months before the system was released.
−The Windows 98 startup and shutdown sounds were also used on the prototype versions of Windows ME (up to build 2470).
−The Windows 2000/ME startup and shutdown sounds were introduced 10 months before the former system was released and were also used on the prototype versions of Windows XP (up to build 2486).
−The Windows XP startup and shutdown sounds were introduced 4 months before the system was released.
−The Windows XP startup sound was also used on the builds 3683 through 5840 of Windows Vista.
−The Windows XP shutdown sound was also used on the builds 3683 through 5466 of Windows Vista.
−The Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 startup and shutdown sounds were introduced 3 months before Vista was released.
−The Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 startup sound was also used on the earliest prototype builds of Windows 11 and accidentally revived on the system itself for a brief period.
−The Windows 11 startup sound was introduced 4 months before the system was released.
−The Windows logos from 3.1x to 7 are the earliest concepts of the current Microsoft logo (hence the colors).
−Newer versions from 8 onwards have no shutdown sound, except on the builds 7652 through 8191 of Windows 8. The sound is the same as the Vista/7 one and it can still be found on the media folder.

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