In Windows Vista, Boot.ini is gone. ... Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson, and I explain the process in detail in Chapter 2 of Windows Vista Inside Out; here's the short version.

Microsoft is getting ready to release its new Windows Vista operating system. The system will come with a new start-up sound, the morning greeting for millions of workers every day.

Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate Writing for eWeek, David Morgenstern explores the surprisingly complex thinking that went into Microsoft's new "sound experience" in Windows ...

Windows Vista through Windows 8 use boot configuration data, or BCD, to manage the boot process on a PC and control which options appear in Windows Boot Manager.

Microsoft has mistakenly replaced its Windows 11 boot sound with the chime from Vista. It’s a bug that will be fixed in the latest preview builds of the OS.