# Who Wrote the Windows XP Welcome Music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881 "2009-01-18T19:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DWSIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DWSIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWSIII)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/21 "2009-11-12T18:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Which part are you referring to? The chorus I guess, pretty much the whole thing except for the breaks. You have to look past the electronic vs. rock element. You can mash the 2 together if you changes the tempos because the chords and key are identical. If you can’t hear it, maybe I’m dreamin - s ---
**Author:** ![realmojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@realmojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realmojo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/22 "2009-11-12T21:42:10Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > When you’ve set up as many PCs as me, you grow to hate that tune. The problem is that modern PCs don’t have volume knobs, so until you get into Windows proper and the appropriate drivers for the keyboard or volume buttons have loaded, you can’t turn the sound down. My solution was to cut off the plug from an old pair of headphones and insert it into the headphone/output jack on the PC I am setting up. That automatically mutes the internal speaker. ---
**Author:** ![apl3.14159](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@apl3.14159](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apl3.14159)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/23 "2011-05-23T04:19:40Z")
1.5 years later…still no answer to this question? I had to recover my Win XP box and heard the post-installation welcome music (title.wma) again. So I’m not alone in liking this song–nice to know. In other sites, someone claims Suzanne Ciani, but I can’t find any confirmed report or claim of credit on her web site. @DSWIII- found Blue Star Linoleum and love it! and the chord structure indeed is similar or even the same, but my guess is that there are enough differences. Perhaps no one is taking credit and wishes to remain anonymous? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/24 "2011-05-23T09:51:31Z")
FWIW, I think it sounds much more Moby-like than Eno-esque. ---
**Author:** ![beardguy45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@beardguy45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beardguy45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/25 "2017-01-01T16:26:16Z")
here is the answer: [http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/CaptainScarlet2005/dxsbcvbnvvc\_zpsznfn9ssq.png](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/CaptainScarlet2005/dxsbcvbnvvc_zpsznfn9ssq.png) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/26 "2017-01-02T16:31:36Z")
> [@beardguy45](#): > > here is the answer: > [http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/CaptainScarlet2005/dxsbcvbnvvc\_zpsznfn9ssq.png](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/CaptainScarlet2005/dxsbcvbnvvc_zpsznfn9ssq.png) Are you just teasing people? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/27 "2017-01-02T19:47:04Z")
Mods please don’t stake this zombie, which by rights is your SOP. Somebody come up with something intelligent to add, so a good thread doesn’t have of a padlock, which messes up having a centralized source of good sequential GQ responses and challenges. Somebody…? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/28 "2017-01-02T19:53:03Z")
OK! Found this, and it’s actually germane ;): [Famous electronic sounds.](http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds.htm) ETA: extend OP to iOS sound events. e.g., from the cite: _Orinoco Flow_ Yet another famous D-50 preset, this is a lovely sound that defines New Age pieces. Enya and her “Orinoco Flow” come to mind.[http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds/Orinoco%20Flow.mp3](http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds/Orinoco%20Flow.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881/29 "2017-01-02T21:01:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Cite? I don’t doubt you, I just wonder where you got the information. I could never find it. I’ve been trying to find where I saw it. I’m fairly sure it was in _PC Magazine_ or _Windows_ magazine. PC Magazine is well indexed in Google Books, but _Windows_ magazine is not archived. People have this idea that everything is on the web, but most information is not. And at this point, most of the references seem to go back to my post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-windows-xp-welcome-music/481881.md?page=1)