I prefer the Windows Vista Startup sound. It was designed in accordance with Windows AERO principles; the sound itself, among other niceties "has two parallel melodies played in an intentional 'Win-dows Vis-ta' rhythm".
Before Windows Vista was released to manufacturing there were discussions about this Startup sound being mandatory like the startup sound of the Xbox 360. (This did not happen.)
(I recall and appreciate that it is Windows Vista that first allowed users to disable only Windows sounds from the Volume Mixer.)
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