Windows XP (W32)

Windows XP

Platform: Windows 32 Year: 2001 Developer: Microsoft Corporation Buy: Amazon

For the Windows platform page see, Windows.

Windows XP is the 5th major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The OS went through three major service packs. According to W3C, it was the most popular OS used on the Internet from 2003 to 2011. Its support ended on April 8, 2014.

Screenshots

The Windows XP boot up screen. The default Windows XP desktop. Using Media Player 9 to play the packaged music.

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Music

VGMPF Album Art

The Windows Welcome music (also known as the title music) plays on the final stage of installing - in the Out-of-box experience program. Many sources credit Brian Eno as the composer of this tune, however this information is false. It was in fact composed by Stan LePard, and it was previously used in Internet Starter Kit 3. Sadly, he passed away.

Bill Brown composed the tour score and default sound scheme, including famous Windows XP Startup and Shutdown sounds. Listening to the Tour 3 track you can easily recognize some XP sounds, such as Windows XP Error sound.

Also Microsoft ditched the long staple MIDI tune, Trip Through the Grand Canyon, for Windows XP and instead supplied three MIDI songs which are often attributed to XP, however they first appeared in Windows ME. The song Flourish is interesting as it is played in a 5/4 time signature, and it also was available as part of Microsoft DirectX package since version 9.0.

Recording

The recordings were made using various options. They are marked by following song prefixes:

1. Digital audio (WMA and MP3), simply encoded with oggenc.
2. MIDI music, recorded with Winamp's MIDI plugin v3.53 via the DirectMusic Microsoft Synthesizer.

#	Title	Filename	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
101	Windows Welcome Music	title.wma	Stan LePard	5:24		Download
102	Tour Intro	introLoop.mp3	Bill Brown	0:40		Download
103	Tour 1	loop1.mp3	Bill Brown	1:33		Download
104	Tour 2	loop2.mp3	Bill Brown	1:31		Download
105	Tour 3	loop3.mp3	Bill Brown	1:31		Download
106	Tour 5	loop5.mp3	Bill Brown	1:30		Download
107	Tour 6	loop6.mp3	Bill Brown	1:31		Download

#	Title	Filename	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
201	Flourish	flourish.mid	Nathan Grigg	1:27		Download
202	One Stop	onestop.mid	David Yackley	4:07		Download
203	Town	town.mid	Nathan Grigg	1:19		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru (MIDI), binarymaster (WAV, WMA, MP3)
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru (MIDI), binarymaster (WMA, MP3)
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Stan LePard
  • Not Credited Composer: Bill Brown
  • Music: Nathan Grigg
  • Music: David Yackley

(Source: MIDI meta tags.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

• The WMA file is located at C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images folder.
• The MP3 files are located at C:\Windows\Help\Tours\mmTour folder inside files tour.exe and segment5.swf, extracted with FFDec.
• The type-1 MIDI files are located in the C:\Windows\Media folder.
• This rip also includes the various WAV sound schemes and effects from the various inbox Windows XP programs.

Releases

World Title: Windows XP Platform: Windows 32 Released: 2001-08-24 Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP - Wikipedia
• soundcloud.com/stanlepard/1996-internet-starter-kit-velkommen-original-mix - Windows Welcome music by Stan LePard.
• soundcloud.com/billbrownmusic/sets/bill-brown-windows-xp-score - Windows XP Score by Bill Brown.