Windows Welcome Music

The Windows Welcome Music, with the file name being "title.wma" and referred to as "Velkommen", is a Windows Media Audio file that plays during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) of Windows XP. It is a 101 BPM song, and while it originally ran for two minutes and forty seconds, the full track is over five minutes long.

Description
This track often goes unheard when installing Windows XP, as sound drivers are typically not installed during the OOBE. After installation, the file was found and deemed a "Windows XP Easter Egg," and could be located in. The file can no longer be located in newer versions of Windows operating systems.

The song originates from a 1996 application titled "Internet Starter Kit," released in 1996 for Windows 95. An edited version was included with the Home version of Windows 98 and was later repurposed as Windows XP's installation music. However, the creator of the song, Stan LePard, went uncredited.

For many years, the original composer was uncredited, as the true composer was initially unknown. Websites and forums questioning the creator of this song miscredited Brian Eno and Suzanne Ciani as the original composers, however, it was discovered that Stan LePard was the original composer of this track, as a version of it was discovered on his Soundcloud.