Windows Throwback theme is a wave of nostalgia for your PC

Microsoft continues their nostalgia wave with a new Windows Throwback theme. The theme includes nine wallpapers inspired by PCs in the 1980s. In improver to the wallpapers, the theme includes Windows sounds that will bring anyone back decades.

Microsoft is riding the nostalgia wave this month. In addition to this new theme, Windows one.11 has shown up in the Microsoft Shop. It is a game based around Windows i and Stranger Things. Microsoft teased the release of the game all last week. The popular show'due south third season is based in 1985, the same year that Windows 1 came out.

You can download the Windows Throwback theme for complimentary from the Microsoft Store. In one case it's installed, you can click apply and customize it further inside the Settings app.

Nostalgia trip

Windows Throwback Theme

Take a trip back to the '80s with Microsoft'south latest Windows ten theme, which is filled with retro wallpapers and sounds.

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