and gentle rolling hills of the Windows XP default wallpaper. Granted, that might just be nostalgia for a time when I didn’t have a mortgage and sciatica. But if you’re in the same camp ...

Windows XP was an actively supported Microsoft product ... pre-Android world—helped make its default wallpaper one of the most recognizable images on the planet. Microsoft is returning to ...

The recreation of the iconic Windows XP wallpaper in Minecraft was well-received by thousands of people on the official Reddit page. The post went viral, garnering over 12K upvotes and over a ...

Indeed, it still is. According to Instagram account Inside History, the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer Charles O’Rear. It was acquired by Microsoft some time ...

Vanity Fair columnist Nick Tosches discovered a Windows XP wallpaper titled "Autumn," inspiring him to escape his monotonous ...

The 73-year-old photog is the man behind the tranquil image of a rolling hill and bright blue sky that served as the default background for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system. To mark the ...

a bright picture of a grassy field underneath a rich blue sky greeted millions of users when they turned on their Windows XP-powered PCs. Whether you quickly changed that wallpaper to something ...

It’s, however, not true that Bliss Hill — the lush, green hill best known as Windows XP’s default wallpaper — was among the areas affected. (Bliss Hill isn’t technically the hill’s ...

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss ...

One of the most famous wallpaper images is undoubtedly the default Windows XP image showing a blissfully relaxing vista of green rolling hills and a bluer than blue sky. The wallpaper, probably ...

Besides elements like new interface and features, another aspect, although small, also receives a lot of attention on Windows ...