The Story behind the Famous Windows XP Desktop Background
WEBJul 3, 2017 · Microsoft has an insect infestation to thank for its classic Windows XP desktop background—an image that has graced at least a billion computer screens since the system’s 2001 launch. Napa Valley spent most of the 1990s trying desperately to curb the spread of phylloxera, a microscopic pest that was devastating its grapes.
Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia
WEBBliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California.
A Brief History of Windows Desktop Backgrounds - How-To Geek
WEBJun 13, 2024 · In the Microsoft Ignite keynote on October 12, 2022, Microsoft briefly showed us an image of Microsoft Teams running on a Windows 11 desktop, though it did have a floating taskbar, a floating search box, system icons displayed in the top-right corner, and the weather in the top-left corner.
Here's the story of Windows XP's Bliss desktop theme | PCWorld
WEBOct 25, 2021 · This year, 2021, marks the 20th anniversary of Charles O’Rear’s iconic photo in 1996, which became the basis of the Windows XP desktop wallpaper. Microsoft first published Windows XP on Oct....
How the rolling hills of 'Bliss' changed desktop backgrounds forever
WEBApr 1, 2014 · As Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows XP on April 8, one part of the operating system will never die: the iconic photograph of green hills known as Bliss.
It's Bliss: behind the iconic Windows XP photo - CNET
WEBMar 31, 2014 · Bliss, meanwhile, has gone on to become one of the world's most iconic photographs, chosen as the default wallpaper of Microsoft's operating system.
The History Behind Microsoft XP’s “Bliss” Background
WEBApr 18, 2014 · The History Behind Microsoft XP’s “Bliss” Background. This month marked the end of an era when Microsoft officially ended support for one of the most popular operating systems of all time. A casualty of this undertaking was Bliss, the default wallpaper of Windows XP.
RIP Windows XP: The story behind 'Bliss,' the most iconic …
WEBApr 1, 2014 · What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss, taken by Charles 'Chuck' O'Rear in 1996, and then sold to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum (but it was apparently one of...
Visiting the location of the famous Windows XP wallpaper
WEBApr 9, 2021 · Dubbed as the most famous photo ever taken — or at least the most recognizable — “Bliss” is better known as the wallpaper of Microsoft’s Windows XP in the early 2000s. Since estimates say that billions of people have seen it, “Bliss” is also widely touted as the photo that garnered the most eyeballs in history.
The Story Behind the Windows XP ‘Bliss’ Wallpaper, the Most …
WEBAug 6, 2022 · Former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought the rights in 2000. It is estimated that billions of people have seen the picture, possibly making it the most viewed photograph in history.
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