And, according to my peepers, Windows has never had a better aesthetic combination than the blue taskbar, green Start button, and gentle rolling hills of the Windows XP default wallpaper.

If you miss the good old days of Windows XP, you'll appreciate this web-based project attempting to bring it back. Shared on the r/windows subreddit by user ducbao414, the project recreates the visual ...

I must have been around four-six years old, and while I don't remember the make or model of our home computer (it was beige-coloured), I do remember the iconic Windows XP wallpaper that's been ...

“And I always had a camera with me.” "Bliss" hill, located in Sonoma, Calif. off Hwy 12, is the subject of one of the world's most viewed photos: Windows XP's default desktop wallpaper.

As a matter of fact, O'Rear is a Mac user, so he hasn't seen much of Bliss's desktop background. In addition, Windows XP, which Bliss is displayed by default, has been decided to end support as of ...

However, the Windows XP wallpaper remains iconic even to this date and thanks to O’Rear, most of the PCs in the early 2000’s got to enjoy a ‘blissful’ desktop wallpaper. (source) ...

And if you miss out, the good news is that you can download a high-quality version of the Windows XP desktop wallpaper for desktop and mobile (unfortunately, though, the resolution tops out at ...

Once you've booted up, there's one more fundamental change that will make everything feel a bit more Windows 7 and a bit less XP or Vista – desktop wallpaper.

Turns out Windows XP's iconic default desktop wallpaper is actually a photo of a real life hill in the Bay Area. I went and found the hill, plus the amazing 79-year-old man who took the photo.

These wallpapers aren't old; they're retro. To be clear, I spent my formative years with Windows 98 (Second Edition, naturally) and later graduated to Windows XP for my MSN Messenger-addicted teens.