Windows XP was an actively supported Microsoft product for 13 years, including five years where it was the newest version available and another three years where it was vastly more popular than its ...

When many people hear the word 'Windows wallpaper,' the first thing that comes to mind is 'Windows XP wallpaper with green hills against a blue sky.' It was a hot topic that Microsoft officially ...

For anyone using a computer in the early 2000s, an image is immediately recognizable - the bright blue sky of the Rolling Green Hills and Windows XP's default wallpaper, bliss. This cool landscape ...

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, taken by ...

Windows XP's 'Bliss', an iconic photograph, was clicked by Charles O'Rear and sold to Microsoft. (Image: @microsoft/Instagram) Windows XP's "Bliss" wallpaper is one of the most iconic images in the ...

Editor’s Note: PCWorld originally published this story in 2014. 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 ...