Windows XP was the most blissful iteration of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system. That's an objective, empirical, placebo-controlled, peer-reviewed, double-blind fact. After all, it's ...

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.

Windows XP undoubtedly offered the best default wallpapers, as proven by the top three wallpapers all originating in the gloriously green and blue operating system. First up, Autumn.

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 ...

Remember This Windows XP Wallpaper? This Is How it Was Made (And No, it Wasn't Photoshopped) Probably the most famous computer wallpaper of all time finally gets its story told.

The Windows XP Wallpaper Hill Didn’t Catch Fire. By Madison Malone Kircher. Oct. 26, 2017. save d. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later ...

Back when Windows ruled the PC landscape, 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Windows 11 has added Windows Spotlight, a desktop background that changes daily ... Think about how a photo of a pastoral California hillside became the iconic “Bliss” backdrop of Windows XP, ...

An iconic shot of a bucolic paradise has turned into a very personal nightmare for Charles O’Lear, the man who captured the photo and sold it to Microsoft for Windows XP.