Microsoft acquired the rights to Bliss in 2000, and from the company's widespread use of the photo as the official Windows XP wallpaper, it's speculated to be the most viewed photograph in history.

Download Windows XP Wallpapers. Windows Vista Now we're talking . After Windows XP, computers were evolving very quickly, and images were getting higher resolution, ...

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.

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 ...

Past ugly sweaters have included a Minesweeper motif, MS Paint, the Windows logo, and the immortal Clippy. Microsoft's ugly sweater site also has wallpapers and a few other retro Easter eggs for ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...