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  2. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    [10]: 4:40 After the rights to the photograph were bought by Microsoft, it was renamed Bliss and was chosen as the default wallpaper of the Luna visual style, [2] [26] the default graphical user interface of Windows XP. [27] The image was used extensively by Microsoft for promoting Windows XP and their $200 million advertising campaign. [2] [28]

  3. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    By default, "Luna" is preinstalled on Windows XP Home Edition and Professional, while "Royale" is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and "Embedded" is preinstalled on Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download ...

  4. MSSTYLES - Wikipedia

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    MSSTYLES is a Microsoft file format, that contains the bitmaps and metadata for the Windows XP skinning engine, first introduced in Windows Whistler Build 2250. [2] The engine, in its unmodified state, only fully applies .msstyles files that have been digitally signed by Microsoft, such as Luna or the Zune theme. The default Windows XP style is ...

  5. Charles O'Rear - Wikipedia

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    Charles O'Rear (born November 26, 1941) is an American photographer and author, known for photographing Bliss, the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and for being a National Geographic photographer from 1971 to 1995. O'Rear was born in Butler, Missouri, and developed an interest in photography at a young age.

  6. Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, based on Windows XP Professional, received security updates until April 2019. The final security update for Service Pack 3 was released on May 14, 2019. Unofficial methods were made available to apply the updates to other editions of Windows XP. Microsoft has discouraged this practice, citing compatibility issues ...

  7. Category:Screenshots of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... File:Microsoft Update in Windows XP.PNG; N. ... Windows XP Embedded.png; File:Windows XP ialmrnt5 display ...

  8. Windows XP editions - Wikipedia

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    In July 2006, Microsoft introduced a "thin-client" variant of Windows XP Embedded called Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, which targets older machines (as early as the original Pentium). It is only available to Software Assurance customers. It is intended for those who would like to upgrade to Windows XP to take advantage of its security ...

  9. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A computer screen showing a background wallpaper photo of the Palace of Versailles A wallpaper from fractal. A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device.