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  2. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...

  3. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called "Windows Classic" (not to be confused with the renamed "Windows Classic" variant of "Windows Standard" in Windows 7), was the default color scheme of Windows 98 (albeit with a dark blue desktop background instead of green, which was a change that was done with Windows 2000 during its ...

  4. Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, ... The default wallpaper, ...

  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. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows Default is replaced by Windows XP and Windows Classic. The previous wallpapers and tiles from Windows 95–98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 including the Plus! wallpaper were removed. The Channel Screen Saver and Plus!-themed screensavers were removed.

  7. Category:Screenshots of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Screenshots of Windows XP" The following 73 files are in this category, out of 73 total. 0–9. File:15395 cookies in 4 yr old roaming profile.PNG; A.

  8. 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.

  9. Category:Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs; Windows Imaging Component; Bundling of Microsoft Windows; Windows XP editions; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional x64 Edition; Windows XP visual styles