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 ...

Windows XP was the most blissful iteration of ... After all, it's arguably most famous for its signature "Bliss" wallpaper depicting a rolling green hill, deep blue sky and little fluffy clouds.

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped ...

As Microsoft turns 50, let's delve into the evolution of Windows and how the operating system has matured over the years.

Windows XP shipped with a version measuring just 800 by 600 pixels. Anywho, Inside History has a series of follow up images taken from the same vantage point in 2006, 2020, 2024 and 2025.

The famous Windows XP 'Bliss' wallpaper, captured in 1996, has seen notable changes over the years. Originally a vibrant green landscape, recent images from 2025 show faded grass and increased tree ...

To some, Windows XP’s Start menu — a straightforward list of apps and functions — still remains the best ever. Ditto for the background wallpaper, Bliss. XP didn’t add that much ...

The famous Windows XP wallpaper, "Bliss," captured in 1996, looks drastically different today—here’s how the iconic landscape has changed over time. Windows XP’s ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, captured in 1996, ...

This iconic photograph, known as “Bliss," was the default wallpaper for Microsoft’s Windows XP, an operating system that defined an era of computing. But where was this picture taken, and how does the ...

Providing ubiquitous desktop software for decades, Microsoft has come in for jibes, mockery and even loathing even as it has ...

In a breath of fresh air from previous versions of Windows, users booting up the 2001 “XP” edition were presented ... the idyllic desktop background now recalls a simpler time of after-school ...