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  2. Bliss (image) - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft. Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California. Charles O'Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought ...

  3. Charles O'Rear - Wikipedia

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    Charles O'Rear (born November 26, 1941) is an American photographer. His image Bliss is the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times; worked for National Geographic magazine; and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project.

  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, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users, and is available for any devices running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me that meet ...

  5. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    Luna, silver. "Luna" ( the Moon in Latin and various other languages) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Officially known as "Windows XP style", it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver. [6] [8] Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a " Fisher-Price interface ...

  6. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The term "wallpaper" was used in Microsoft Windows before Windows XP (In Windows XP and later, it is called the "desktop background"). Meanwhile, macOS refers to it as "desktop picture". On older systems that allowed small repeated patterns to be set as background images, the term desktop pattern was used.

  7. OS-tan - Wikipedia

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    Windows XP Home. Windows XP Home-Tan is the twin sister of Windows XP Professional-Tan. She has a green ponytail with a metallic XP ornament on both sides, a green tracksuit, and glasses. She is a fujoshi that reads and writes yaoi comics. Windows Me. Windows Me-tan is the picture of a clumsy girl and tries her best in everything, but as a ...

  8. List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products - Wikipedia

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    Windows "The Windows Team" Easter egg in Windows 1.0x. Microsoft Bear appearance in an Easter egg Windows 95 credits Easter egg Windows 98 credits Easter egg Candy Cane texture in Windows XP. Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 all include an Easter egg, which features a window that shows a list of people who worked on the software along with a "Congrats ...

  9. Windows XP editions - Wikipedia

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    Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 ("Harmony", September 2003) Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrades earlier versions of MCE to this one. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 ("Symphony", October 2004) is the first edition of MCE available to non-Tier 1 system builders. Among other things it includes support for Media Center Extenders, and CD ...