To mark the end of the Windows XP era —Windows stopped offering support for it on April 8 — Microsoft made a video about O’Rear and his famous snapshot. Charles (Chuck) O’Rear, a former ...

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 ...

The photographer of the famous Windows XP desktop background landscape picture didn't anticipate it becoming one of the most iconic Windows images of all time. This realization inspired me to look ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Like every other version of Windows, Microsoft has created a ...

Many viewers thought the image was computer-generated when it debuted in 2001 as wallpaper for Microsoft’s XP operating ... O’Rear says that after the photo became famous a U.S. Agriculture employee ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The default Windows XP wallpaper containing rolling green hills, blue sky and fluffy white clouds may be more recognisable than the ...

Even if you’ve used other operating systems for your whole life, you’re bound to have encountered Microsoft‘s “Bliss” wallpaper ... end of support for the Windows XP platform, Microsoft ...

Everyone has seen the Windows XP desktop image called Bliss. It’s been ubiquitous for 13 years. And you’ve probably always thought that the serene hillside is kind of corny and probably fake.

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The famous photo by former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear has inspired a new trend on social media. The iconic Microsoft wallpaper of a green hill and blue sky dotted with ...

It also introduced a number of new static wallpapers designed to highlight the new centered interfaces, the most famous of which is the default Windows 11 wallpaper known as "Bloom." In additional ...

Charles O’Rear, the photographer behind the iconic Windows XP ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, has expressed mixed feelings ... O’Rear captured the now-famous scene with his Mamiya RZ67 camera and Fuji Velvia film.