Popular hill in Windows XP wallpaper ‘Bliss’ may have survived California brush fire By: Alfred Bayle - @ABayleINQ INQUIRER.net / 06:53 PM October 26, 2017 Share: ...

The original Windows XP photo, named "Bliss," was shot in 1998 by National Geographic photographer Charles O'Rear, according to PC World.

The Bliss photo, side-by-side with the same location -- but after the season has ended As you may already know, Windows XP will finally be retired on April 8 2014 -- almost 13 years after it was ...

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

blissful Microsoft’s ugly sweater for 2023 is Windows XP’s iconic default wallpaper The world's most-recognizable default wallpaper is back, in sweater form.

“Bliss,” a shot of a grassy hill and a blue sky, was the default background for all machines running Windows XP, the operating system that Microsoft introduced in 2001 and stopped supporting ...

Turns out Windows XP's iconic default desktop wallpaper is actually a photo of a real life hill in the Bay Area. I went and found the hill, plus the amazing 79-year-old man who took the photo.

SEE MORE The latest ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft features the Windows XP “Bliss” desktop image. (Microsoft Photo) The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft.

This year’s Windows Ugly Sweater is inspired by the Windows XP default wallpaper—the photo of “Bliss” Hill in Sonoma, California, taken in 1996 by National Geographic photographer Charles ...