And, according to my peepers, Windows has never had a better aesthetic combination than the blue taskbar, green Start button, and gentle rolling hills of the Windows XP default wallpaper.

Apply the Windows XP Wallpaper One of the main highlights of Windows XP was the Bliss wallpaper, which featured a grassy hill and a deep blue sky with a few scattered clouds. You can get that ...

August 28, 2011 - 4:14 pm 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 73-year-old photog is the man behind the tranquil image of a rolling hill and bright blue sky that served as the default background for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system.

While many other hills and vineyards nearby in Sonoma County were impacted, the Windows XP hill is fine. Here’s a look at California’s fire map, via Google.

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss ...

Windows XP was an actively supported Microsoft product for 13 years, including five years where it was the newest version available and another three years where it was vastly more popular than ...

Mar 31, 2014, 4:11 PM PT Marcin Wichary by permission If you've ever used a Windows XP computer, you'll recognize the default wallpaper. It's a blue sky with a few clouds on it. A rolling green hill.

Charles O’Rear’s famous “Bliss” photo, shot near his home in California’s Napa Valley, became famous as the wallpaper of Microsoft’s Windows XP.

While Lively Wallpaper isn’t the only live wallpaper app for Windows, it’s the best free option I’ve found, and it has one especially neat trick: You can turn any website into a live desktop ...