Do you miss the familiar green hills, blue skies, and white clouds of the Windows XP default background? It can be yours in sweater form for $70, but act fast.

A group of condo owners who have spent more than two years living with up-close funerals taking place outside their windows on the roof of a peculiar mausoleum in Rancho Palos Verdes have filed ...

It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP's activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted ...

A place for every generation At Horizon Hills, the tapestry of life, woven with threads of generational living, is a testament to the enduring bonds that unite families across time.

Like Windows XP itself, Microsoft's 'Bliss' image of rolling green hills has aged, and evolved. Here's its story— and what the real-world site looks like today.

A cemetery in Washington is now offering cremation spots under a putting green for the avid golfer. There's a sand trap that can also accommodate ashes. "The one unique thing about Sunset Hills is ...

One of these photos is the default background for Windows XP—a picture of a lush green hill and pleasant blue sky taken on what looks like a pleasant summer day.

More than 400 million copies of Windows XP were sold in its first five years, and the operating system wasn't retired until 2014, meaning more than a billion people have very likely seen O’Rear ...

Anyone who used a Windows computer remembers the iconic default wallpaper on XP: a hill with the greenest of grass, and a rich blue sky with a few clouds. In case you didn't know, it's a real ...

Charles O'Rear is the photographer behind Bliss, the Windows XP image that went on to grace millions of desktops around the world. He discusses the iconic photo and how it will live on as XP fades ...

The default Windows XP wallpaper containing rolling green hills, blue sky and fluffy white clouds may be more recognisable than the Mona Lisa, but it earned its photographer a pittance.

Do you miss the familiar green hills, blue skies, ... and white clouds of the Windows XP default background? It can be yours in sweater form for $70, but act fast. By Michael Kan . Nov 28, 2023.