According to Instagram account Inside History, the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer Charles O’Rear. It was acquired by Microsoft some time between then and the 2001 ...

April 4, and part of the celebration includes new limited-edition wallpapers created by Microsoft designers and creators.

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable ... and then sold to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum (but it was apparently one of the highest ...

On its 50th anniversary, Microsoft has shared some fantastic wallpapers that very cleverly pay tribute to some of its famous ...

Microsoft is celebrating Windows 50 Year Anniversary! Download the new wallpapers in 4K both stock and video for Windows 50 ...

Microsoft purchased it in 2000. The picture known as "Bliss" soon became one of the most viewed photographs in the world when it was set as the default desktop background in Windows XP.

Who hasn’t been lost in reverie staring at the default Windows XP wallpaper, dreaming of Middle ... who captured the iconic photo and sold it to Microsoft. O’Lear took a one-time payment ...

Of course, Windows XP is a now long-dead OS. Microsoft ended support for the regular Home and Professional versions back in 2014, while the last version to die was one for embedded point-of-sale ...