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  2. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California. Charles O'Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought the rights ...

  3. Winlogon - Wikipedia

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    Classic "Begin logon" dialog box on Windows XP Windows 11 lock screen, requiring user to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.. Winlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, creates the desktops for the window station, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is ...

  4. List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products - Wikipedia

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    The file metadata calls it "Windows Welcome Music By Microsoft". This is the background music played during the initial configuration wizard used to perform tasks such as setting up user accounts the first time that a new installation of Windows XP is used. In Windows Server 2003 and some builds of Longhorn, title.wma is instead replaced by the ...

  5. Windows 11 review: Microsoft’s most pleasant OS—until it isn't

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    It's also hard to ignore the story behind the new OS, which makes Windows 11 feel more like a way for Microsoft to save face after an embarrassing failure. In the fall of 2019, the company ...

  6. The quest for Autumn: Windows XP's elusive backdrop - Engadget

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    Although Autumn may not be most people's default background in Windows XP, it's still well regarded, and for one Vanity Fair writer, it sparked a worldwide quest to find its origin. Expecting the ...

  7. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Preview builds of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server (available from the Windows Insider program) feature a dark green background instead of a blue one. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 22 ] Windows 3.1, 95, and 98 supports customizing the color of the screen, [ 26 ] whereas in the Windows NT family , the color is hard-coded.

  8. Microsoft updates Bing Desktop app for Windows XP and higher

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    Previously only enjoyed by Windows 7 users, Microsoft has updated its Bing Desktop app to play nice with all modern versions of Windows going all the way back to XP. The OS' latest iteration ...

  9. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Some of the sounds from Windows 2000 are The Microsoft Sound, Windows Logoff Sound and Windows Logon Sound are removed but the sounds in Media folder are stored. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties. The option to select a Pattern under the Background (9x/NT)/ Desktop (XP) tab of ...