Windows XP was the most blissful iteration of ... After all, it's arguably most famous for its signature "Bliss" wallpaper depicting a rolling green hill, deep blue sky and little fluffy clouds.

The Windows XP default wallpaper. Note the slightly more vibrant greens and blues. Bliss was purchased for for an undisclosed sum, and a non-disclosure agreement prevents Chuck from giving away ...

Charles ‘Chuck’ O'Rear photographed a field in California - an image that would become world-famous thanks to Microsoft ...

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. O'Rear took the photo on film with a ...

To some, Windows XP’s Start menu — a straightforward list of apps and functions — still remains the best ever. Ditto for the background wallpaper, Bliss. XP didn’t add that much ...

Who hasn’t been lost in reverie staring at the default Windows XP wallpaper, dreaming of Middle Earth or maybe a weekend in Cork County? Yet that shot of a bucolic paradise has turned into a ...