Windows 3.0 was followed by Windows 3.1 and 3.5, which included a ton of new wallpapers. Most of these were designed with the idea that they would be set as a tiled background, and some of them do ...

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.

Microsoft is back with a new Windows Ugly Sweater, and this year it features the iconic Windows XP wallpaper, Bliss! Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Windows Central. Search.

An iconic shot of a bucolic paradise has turned into a very personal nightmare for Charles O’Lear, the man who captured the photo and sold it to Microsoft for Windows XP.

Past ugly sweaters have included a Minesweeper motif, MS Paint, the Windows logo, and the immortal Clippy. Microsoft's ugly sweater site also has wallpapers and a few other retro Easter eggs for ...