Windows XP shipped with a version measuring just 800 by 600 pixels. Anywho, Inside History has a series of follow up images taken from the same vantage point in 2006, 2020, 2024 and 2025.

The immortal Windows XP wallpaper is now an ‘ugly’ sweater. The ugliest (?) sweater of them all. By Michael Crider. Staff Writer, PCWorld Nov 29, 2023 7:03 am PST. Image: Microsoft.

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 ...

The wallpaper, probably one of the most viewed images of all time, is One of the most famous wallpaper images is undoubtedly the default Windows XP image showing a blissfully relaxing vista of ...