This year, 2021, marks the 20th anniversary of Charles O’Rear’s iconic photo in 1996, which became the basis of the Windows XP desktop wallpaper. Microsoft first published Windows XP on Oct ...

allowing for third-party themes and lots of customizability. Microsoft was developing Windows XP during an era when there was fierce competition with Apple over desktop operating systems.

The company’s latest beta of WindowBlinds 11 allows you to make Windows 11 look and feel like Windows XP. WindowBlinds ... and more using desktop interface themes called skins, according to ...

The photographer of the famous Windows XP desktop background landscape ... and the repeated emphasis towards nature continues the theme in the previous desktop background. Interestingly, though ...