In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped ...

Windows XP was the most blissful iteration of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating ... After all, it's arguably most famous for its signature "Bliss" wallpaper depicting a rolling green hill, deep ...

At the time, Microsoft was ... by sleek modern wallpapers and high-definition screens, nothing quite compares to the simplicity and familiarity of Windows XP’s Bliss. It’s a reminder that ...

As Microsoft turns 50, let's delve into the evolution of Windows and how the operating system has matured over the years.

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary ... by art director Yulia Makhmudova in this Cascading Solitare wallpaper. Windows XP was one of the best operating systems around, and its colorful ...

On its 50th anniversary, Microsoft has shared some fantastic wallpapers that very cleverly pay tribute to some of its famous ...

Microsoft sold Windows 3.0 for $149 ... Ditto for the background wallpaper, Bliss. XP didn’t add that much: ClearType rendered fonts better on LCD displays, prefetching sped up boot times ...

Providing ubiquitous desktop software for decades, Microsoft has come in for jibes, mockery and even loathing even as it has ...

According to Instagram account Inside History, the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer Charles O’Rear. It was acquired by Microsoft some time between then and the 2001 ...

The famous Windows XP 'Bliss' wallpaper, captured in 1996 ... O’Rear, at the time, worked with Corbis, a digital licensing service owned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Seeing the potential of the ...

A fixture since the very first versions of Windows — if mercifully much rarer these days — the Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, is displayed when ... the idyllic desktop background now recalls ...