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 ...

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably ... called Bliss, taken by Charles "Chuck" O'Rear in 1996, and then sold to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum (but ...

Microsoft purchased it in 2000. 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.

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 ...