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  2. Windows DreamScene - Wikipedia

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    A newer version of DeskScapes (3.5) has since been released, which makes the program compatible with non-Ultimate editions of Vista as well as newer versions of Windows (7, 8, 10, 11). Wallpaper Engine is a chargeable software that replaces the desktop background with a wide selection of default and user made animated backgrounds. while also ...

  3. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss. Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hill and daytime sky with cirrus clouds. Charles O'Rear, a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, in January 1996 or 1998.

  4. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A computer screen showing a background wallpaper photo of the Palace of Versailles A wallpaper from fractal. A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device.

  5. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista. Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows.

  6. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, [ 1 ] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 8, 2006, where it was released to manufacturing. Windows Vista was then released generally to retail on January 30, 2007.

  7. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open[1][2]) is the design language introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface, with the introduction of a new visual style with an emphasis on animation, glass, and ...

  8. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Windows Vista —a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system —was available in six different product editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate. [1][2] On September 5, 2006, Microsoft announced the USD pricing for editions available through retail channels; [3] the operating system was ...

  9. History of the graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some constant core principles. Several vendors have created their own windowing systems based on independent code, but with basic elements in common that ...