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2. Windows DreamScene - Wikipedia

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   Windows Dreamscene at the Wayback Machine (archived 10/18/2009) Windows DreamScene is a utility that allows videos of the .wmv and .mpg format and other optimized animations to be used as desktop wallpapers. It is one of the many Windows Ultimate Extras offered for Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. [1]

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. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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   Windows Aero. A distinctive feature of Windows Aero showing "glass-like" window borders on Windows 7. 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 ...

5. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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   An animated wallpaper using Wallpaper Engine on Windows 10. Animated backgrounds (sometimes referred to as live backgrounds or dynamic backgrounds) refers to wallpapers which feature a moving image or a 2D / 3D scene as an operating system background rather than a static image, it may also refer to wallpapers being cycled in a playlist, often with certain transition effects.

6. Windows Desktop Gadgets - Wikipedia

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   Live Tiles in Windows 8. Type. Desktop widget engine. Windows Desktop Gadgets (called Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista) is a discontinued widget engine for Microsoft Gadgets. Desktop Gadgets have been replaced by Windows 10 Taskbar Widgets. It was introduced with Windows Vista, in which it features a sidebar anchored to the side of the desktop.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Microsoft PowerToys - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft PowerToys is a set of freeware system utilities designed for power users developed by Microsoft for use on the Windows operating system. These programs add or change features to maximize productivity or add more customization. PowerToys are available for Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 10 and Windows 11. [3]