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The default wallpaper is SE_neutral_wallpaper, which is completely unrelated to the default wallpaper used in most other editions.

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The practice of having regional wallpapers would be used again by Microsoft for Windows 7, where 20 countries received two themes (built-in and downloadable) consisting of six wallpapers each. Unlike these two editions, however, Windows XP Starter Edition includes wallpapers in the Bitmap (.bmp) file format instead of the JPEG (.jpg) file format.

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Similar to the Home and Professional editions of Windows XP, these wallpapers have a resolution of 800圆00 (with the exception of one being 801圆00, likely by accident).

Most of them come from Corbis and Getty Images and use a rights managed license, with a few being royalty free. Each localized version of Starter Edition has around three to six wallpapers depicting national landmarks, and does not include the standard wallpaper set. Starter Edition was only released in developing countries such as Latin American countries, Russia and Turkey. Unknown (credited on Getty to InterNetwork Media) Unknown (based on Charles O'Rear's Bliss)ĭefault wallpaper of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Unlike with XP's wallpapers, these appear to have went under noticeable edits. Most of these wallpapers appear to have been taken from Getty Images, although some were presumably taken down many years ago, leaving their origins unclear. Logo varies depending on edition Home Edition has a different background colorĪs Media Center Edition came with many features of Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP, its wallpapers were also included alongside the standard set, albeit with new names that reference what is depicted in the wallpaper. Known as Follow me during builds 2419 to 2463ĭefault wallpaper during builds 2423 to 2463 These were reused from 2000, which were in turn reused from Windows NT 4.0, so they are not listed here.ĭefault wallpaper, also used as the branding image to represent Windows XP in general XP also includes tile wallpapers in BMP format. Downloadable wallpapers would later be provided in higher resolutions, while Windows Vista onwards features wallpapers at 1920x14x1200. Like with Windows 2000, the wallpapers are at a rather low resolution of 800圆00, which became rather outdated not long after XP was released, due to screen resolutions progressively increasing. With the exception of Vortec space, the non-photographic wallpapers were created by various contractors that worked internally at Microsoft, according to Raiz through email correspondence.

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The wallpapers were primarily licensed from Corbis and used a mix of royalty free and rights managed licenses, while Bliss was fully acquired from Corbis and Charles O'Rear so that no company would ever use it again.

1.3 Embedded Standard and POSReady 2009Īccording to Windows XP's program manager Gregory Raiz, the wallpapers of XP were selected "to evoke natural themes of hills, trees & sand", as Microsoft aimed for XP to look and feel more human than previous versions.

It would be followed by Windows Vista in 2006, after years of development. Also notable are Red moon desert, taken by Bliss' Charles O'Rear, Autumn, which was the subject of a Vanity Fair article and the branding wallpaper. Its default wallpaper is Bliss, one of the most viewed photos on Earth as a result of XP's popularity. It includes a set of wallpapers, and for the first time, sample pictures and user account pictures too. It is the successor to Windows 2000 and Me, being the first version of Windows NT intended for both businesses and home users. Windows XP, codenamed Whistler, is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2001. For pre-release wallpapers and pictures, see Whistler.