Most Iconic Windows Desktop Image

[NoDak]

original image and image 13 years later : notice the trees have grown since then.
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article : RIP Windows XP: The story behind ?Bliss,? the most iconic wallpaper of all time | ExtremeTech

 

[bofa]

Speaking of desktop images and XP... we used to prank each other a lot when I was consulting, especially if someone left their computer unlocked and went to lunch or something, which was a big no-no.

We would print screen their desktop and make the image their desktop background. Then hide all icons and the start bar and windows tray. When they come back, watch them ferociously try to click different icons and their start bar to no avail.

Ah, the good ol' days...

 

[SV_Dude]

I have done the print screen trick a few times. It's also fun to rearrange the keys on someone's keyboard when they don't know how to type. Or on military computers you have to use your ID card to log onto the computers. The sensor is a little micro chip in the ID card that the computer would read. If someone left their ID card laying around we would put a clear piece of tape over it and they wouldn't figure it out for a while on why they cannot log into the computer. The tricks go on and on in the military though.

 

[Chuckles89]

It's sad to see XP go, but i have Windows 7 with a highly modified UI to replace it :becky:

I havan't even used my XP machine since I bought my Core 2 Quad in August 2013 :keyboard:

 

[MtnT4R]

This reminds me of a damn funny video some IT guy made a few years ago:

 

[White 4x4runner]

F*uck bill gates for using this. It was taken in Sonoma ca. I've seen exactly where... The guy that took it didn't get a dime for it!

 

[NoDak]

F*uck bill gates for using this. It was taken in Sonoma ca. I've seen exactly where... The guy that took it didn't get a dime for it!

take it you didn't read the link I had below the pic.

 

[White 4x4runner]

take it you didn't read the link I had below the pic.

Didn't see the link my iPad was at 1 percent