Download Windows XP 4K wallpaper (Bliss updated) to celebrate 23rd birthday

Did you know that Microsoft has a new Windows XP Bliss wallpaper updated in 4K quality to meet today’s standards? While writing a post on Windows XP’s 23rd birthday yesterday on X, I was reminded that Microsoft recently re-released the wallpaper in 4K. I will upload the wallpaper again and talk about it in this article.

If you’re like me, you probably like to change your desktop background frequently, which is why I configured Windows Spotlight for my desktop, but there are times when we want to try something a little more nostalgic and what could be more nostalgic than a Bliss wallpaper?

The Windows XP Bliss wallpaper has been updated with improved colors. There is still a bright green hill under a clear blue sky with a few white clouds. It’s now also in 4K. The grass looks soft and the scene is calm and sunny, but the saturation is slightly off, so we also include another version that is more similar to the original XP wallpaper.

The first version is the official edition republished by Microsoft Design and the second is the unofficial modified version of the wallpaper with more accurate saturation.

The original Bliss wallpaper is still easily available on any website (a Bing search will help you find it). The original Bliss wallpaper from Windows XP has a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.

Microsoft also released a higher quality version of the “Bliss” image with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, but that’s not enough for today’s modern screens, so we’re including the 4K edition.

Let me know which one you like best in the comments below!

Happy birthday, Windows XP!

Windows XP is now 23 years old.

It was released on October 25, 2001 and turned 23 on October 25, 2024.

Unlike Microsoft’s modern operating systems (8, 10 or 11), which initially met with negative reviews, Windows XP was largely viewed as a good operating system, barring skepticism over increased hardware requirements.

After users switched to Windows XP, it quickly became the most popular operating system and people praised the operating system for its fast performance, user-friendly interface and better compatibility. We still love and celebrate Windows XP and the Bliss wallpaper might still be the most viewed digital image.

Out of curiosity, I also installed Windows XP in one of my virtual machines to see what still worked and what didn’t. MSN Messenger is offline, classic games like Solitaire work just fine and

Windows Media Player also works, but most websites in Internet Explorer no longer work.

In our tests, Windows Latest found that only Google.com loaded in Internet Explorer under Windows XP.

Other websites like Microsoft.com, Bing.com, Copilot.microsoft.com, etc. refuse to load in Internet Explorer, which is not surprising.

It’s quite interesting to see that Google Search still works in Internet Explorer as Google has kept the old/classic version of search that appears when you access Google.com from an outdated browser.

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP in 2014 and it is hardly used anymore worldwide. However, a few thousand people and small businesses may still be using the operating system.