Windows Vista

Windows Vista is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2006. Its codename was Longhorn.

Wallpapers
Whereas Windows XP's wallpapers predominantly came from Corbis or Microsoft themselves, most of Vista's wallpapers are rights managed images from Getty Images, with a few coming from Corbis, Microsoft employees, amateur photographer Hamad Darwish and professional freelancer Michael Haber. They are mostly at 1920x1440, while the widescreen ones are at 1920x1200, which would become the resolution of wallpapers in later Windows versions.

Black and White

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Textures

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Paintings

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Vistas

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Light Auras

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Widescreen

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Starter
Starter has an entirely different set of wallpapers. They mostly come from Getty Images, with a few coming from Corbis and SuperStock. They are at 1024x768.

Nature

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Vistas

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Widescreen
These are 1600x1024 unlike the rest; prior to Release Candidate builds they were 1024x768.
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Sample Pictures
Vista had 15 sample pictures, compared to XP's 4. They mostly come from Getty Images and are a mixture of royalty free and rights managed. Like with Starter's wallpapers, they are at 1024x768.


 * Autumn Leaves
 * Creek
 * Desert Landscape
 * Dock
 * Forest Flowers
 * Forest
 * Frangipani Flowers
 * Garden
 * Green Sea Turtle
 * Humpback Whale
 * Oryx Antelope
 * Toco Toucan
 * Tree
 * Waterfall
 * Winter Leaves

User Account Pictures
They mostly come from Getty Images and are a mixture of royalty free and rights managed. They are at 128x128, compared to XP's 48x48.
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