Windows XP

Windows XP, codenamed Whistler is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2001. It has a memorable set of wallpapers, sample pictures and user account pictures, including the iconic Bliss, one of the most viewed photos on Earth due to it being the default wallpaper and XP's popularity. Also notable are Red moon desert, taken by Bliss' Charles O'Rear, Autumn, which was featured in a Vanity Fair article and the branding wallpaper.

Wallpapers
The wallpapers were primarily licensed from Corbis and were a mix of royalty free and rights managed. However, some of them were most likely created by Microsoft themselves, due to their original filenames (hidden in the metadata) not appearing to be stock photo IDs. They are at a rather low resolution of 800x600, which would quickly become outdated not long after XP was released.


 * Ascent
 * Autumn
 * Azul
 * Bliss (default)
 * Crystal
 * Follow
 * Friend
 * Home
 * Moon flower
 * Peace
 * Power
 * Purple flower
 * Radiance
 * Red moon desert
 * Ripple
 * Stonehenge
 * Tulips
 * Vortec space
 * Wind
 * Windows XP

Media Center Edition-exclusive
As Media Center Edition came with many features of Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP, its wallpapers were also included albeit with proper names. Most of these appear to have been taken from Getty Images, although some were presumably taken down so long ago their origins are unclear.


 * Aquarium
 * DaVinci
 * Ocean
 * Space
 * Spring
 * StarTracks
 * Stream
 * Windows Energy Bliss

Starter Edition
Each localized version of Starter Edition has around three to six wallpapers. Most of them come from Corbis and Getty Images and are rights managed, with a few being royalty free. They are all 800x600 and are in .bmp format instead of .jpg.

[todo - there's quite a lot of these]

Sample Pictures
All four were royalty free Corbis images, three of which were available from royalty free CDs, with the other one seemingly being online only. Like with the wallpapers, they are 800x600.


 * Blue hills
 * Sunset
 * Water lilies
 * Winter

Media Center Edition-exclusive
Media Center Edition added five new images, which were also royalty free Corbis images. Like a few Windows 7 Beta sample pictures, these retain the aspect ratios of the original images (usually around 3:2), and all have a horizontal resolution of 1280.


 * At the Arch
 * Big Wave
 * Fish
 * Freestyle
 * Overlooking Rio

User Account Pictures
A mix of royalty free Corbis images and PhotoDisc images, including one rights managed Corbis image. They are at 48x48.


 * airplane
 * astronaut
 * ball
 * beach
 * butterfly
 * car
 * cat
 * chess
 * dirt bike
 * dog
 * drip
 * duck
 * fish
 * frog
 * guest
 * guitar
 * horses
 * kick
 * lift-off
 * palm tree
 * pink flower
 * red flower
 * skater
 * snowflake