Windows 2000

Windows 2000
Year of release	1999
Included image types	Wallpapers One sample picture
Agencies used	PhotoDisc Corbis
Preceded by	Windows NT 4.0 (1996)
Succeeded by	Windows XP (2001)

Windows 2000 is an operating system released by Microsoft in 1999 to manufacturing, and 2000 to general availability. It is the successor of Windows NT 4.0, and was followed by Windows XP in 2001.

Wallpapers

Compared to later versions, Windows 2000 comes with only a few wallpapers, which were mostly taken from Corbis and PhotoDisc, although a few have unknown origins. It has no default wallpaper, although it does have a branding wallpaper. Most of them are at 800x600, with the exception of a handful which are lower res and are intended to be tiled.

	Name	Licensed from	Originates from	Photographer/artist	Notes
	Boiling Point	PhotoDisc	PhotoDisc	unknown	Designed to be tiled
	Chateau	Corbis	Corbis	Annie Griffiths Belt
	Fall Memories	unknown	unknown	unknown	Designed to be tiled
	Fly Away	unknown	unknown	unknown	Designed to be tiled
	Gold Petals	Corbis	Corbis	George D. Lepp
	Ocean Wave	unknown	unknown	unknown
	Paradise	PhotoDisc	PhotoDisc	Ingo Jezierski
	Purple Sponge	unknown	unknown	unknown	Designed to be tiled
	Snow Trees	PhotoDisc	PhotoDisc	Hans Wiesenhofer
	Solar Eclipse	Corbis	Starlight Image Agency	Roger Ressmeyer
	Water Color	unknown	unknown	unknown	Designed to be tiled
	Windows 2000	N/A	Microsoft	unknown

Sample picture

Windows 2000 only comes with one sample picture, which depicts an athlete preparing to undertake a sprint. It appears to have originated from Adobe Photoshop 7.0's CD, which ships with a selection of clipart images. Some elements of the image, such as hay on the ground, were edited out by Microsoft. The same sample picture appears in Me.

Setup backgrounds

Windows 2000 setup background varies depending on edition.

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  The version used in Windows 2000 Professional

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  The version used in Windows 2000 Professionnel (in French)