Windows Vista Beta 2 placeholder wallpapers

Windows Vista build 5342 added six folders consisting of 36 placeholder wallpapers (6 wallpapers in each folder). They were created by an unknown Microsoft employee. Instead of naming them by objects that they depict, they were named imgX.jpg (where X is a number of image), which has been the case for Windows wallpapers ever since then. There are six categories of wallpapers: Black and White, Textures, Fine Art, Vistas, Abstract and Widescreen. The 4:3 wallpapers are at 1600x1200 and the widescreen ones at 1600x900.

By build 5355, placeholder wallpapers were replaced by an entirely new set, except img15 and img19, which was oddly reallocated to img13. Additionally, the Fine Art category was renamed to Paintings and Abstract to Light Auras.

	Name	Category	Licensed from	Originates from	Photographer/artist	Notes
	img1	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img2	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img3	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img4	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img5	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img6	Black and White	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img7	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img8	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img9	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img10	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img11	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img12	Textures	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img13	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img14	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img15	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown	Also appears in builds 5355 to 5840.16384
	img16	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img17	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img18	Fine Art	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img19	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown	Also appears in builds 5355 to 5840.16384 as img13
	img20	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img21	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img22	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img23	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img24	Vistas	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img25	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img26	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img27	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img28	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img29	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img30	Abstract	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img31	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img32	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img33	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img34	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img35	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown
	img36	Widescreen	N/A	Microsoft	unknown