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i hope Microsoft comes out with a retro windows desktop background that has all the best backgrounds that you ever loved and i hope they put bliss on there from win xp.
i hope Microsoft comes out with a retro windows desktop background that has all the best backgrounds that you ever loved and i hope they put bliss on there from win xp.
They are just .bmp files in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper on XP. You can copy them from there and put them somewhere on your Win 7 hard drive then set any one you want as a desktop background.
Code:08/04/2004 07:00 AM 63,244 Ascent.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 66,287 Autumn.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 61,365 Azul.jpg 03/14/2012 09:55 PM 1,440,054 Bliss.bmp 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 63,655 Crystal.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 50,511 Follow.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 62,050 Friend.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 42,728 Home.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 77,445 Moon flower.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 33,780 Peace.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 86,685 Power.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 57,925 Purple flower.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 44,190 Radiance.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 81,433 Red moon desert.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 58,589 Ripple.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 59,600 Stonehenge.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 73,159 Tulips.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 63,871 Vortec space.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 37,246 Wind.jpg 08/04/2004 07:00 AM 56,772 Windows XP.jpg
The download site they take you to, depositfiles.com reeks. You get a choice of free, ultra slow or $$$, normal speed. Click free and you get a 60 seconds countdown clock before the ultra slow download starts. Why would MS pick a crappy site like that?
That is some collectors' edition and not MS. I haven't heard any dire reasons not to trust Digital Life lately.
But it seems to have most national editions backgrounds. I put them in a slideshow on most of my installs and they get as many raves as the OS.
Why would you rely on anyone but yourself to find the most spectacular desktops in the world. Like your own pictures, for example.
I know MS spent a lot of money getting the best quality background shots for Win7 and they dazzle many users including myself to this day.
So when I came across this collection I downloaded it and have used it as a background slideshow to polish off my installs ever since.
But since it isn't much appreciated here I won't share it any longer.
Hi James -
Download all to a folder in Pictures, edit out any you don't like.
Then rightclick on blank area of Desktop, select Personalize, then Desktop Background. Click the Browse button to find the folder with Backgrounds.
Select it and it will load all of the backgrounds into the Explorer window and should auto-select them all with a checkmark - if not choose Select All. Set slideshow to recommended 30 minutes and Shuffle (so it isn't predictable). Save Changes.
You'll roughly have a new background every time you start computer, with enough variety to always seem fresh.