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  2. Windows 8 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2023, and was made available for download via MSDN and TechNet on August 15, 2023. [6] Nearly three months after its initial release, it finally made its first retail appearance on October 26, 2023.

  3. Bliss (image) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California. Charles O'Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought the rights ...

  4. Features new to Windows 8 - Wikipedia

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    For system recovery, Windows 8 introduced new functions known collectively as "Push-button reset", [117] which allows a user to re-install Windows without needing to use installation media. The feature consists of "Reset" and "Refresh" functions, accessible from within the advanced boot options menu and PC Settings.

  5. Beta - Projects Desktop Windows - AOL

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    March Update #1 - 3/11/2024(Version 11.1.4568) Focus Testing this release. Themes - This beta only feature adds a Theme tab to the Personalization settings that allow you to select an overall theme for the application!

  6. Windows DreamScene - Wikipedia

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    This software allows the implementation of dynamic wallpapers (".dream" files). They have released a new version (3.5), which makes the program compatible with non-Ultimate editions of Vista and newer versions of Windows (7, 8, 10). Wallpaper Engine is a chargeable software that replaces the desktop background with a wide selection of default ...

  7. Windows 8.1 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released for retail sale on October 17, 2013, about a year after the retail release of its predecessor, and succeeded by Windows 10 on July 29, 2015. Windows 8.1 was made available for download via ...

  8. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Wallpaper (computing) A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device. On a computer, wallpapers are generally ...

  9. Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. [9] It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier.