While Microsoft opted for daisies in Windows 8 and an aurora in Windows Vista, the default Windows 10 wallpaper uses a Windows logo just like Windows 7 did. It’s not just any old logo, either.

This time, they're going with a classic Windows logo, which hasn't been done since Windows 7's default wallpaper. That's about it, a Windows logo in a pretty blue color. Just kidding.

This Windows logo wallpaper was created by Microsoft creative director Chris Palazzo as a way to pay tribute to the feeling he gets when he sees the Windows 95 startup screen. "I started on DOS.

I never consciously said "surely this image is CGI," I simply blanked out the default Windows 10 desktop background the way I might do to an advertisement or garbage post on Reddit.

My first laptop ran Windows 10, which users and critics really seemed to enjoy. It was pretty simple to use, it looked nice, and it had that eerie but calming blue window pane as its default ...

Unless Microsoft has decided to change its corporate font yet again, I'm about 99.9% sure that the Windows 9 logo/wallpaper was fan-made. With Microsoft's new "minimalist" thing going on, ...

Furthermore, you can replace the default Windows logo displayed during the boot process with your company logo. Change Desktop Background Right-click the Windows taskbar and choose "Show the ...

Microsoft unveiled a new logo for the upcoming Windows 8, featuring a clean one-color design that leans heavily on its new Metro user interface.. The new logo looks a bit like the inverse of the ...

The leak also reveals an unused version of Bloom, by user Xeno, a wallpaper later used in the final version of Windows 11, which can be seen within the Get Started app of the early build.

But Windows 10's desktop background, with the blue light bursting out of a Windows logo suspended in a void? That was real, baby, that actually happened.