Used in a PDC 2003 Longhorn AERO presentation demoĪ dark blue version also appears in the Healthcare demo from 2003 May not be official while it is a stock photo, it has not been found in any leaked demos May not be official, as it has not been found in any leaked demos despite the metadata crediting a 'Hillel C.', Hillel Cooperman has confirmed that he never owned the camera it was taken with In some cases, there is no way to know for sure however they will be listed here until proven they are fake. Also, please note that some of these wallpapers may not even be official at all. In some cases, the files within the demos have the UI elements already included on them. This list is incomplete, as there are demos that have not yet saw the light of the day, plus many wallpapers are covered by UI elements making them very difficult to reverse search.

Each of these have their own unique wallpapers, with a few of them being recycled from previous versions of Windows such as Windows 2000 and XP, along with Microsoft Plus! 98.

The other wallpapers remained the same as XP's throughout this phase of Longhorn's development.ĭue to its low quality and it being early in development, it is likely this photo was merely taken from the internet, while the saturation was boostedīuild 4050 (private/Lab06, October 22 compile)Ī cropped version of a Longhorn Los Angeles Convention Center wallpaperīuild 4067 (private/lddm dev tech(davidmo).040212-1646) to 4082Īs a result of Longhorn's ambitiousness, Microsoft produced a large amount of Macromedia Director demos to demonstrate the many ideas the company had for Longhorn. Jenny Lam was involved in the wallpaper selection process, like with post-reset Longhorn/Vista. All of these wallpapers share the same filename, Bliss.bmp, however this wiki refers to them just as default wallpapers to avoid confusion. From late 2003 onward they would license rights managed images from Getty Images. Windows XP's wallpaper set appears in every Longhorn build until 5355 these are not listed here.ĭuring late 2002 and early-mid 2003 the default wallpapers were auroras created by Microsoft's own designers, including Robert Stein. Note that this wiki will refer to Longhorn as the codename alone rather than 'Windows Longhorn', due to that phrasing not being used by Microsoft. This page lists pre-release wallpapers from both before and after Longhorn was renamed, for the sake of convenience, but does not list wallpapers that are still present in the final release except when there are differences such as saturation or cropping. The codename would also be used for Server 2008, even after Vista was released. Originally conceived in mid-2001, its development was reset in mid-2004 it was later given its final name and was released in late 2006. Longhorn is the codename for Windows Vista.

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