Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1L5wb0…
(PLEASE read the notes BEFORE commenting about missing user account pictures)
This is a pack of many Windows user account pictures at high resolutions, rather than 48×48 or 128×128! User account pictures from Windows XP, Vista and 7 are included, and a few other stock photos that were taken by Windows photographers. It doesn’t have them all, but it still has quite a lot considering their rarity.
If you aren’t aware, Microsoft licensed most of their user account pictures from stock photo sites such as Corbis and Getty Images. I have used a certain downloader tool to retrieve many of these at higher resolutions, and in some cases I even got some directly from old royalty free stock photo CDs. As stock photo sites sometimes take photos down, not all of them are present in this pack, such as palm tree or skateboarder, but I have been trying my best to find them. Also, if you’re going to submit any of your finds to this pack, please be aware that I do not accept upscaled user account pictures, as I feel they have less value than the original images. You can always try contacting the original photographers for full res versions, although be prepared to spend a bit of money.
Included:
Windows XP: airplane, astronaut, ball, beach, car, cat, chess, dog, drip, duck, fish, guest, guitar, kick, lift-off, red flower, snowflake (17/24)
Windows Vista: usertile2 to 12 (11/13)
Windows 7: usertile10, 11, 13-16, 20-23, 25-28, 30, 32-34, 37-39, 41, 42, 44 (26/37)
If you are unsure about anything, read the notes in each folder. These clarify reasons why user account pictures may either look different from expected or why some may be missing.
Further links:
The original files of some Windows wallpapers: archive.org/details/theorigina…
Windows Wallpaper Wiki: windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/…
From Windows Wallpaper Wiki
Windows 7 | |
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Year of release | 2009 |
Default wallpaper | img0 |
Included image types | Wallpapers Sample pictures User account pictures |
Notable artists | Chuck Anderson Erik Attkisson Will Austin Giovanni Simeone Theo Allofs |
Agencies used | Getty Images Corbis SIMEPHOTO age fotostock Masterfile |
Preceded by | Windows Vista (2006) |
Succeeded by | Windows 8 (2012) |
For pre-release wallpapers and pictures, see Windows 7 Beta.
Windows 7 is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2009. It is the successor of Windows Vista. Whereas Vista received criticism for its performance, 7 was more positively received and became more widely adopted by users. It was followed by Windows 8 in 2012.
Wallpapers
For Windows 7’s wallpapers, Microsoft licensed rights-managed images from Getty Images and Corbis, as with previous versions. Images were also licensed from other sources, such as SIME/4Corners Images, Photolibrary, and individual photographers’ PhotoShelters. While 7 continues the tradition of using photography, two new themes consisting of illustrations were added, to give 7 «a little bit of personality» according to Steven Sinofsky. The illustrators were found through the agency 72 and Sunny.[1] They also worked with photographer Will Austin, who directly assisted Microsoft with selecting six wallpapers from his stock collection, as it wanted to incorporate photos from Seattle in 7’s themes, the city where its headquarters are located in.[2][3] Austin described 7’s wallpapers as «a great example of Microsoft’s commitment to the user experience».
While Vista included a small set of 16:10 widescreen wallpapers, this is the first Windows version where all of the wallpapers are 1920×1200, as widescreen displays were more widespread by 2009. It is also the first version where the wallpapers are included as part of themes; while Vista’s wallpapers were split into categories, 7 sorts the wallpapers by themes instead, where selecting the theme will have the corresponding set of wallpapers being used as a slideshow.
The default wallpaper is Harmony, created by Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson. Whereas XP and Vista Starter editions have unique wallpaper sets, 7 only has one wallpaper for its Starter edition, which is an edited version of the regular default wallpaper.
Name | Category | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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img0 | Windows | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson | Default wallpaper The version featured in Starter is different, featuring a white logo and less details; it is also the only available wallpaper |
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img1 | Nature | Corbis | zefa | Pete Leonard | ||
img2 | Nature | Corbis | Corbis | Mark Bolton | ||
img3 | Nature | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley | ||
img4 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img5 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img6 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img7 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Martin Rügner | ||
img8 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Carr Clifton | ||
img9 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tim Fitzharris | ||
img10 | Landscapes | Photolibrary | Photolibrary | Stuart Westmorland | ||
img11 | Landscapes | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
img12 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Cornelia Doerr | ||
img13 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img14 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img15 | Architecture | Corbis | zefa | Gregor Schuster | ||
img16 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img17 | Architecture | Getty Images | Getty Images | Andreas Stirnberg | A building has been removed, while the cloud has been moved | |
img18 | Architecture | Corbis | Arcaid Images | John Gollings | Buildings have been blurred out | |
img19 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Yuko Kondo | ||
img20 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Katharina Leuzinger | ||
img21 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Osmand Nosse | ||
img22 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Klaus Haapaniemi | ||
img23 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Red Nose Studios | ||
img24 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Punga | ||
img25 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Pomme Chan | ||
img26 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kustaa Saksi | ||
img27 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Nanospore | ||
img28 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Adhemas Batista | ||
img29 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kai and Sunny | ||
img30 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Hvass Hannibal |
Regional
Windows 7 features regional themes for 20 countries, similar to XP Starter Edition featuring 3-6 wallpapers for each country. The team behind these themes licensed images from a wide range of stock photo agencies, including Getty Images, Corbis, SIME/4Corners Images, Masterfile, age fotostock and JupiterImages (which was acquired by Getty during 7’s development). Jennifer Shepherd, who produced the regional themes, also hosted a worldwide photo contest where Microsoft employees worldwide were able to submit photos that represent their country. Employees of each country voted on the best wallpapers for their theme, including both stock photos and winning images from the contest.[4]
As well as built-in themes for each of the 20 countries, the team also produced downloadable themes of the same countries that were available from Microsoft’s site after 7 was released. The team produced a total of 40 themes, two for each country, totalling 240 regional wallpapers. 20 of these are included in 7, while the other 20 were available for download as soon as 7 was released. From 7 onwards, themes have the wallpapers set as a slideshow, while XP-era themes had one default wallpaper often with a few extra options.
Right now this page only lists the built-in ones, but it is possible that the downloadable ones will be documented on a separate page in the future.
To get a regional theme to display in the Personalization Control Panel:
- Close any opening Personalization Control Panel, if any.
- From Control Panel:
- If you’re viewing as Category: Navigate to Clock, Language, and Region → Region and Language.
- If you’re viewing as Large/small icons: Click Region and Language.
- Go to the Location tab, choose any region listed below (depending on the language version, for example: the English version came with regional themes for Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, and United States), then click Apply.
- Open the Personalization Control Panel and check if the regional theme showed up in the «Aero Themes» section.
Name | Region | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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AU-wp1 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
AU-wp2 | Australia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Damm Fridmar | ||
AU-wp3 | Australia | age fotostock | Pixtal | Martin Rügner | ||
AU-wp4 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | ||
AU-wp5 | Australia | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | ||
AU-wp6 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp1 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Herve Collart | ||
BR-wp2 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp3 | Brazil | N/A | Microsoft | Leandro Cruz de Paula | ||
BR-wp4 | Brazil | Getty Images | robertharding | Marco Simoni | ||
BR-wp5 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp6 | Brazil | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tui De Roy | ||
CA-wp1 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Roy Ooms | ||
CA-wp2 | Canada | age fotostock | All Canada Photos | David Nunuk | ||
CA-wp3 | Canada | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Reinhard Schmid | ||
CA-wp4 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. A. Kraulis | ||
CA-wp5 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. David Andrews | Flipped horizontally | |
CA-wp6 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | ||
CN-wp1 | China | Corbis | Brand X Pictures | Steve Allen | ||
CN-wp2 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Liu Liqun | ||
CN-wp3 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Frank Lukasseck | ||
CN-wp4 | China | Getty Images | China Span | Keren Su | ||
CN-wp5 | China | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | Aldo Pavan | ||
CN-wp6 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Xiaoyang Liu | ||
DE-wp1 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp2 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | ||
DE-wp3 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | Dieter Heinemann | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp4 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | unknown (credited on Getty to Westend61) | ||
DE-wp5 | Germany | Getty Images | unknown | Frank Krahmer | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp6 | Germany | N/A | Microsoft | Holger Gawrisch | ||
ES-wp1 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | ||
ES-wp2 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | John and Lisa Merrill | ||
ES-wp3 | Spain | Corbis | zefa | Guenter Rossenbach | ||
ES-wp4 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Fransesc Muntada | ||
ES-wp5 | Spain | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | ||
ES-wp6 | Spain | N/A | Microsoft | Roberto Barrios Sanchez | ||
FR-wp1 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | ||
FR-wp2 | France | Getty Images | Photonica | B.SCHMID | ||
FR-wp3 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Doug Pearson | ||
FR-wp4 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Frank Krahmer | ||
FR-wp5 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | ||
FR-wp6 | France | Getty Images | Getty Images | David Noton | ||
GB-wp1 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | ||
GB-wp2 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Travelpix Ltd | ||
GB-wp3 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Peter Adams | ||
GB-wp4 | United Kingdom | Corbis | Corbis | Richard Cummins | ||
GB-wp5 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
GB-wp6 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Olimpio Fantuz | ||
IN-wp1 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Medha Jain | ||
IN-wp2 | India | age fotostock | age fotostock | Stuart Westmorland | ||
IN-wp3 | India | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Spila Riccardo | ||
IN-wp4 | India | Getty Images | Getty Images | Eric Meola | ||
IN-wp5 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Pareekshit Singh | ||
IN-wp6 | India | Corbis | epa | unknown (credited on Corbis to epa) | ||
IT-wp1 | Italy | Getty Images | Getty Images | Darrell Gulin | ||
IT-wp2 | Italy | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | unknown (credited on Corbis to Grand Tour Collection) | ||
IT-wp3 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Sergio Pitamitz | ||
IT-wp4 | Italy | N/A | Microsoft | Marco Carrubba | ||
IT-wp5 | Italy | Corbis | Atlantide Phototravel | Guido Cozzi | ||
IT-wp6 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Hubert Stadler | ||
JP-wp1 | Japan | Getty Images | Sebun Photo | Hideaki Tanaka | ||
JP-wp2 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to Image Plan) | ||
JP-wp3 | Japan | N/A | Microsoft | Shinobu Takahashi | ||
JP-wp4 | Japan | Masterfile | Masterfile | Jeremy Woodhouse | ||
JP-wp5 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | Robert Essel | ||
JP-wp6 | Japan | Getty Images | Getty Images | unknown (credited on Getty to Tohoku Color Agency) | ||
KR-wp1 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | ||
KR-wp2 | Korea | age fotostock | age fotostock | Matz Sjöberg | ||
KR-wp3 | Korea | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | ||
KR-wp4 | Korea | Jupiterimages | Jupiterimages | unknown (credited on Getty to Jupiterimages) | ||
KR-wp5 | Korea | Jupiterimages | TongRo Images | unknown (credited on Jupiterimages to TongRo Image Stock) | ||
KR-wp6 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | ||
MX-wp1 | Mexico | Getty Images | Getty Images | Stuart Dee | ||
MX-wp2 | Mexico | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | ||
MX-wp3 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | George H. H. Huey | ||
MX-wp4 | Mexico | age fotostock | age fotostock | Martin Siepmann | ||
MX-wp5 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | Randy Faris | ||
MX-wp6 | Mexico | age fotostock | hemis | Hervé Hugues | ||
NL-wp1 | Netherlands | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Frans Lemmens | ||
NL-wp2 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Getty Images | Betsie van der Meer | ||
NL-wp3 | Netherlands | age fotostock | age fotostock | René van der Meer | ||
NL-wp4 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Tony Stone Images | Tony Craddock | ||
NL-wp5 | Netherlands | Corbis | Corbis | Keren Su | ||
NL-wp6 | Netherlands | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gaudenzio Luciano | ||
PL-wp1 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | César Lucas Abreu | ||
PL-wp2 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | ||
PL-wp3 | Poland | Corbis | zefa | Manfred Mehlig | ||
PL-wp4 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | ||
PL-wp5 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Piotr Ciesla | ||
PL-wp6 | Poland | Corbis | Corbis | Eastcott Momatiuk | ||
RU-wp1 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Eric Baccega | ||
RU-wp2 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Wojtek Buss | ||
RU-wp3 | Russia | Corbis | ITAR-TASS | Alexander Kolbasov | ||
RU-wp4 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gräfenhain Günter | ||
RU-wp5 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Alexander Petrosyan | ||
RU-wp6 | Russia | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Konrad Wothe | ||
TR-wp1 | Turkey | Corbis | Jon Arnold Images | Michele Falzone | ||
TR-wp2 | Turkey | Corbis | robertharding | Adam Woolfitt | ||
TR-wp3 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Derek Berwin | ||
TR-wp4 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Mahaux Photography | ||
TR-wp5 | Turkey | Getty Images | Lonely Planet | Dallas Stribley | ||
TR-wp6 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Marc Romanelli | ||
TW-wp1 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Kenny Chen | ||
TW-wp2 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Vidler Steve | ||
TW-wp3 | Taiwan | age fotostock | Cretas | unknown (credited on age fotostock to Cretas) | ||
TW-wp4 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Perry Lu | ||
TW-wp5 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Sylvain Grandadam | ||
TW-wp6 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Sam Shih | ||
US-wp1 | United States | age fotostock | age fotostock | Alan Majchrowicz | ||
US-wp2 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Ron and Patty Thomas | ||
US-wp3 | United States | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
US-wp4 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Shek Lun Ho | ||
US-wp5 | United States | Corbis | robertharding | Lee Frost | ||
US-wp6 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Steve Bly | ||
ZA-wp1 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Andy Rouse | ||
ZA-wp2 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Daryl Benson | ||
ZA-wp3 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | ||
ZA-wp4 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Jon Hicks | ||
ZA-wp5 | South Africa | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | ||
ZA-wp6 | South Africa | N/A | Microsoft | Keith D. Smith |
Sample pictures
Windows 7 has eight sample pictures. Half of them are royalty free Corbis images; the other half were taken by Microsoft employees. Like with Windows Vista’s sample pictures, they are all at a resolution of 1024×768.
Name | Rating | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer | Notes | |
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Chrysanthemum | 4 Stars | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to DLILLC) | |
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Desert | 3 Stars | Corbis | Corbis | Ron Chapple | Appears at 1280×960 in Release Candidate builds. |
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Hydrangeas | 3 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | Amish Patel | |
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Jellyfish | 5 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | Hang Quan | |
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Koala | 4 Stars | Corbis | image100 | unknown (credited on Corbis to image100) | |
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Lighthouse | 5 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | Tom Alphin | |
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Penguins | 4 Stars | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to DLILLC) | |
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Tulips | 4 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | David Nadalin |
User account pictures
Most of Windows 7’s user account pictures come from Getty Images and use a mixture of royalty free and rights-managed licenses, with a few coming from Corbis, hired artists that worked on 7’s wallpapers, and one Microsoft employee. As with Vista’s, they are at 128×128.
Name | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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guest | N/A | Microsoft/Iconfactory | unknown | Reused from Vista | |
user | N/A | Microsoft/Iconfactory | unknown | ||
usertile10 | Getty Images | PhotoDisc | Donovan Reese | ||
usertile11 | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to Spirit Value RF) | ||
usertile12 | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Punga | ||
usertile13 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Steven Errico | ||
usertile14 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Tetsuo Morita | ||
usertile15 | Getty Images | PhotoAlto | Laurent Hamels | ||
usertile16 | Getty Images | Getty Images | GK Hart/Vikki Hart | ||
usertile17 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Dave Zubraski | ||
usertile18 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Marco Simoni | ||
usertile19 | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Adhemas Bastista | ||
usertile20 | Getty Images | Aurora | Whit Richardson | ||
usertile21 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Rob Atkins | ||
usertile22 | Getty Images | Digital Vision | unknown (credited on Getty to Digital Zoo) | ||
usertile23 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Jeffrey Hamilton | ||
usertile24 | Getty Images | Johner | unknown (credited on Getty to Johner) | ||
usertile25 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Jeffrey Coolidge | ||
usertile26 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Livia Corona | ||
usertile27 | Getty Images | PhotoDisc | Ryan McVay | ||
usertile28 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Joseph Clark | ||
usertile29 | N/A | Microsoft | Gary Spradling | ||
usertile30 | Corbis | Corbis | David Selman | ||
usertile31 | Getty Images | robertharding | Robert Harding | ||
usertile32 | Getty Images | imagewerks | unknown (credited on Getty to imagewerks) | ||
usertile33 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Georgette Douwma | ||
usertile34 | Getty Images | robertharding | James Hager | ||
usertile35 | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kat Leuzinger | ||
usertile36 | Getty Images | robertharding | Sakis Papadopoulos | ||
usertile37 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Vincenzo Lombardo | The version used in Windows 7 has a light blue background and grass in front of the soccer ball added | |
usertile38 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Martin Child | ||
usertile39 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Jeffrey Coolidge | ||
usertile40 | Getty Images | unknown | Alberto Coto | ||
usertile41 | Getty Images | Getty Images | Martin Child | ||
usertile42 | Getty Images | SuperStock/Purestock | James Urbach | ||
usertile43 | Getty Images | WIN-Initiative | unknown (credited on Getty to WIN-Initiative) | ||
usertile44 | Getty Images | Tony Stone Images | Chad Ehlers |
Logon backgrounds
The logon background is similar to the default desktop wallpaper, being designed by Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson too. The image itself is pretty minimalistic ― it depicts a sky blue background with several stripes and grass blades on it, and a bird near the leaves of one of the plants. This background is also used for the post-install OOBE. Like with Vista’s logon background, it is included in a range of resolutions ranging from 1024×768 to 1920×1200.
The Embedded versions feature a completely different logon background, consisting of a dark blue radial gradient, and a line of rounded squares placed in line across the background. It is very similar to the branding wallpapers featured in the Embedded 2009 versions of Windows XP, albeit with duller shades of blue and more opaque squares. Like in regular Windows 7 editions, this background is also used for post-install OOBE and is included in various resolutions.
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The regular logon background.
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The Embedded logon background.
Setup backgrounds
The setup background is in BMP format and 1024×768, like with Vista. It can be seen during installation and in the recovery boot menu. It can be found in various places on the Windows 7 DVD as background_cli
(i.e. in the /sources/
folder). It looks very similar to the logon background, although featuring a darker blue background colour, white clouds added on top, and some lines near the center shortened or made more transparent.
The Embedded versions also feature a different setup background. It is very similar to the logon background, although the line of squares is slightly further down and the colors are in a slightly different order. It can be found on the Windows 7 DVD as background_emb
.
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The regular setup background.
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A comparison of the logon and setup backgrounds.
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The Embedded setup background.
Trivia
- Including all of the built in regional wallpapers, Windows 7 has a total of 151 wallpapers, the highest number of wallpapers built into a version of Windows. If the downloadable regional ones that were made available upon 7’s release are also included, the count goes up to 271.
References
- ↑ Sinofsky, Steven (2 May 2009). «A Little Bit of Personality». Microsoft — Engineering Windows 7.
- ↑ Adrian Rusen, Ciprian (August 24, 2009). «Will Austin About His Trip to the Desktop of Millions». Digital Citizen.
- ↑ Austin, Will (April 16, 2010). «Photos Featured on Windows 7». Will Austin Photography.
- ↑ Shepherd, Jennifer (December 9, 2010). «Around the world with Windows 7 themes». Windows Experience Blog.
External links
- Windows Vista and 7 HD Wallpaper Pack
Как изменить рисунок учетной записи в Windows 7
Главная / Система / Как изменить рисунок учетной записи в Windows 7
Большинство пользователей компьютера, сразу после установки операционной системы и инсталляции необходимых программ, игр и др., производят настройку внешнего вида системы, изменяют фон рабочего стола, более продвинутые — ищут и устанавливают новую тему, меняют значки приложений на значки из своих коллекций и так далее.
Это называется персонализацией своей операционной системы.
Одним из пунктов персонализации, является изменение рисунка учетной записи пользователя со стандартного на свой. Сегодня мы узнаем, откуда система берёт эти изображения и как самому их изменить.
РИСУНОК УЧЕТНОЙ ЗАПИСИ
Для отображения системной папки с нужными нам изображениями, необходимо включить отображение скрытых файлов и папок. Переходим «Пуск» — «Панель управления» — «Параметры папок».
Во вкладке «Вид» отмечаем пункт «Показывать скрытые файлы, папки и диски», нажимаем кнопки «Применить» и «ОК».
и видим все стандартные изображения, которые пользователь может выбрать по своему усмотрению.
ИЗМЕНИТЬ РИСУНОК УЧЕТНОЙ ЗАПИСИ
Рисуем сами или скачиваем из Интернета нужное нам изображение, обязательно в формате (.bmp) размером 128 х 128 пикселей. Копируем его в папку по следующему пути.
Переходим в «Пуск» — «Панель управления» — «Учетные записи пользователей».
Выбираем пользователя, для которого хотим изменить картинку и нажимаем на «Изменение своего рисунка».
В открывшемся окне находим свою картинку и нажимаем кнопку «Изменение рисунка».
Теперь картинка для пользователя изменена.
Наблюдать свой шедевр мы можем при входе в Windows.
Спасибо за внимание читатели блога! Не забывайте оставлять комментарии и делиться ссылкой с друзьями.
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Windows user pictures windows 7
Download Windows 7 User Account Pictures
The final version of Windows 7 (RTM Build 7600.16385.090713-1255) is packed with almost twice the number of user pictures than they were in Windows Vista or any previous version of Windows. The following downloadable pack includes complete collection of 37 beautiful User Account Pictures from Microsoft’s latest operating system – Windows 7:
These User Account pictures from Windows 7 can be used with Windows Vista and Windows XP by copying the BMP files to the following folder locations:
Windows XP:
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMicrosoftUser Account PicturesDefault Pictures
C:ProgramDataMicrosoftUser Account PicturesDefault Pictures
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Windows 7
Windows 7 is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2009. It is the successor of Windows Vista. Whereas Vista was a critical and commercial failure to a certain extent, 7 was received more positively. It would be followed by Windows 8 in 2012. For pre-release wallpapers, see Windows 7 Beta.
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For Windows 7’s wallpapers, Microsoft continued to rely on rights managed images from Getty Images and Corbis, as with previous versions. However, they also licensed images from other sources, such as SIME/4Corners Images, Photolibrary, and individual photographers’ PhotoShelters. While 7 continues the tradition of using photography, two new themes consisting of illustrations were added, to give it more personality. The illustrators were found through agency 72 and Sunny. [1] They also worked with photographer Will Austin, who assisted Microsoft with selecting six wallpapers from his stock collection, as they wanted a local Seattle flavor in 7’s themes. [2] [3]
While Vista included a set of 16:10 widescreen wallpapers, this is also the first Windows version where all of the wallpapers are 1920×1200, as widescreen displays were more widespread by 2009.
The default wallpaper is img0, created by Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson. Whereas XP and Vista Starter editions have unique wallpaper sets, 7 only has one wallpaper for its Starter edition, which is an edited version of its default wallpaper.
Name | Category | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes |
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img0 | Windows | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson | Default wallpaper The version featured in Starter is different, featuring a white logo and less details; it is also the only available wallpaper |
img1 | Nature | Corbis | zefa | Pete Leonard | |
img2 | Nature | Corbis | Corbis | Mark Bolton | |
img3 | Nature | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley | |
img4 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img5 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img6 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img7 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Martin Ruegner | |
img8 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Carr Clifton | |
img9 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tim Fitzharris | |
img10 | Landscapes | Photolibrary | Photolibrary | Stuart Westmorland | |
img11 | Landscapes | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | |
img12 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Cornelia Doerr | |
img13 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img14 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img15 | Architecture | Corbis | zefa | Gregor Schuster | |
img16 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | |
img17 | Architecture | Getty Images | Getty Images | Andreas Stirnberg | A building has been removed, while the cloud has been moved |
img18 | Architecture | Corbis | Arcaid Images | John Gollings | Buildings have been blurred out |
img19 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Yuko Kondo | |
img20 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Katharina Leuzinger | |
img21 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Osmand Nosse | |
img22 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Klaus Haapaniemi | |
img23 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Red Nose Studios | |
img24 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Punga | |
img25 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Pomme Chan | |
img26 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kustaa Saksi | |
img27 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Nanospore | |
img28 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Adhemas Batista | |
img29 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kai and Sunny | |
img30 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Hvass Hannibal |
Regional Edit
Windows 7 features regional themes for 20 countries, similar to XP Starter Edition featuring 3-6 wallpapers for each country. The team behind these themes licensed images from a wide range of stock photo agencies, including Getty Images, Corbis, SIME/4Corners Images, Masterfile, age fotostock and JupiterImages (which was acquired by Getty during 7’s development). Jennifer Shepherd also hosted a worldwide photo contest where Microsoft employees worldwide were able to submit photos that represent their country. Employees of each country voted on the best wallpapers for their theme, including both stock photos and winning images from the contest. [4]
As well as built-in themes for each of the 20 countries, the team also produced downloadable themes of the same countries that were available from Microsoft’s site after 7 was released. The team produced a total of 40 themes, two for each country. 20 of these are included in 7, while the other 20 were available for download as soon as 7 was released. From 7 onwards, themes have the wallpapers set as a slideshow, while XP-era themes had one default wallpaper often with a few extra options.
Right now this page will only list the built-in ones, but it is possible that the downloadable ones will be included in the future.
Name | Region | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes |
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AU-wp1 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | |
AU-wp2 | Australia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Damm Fridmar | |
AU-wp3 | Australia | age fotostock | Pixtal | Martin Ruegner | |
AU-wp4 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | |
AU-wp5 | Australia | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | |
AU-wp6 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | |
BR-wp1 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Herve Collart | |
BR-wp2 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | |
BR-wp3 | Brazil | N/A | Microsoft | Leandro Cruz de Paula | |
BR-wp4 | Brazil | Getty Images | robertharding | Marco Simoni | |
BR-wp5 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | |
BR-wp6 | Brazil | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tui De Roy | |
CA-wp1 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Roy Ooms | |
CA-wp2 | Canada | age fotostock | All Canada Photos | David Nunuk | |
CA-wp3 | Canada | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Reinhard Schmid | |
CA-wp4 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. A. Kraulis | |
CA-wp5 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. David Andrews | Flipped horizontally |
CA-wp6 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | |
CN-wp1 | China | Corbis | Brand X Pictures | Steve Allen | |
CN-wp2 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Liu Liqun | |
CN-wp3 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Frank Lukasseck | |
CN-wp4 | China | Getty Images | China Span | Keren Su | |
CN-wp5 | China | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | Aldo Pavan | |
CN-wp6 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Xiaoyang Liu | |
DE-wp1 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | |
DE-wp2 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | |
DE-wp3 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | Dieter Heinemann | |
DE-wp4 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | unknown (credited on Getty to Westend61) | |
DE-wp5 | Germany | Getty Images | unknown | Frank Krahmer | |
DE-wp6 | Germany | N/A | Microsoft | Holger Gawrisch | |
ES-wp1 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | |
ES-wp2 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | John and Lisa Merrill | |
ES-wp3 | Spain | Corbis | zefa | Guenter Rossenbach | |
ES-wp4 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Fransesc Muntada | |
ES-wp5 | Spain | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | |
ES-wp6 | Spain | N/A | Microsoft | Roberto Barrios Sanchez | |
FR-wp1 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | |
FR-wp2 | France | Getty Images | Photonica | B.SCHMID | |
FR-wp3 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Doug Pearson | |
FR-wp4 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Frank Krahmer | |
FR-wp5 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | |
FR-wp6 | France | Getty Images | Getty Images | David Noton | |
GB-wp1 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | |
GB-wp2 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Travelpix Ltd | |
GB-wp3 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Peter Adams | |
GB-wp4 | United Kingdom | Corbis | Corbis | Richard Cummins | |
GB-wp5 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | |
GB-wp6 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Olimpio Fantuz | |
IN-wp1 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Medha Jain | |
IN-wp2 | India | age fotostock | age fotostock | Stuart Westmorland | |
IN-wp3 | India | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Spila Riccardo | |
IN-wp4 | India | Getty Images | Getty Images | Eric Meola | |
IN-wp5 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Pareekshit Singh | |
IN-wp6 | India | Corbis | epa | unknown (credited on Corbis to epa) | |
IT-wp1 | Italy | Getty Images | Getty Images | Darrell Gulin | |
IT-wp2 | Italy | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | unknown (credited on Corbis to Grand Tour Collection) | |
IT-wp3 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Sergio Pitamitz | |
IT-wp4 | Italy | N/A | Microsoft | Marco Carrubba | |
IT-wp5 | Italy | Corbis | Atlantide Phototravel | Guido Cozzi | |
IT-wp6 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Hubert Stadler | |
JP-wp1 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to Image Plan) | Previously appeared in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 as Reflection — GalleryPlayer |
JP-wp2 | Japan | Masterfile | Masterfile | Ron Stroud | |
JP-wp3 | Japan | N/A | Microsoft | Shinobu Takahashi | |
JP-wp4 | Japan | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | |
JP-wp5 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | David Ball | |
JP-wp6 | Japan | Corbis | Dex Image | unknown (credited on Corbis to Dex Image) | |
KR-wp1 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | |
KR-wp2 | Korea | age fotostock | age fotostock | Matz Sjöberg | |
KR-wp3 | Korea | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | |
KR-wp4 | Korea | Jupiterimages | Jupiterimages | unknown (credited on Getty to Jupiterimages) | |
KR-wp5 | Korea | Jupiterimages | TongRo Images | unknown (credited on Jupiterimages to TongRo Image Stock) | |
KR-wp6 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | |
MX-wp1 | Mexico | Getty Images | Getty Images | Stuart Dee | |
MX-wp2 | Mexico | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | |
MX-wp3 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | George H. H. Huey | |
MX-wp4 | Mexico | age fotostock | age fotostock | Martin Siepmann | |
MX-wp5 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | Randy Faris | |
MX-wp6 | Mexico | age fotostock | hemis | Hervé Hugues | |
NL-wp1 | Netherlands | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Frans Lemmens | |
NL-wp2 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Getty Images | Betsie van der Meer | |
NL-wp3 | Netherlands | age fotostock | age fotostock | René van der Meer | |
NL-wp4 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Tony Stone Images | Tony Craddock | |
NL-wp5 | Netherlands | Corbis | Corbis | Keren Su | |
NL-wp6 | Netherlands | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gaudenzio Luciano | |
PL-wp1 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | César Lucas Abreu | |
PL-wp2 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | |
PL-wp3 | Poland | Corbis | zefa | Manfred Mehlig | |
PL-wp4 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | |
PL-wp5 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Piotr Ciesla | |
PL-wp6 | Poland | Corbis | Corbis | Eastcott Momatiuk | |
RU-wp1 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Eric Baccega | |
RU-wp2 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Wojtek Buss | |
RU-wp3 | Russia | Corbis | ITAR-TASS | Alexander Kolbasov | |
RU-wp4 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gräfenhain Günter | |
RU-wp5 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Alexander Petrosyan | |
RU-wp6 | Russia | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Konrad Wothe | |
TR-wp1 | Turkey | Corbis | Jon Arnold Images | Michele Falzone | |
TR-wp2 | Turkey | Corbis | robertharding | Adam Woolfitt | |
TR-wp3 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Derek Berwin | |
TR-wp4 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Mahaux Photography | |
TR-wp5 | Turkey | Getty Images | Lonely Planet | Dallas Stribley | |
TR-wp6 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Marc Romanelli | |
TW-wp1 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Kenny Chen | |
TW-wp2 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Vidler Steve | |
TW-wp3 | Taiwan | age fotostock | Cretas | unknown (credited on age fotostock to Cretas) | |
TW-wp4 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Perry Lu | |
TW-wp5 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Sylvain Grandadam | |
TW-wp6 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Sam Shih | |
US-wp1 | United States | age fotostock | age fotostock | Alan Majchrowicz | |
US-wp2 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Ron and Patty Thomas | |
US-wp3 | United States | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | |
US-wp4 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Shek Lun Ho | |
US-wp5 | United States | Corbis | robertharding | Lee Frost | |
US-wp6 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Steve Bly | |
ZA-wp1 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Andy Rouse | |
ZA-wp2 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Daryl Benson | |
ZA-wp3 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | |
ZA-wp4 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Jon Hicks | |
ZA-wp5 | South Africa | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | |
ZA-wp6 | South Africa | N/A | Microsoft | Keith D. Smith |
7 has 8 sample pictures. Half of them are royalty free Corbis images; the other half were taken by Microsoft employees. Like with Vista’s sample pictures, they are at 1024×768.
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- Wallpapers
- Builds 6780 to 7022
- Regional
- Builds 7048 to 7055
- Regional
- Build 7057 onwards
- Sample pictures
- User account pictures
- Logon backgrounds
- Setup and OOBE backgrounds
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Windows 7 Beta
An article about pre-release versions of Windows 7 in general, including alpha, beta and release candidate builds.
Contents
Wallpapers
Builds 6780 to 7022
While build 6730 and earlier features the same wallpapers as Windows Vista, most of them were updated by build 6780, with the exception of the Light Auras wallpapers and default wallpaper (widescreen version removed). The new wallpapers were mostly licensed from Getty Images and Corbis, albeit mostly using royalty free licenses as opposed to rights-managed, likely to save licensing costs as these seem to have been intended as placeholders. By build 6910, the default wallpaper was finally replaced with a new wallpaper depicting a CGI betta fish swimming.
Name | Category | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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img1 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) Nature (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Corbis | Corbis | Charles Smith | ||
img2 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) Nature (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Getty Images | Goodshoot | unknown (credited on Getty to Goodshoot) | ||
img3 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) | Getty Images | Comstock | unknown (credited on Getty to Comstock) | Replaced with a different wallpaper in build 7048 | |
img4 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) Nature (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Getty Images | RubberBall | Corey Hilz | ||
img5 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) Nature (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Corbis | Corbis | Ted Dayton | ||
img6 | Textures (builds 6780 to 7022) Nature (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Getty Images | Getty Images | unknown (credited on Getty to PNC) | ||
img7 | Vistas (builds 6780 to 7022) Landscapes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Getty Images | Getty Images | Peter Adams | ||
img8 | Vistas (builds 6780 to 7022) Landscapes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Getty Images | Radius Images | unknown (credited on Getty to Radius Images) | ||
img9 | Vistas (builds 6780 to 7022) Landscapes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Corbis | Jon Arnold Images | Peter Adams | ||
img10 | Vistas (builds 6780 to 7022) Landscapes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Corbis | Corbis | Ronald Naar | ||
img11 | Vistas (builds 6780 to 7022) Landscapes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
Corbis | Design Pics | Carson Ganci | ||
img24 | Vistas (builds 6429 to 6801) | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Reused from Windows Vista Default wallpaper from builds 6429 to 6801 |
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img24 | Vistas (builds 6910 to 7022) | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Default wallpaper from builds 6910 to 7022 | |
img25 | Light Auras (builds 6469 to 7022) Scenes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Reused from Windows Vista | |
img26 | Light Auras (builds 6469 to 7022) Scenes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Reused from Windows Vista | |
img27 | Light Auras (builds 6469 to 7022) Scenes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
N/A | Microsoft | Robert Stein | Reused from Windows Vista | |
img28 | Light Auras (builds 6469 to 7022) Scenes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Reused from Windows Vista | |
img29 | Light Auras (builds 6469 to 7022) Scenes (builds 7048 to 7055) |
N/A | Microsoft | unknown | Reused from Windows Vista |
Regional
A selection of regional wallpapers were introduced in build 6941. Most of these were taken by Microsoft employees, with a couple coming from Getty and Corbis. The United Kingdom and the United States themes consist of wallpapers representing their countries, while the Australia, Canada, and South Africa themes consist of six unrelated placeholder wallpapers, one of which is a duplicate. Some of these were later available in the wallpapers page on Microsoft site.
Name | Category | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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AU/CA/ZA-wp1 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | Don Turriaga | ||
AU/CA/ZA-wp2 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | David Hurtado Toran | ||
AU/CA/ZA-wp3 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | Mario Tevanian | ||
AU/CA/ZA-wp4 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | Richard Smith | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
AU/CA/ZA-wp5 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | David Hurtado Toran | Duplicate of AU/CA/ZA-wp2 | |
AU/CA/ZA-wp6 | Australia Canada South Africa |
N/A | Microsoft | Anand Hegde | ||
GB-wp1 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Axiom | unknown (formerly credited on Getty to IIC/ Axiom) | Later available for download in Microsoft site | |
GB-wp2 | United Kingdom | N/A | Microsoft | Alfred Biehler | ||
GB-wp3 | United Kingdom | Corbis | Corbis | Kathy Collins | Later available for download in Microsoft site and reused in the downloadable Blue Water theme | |
GB-wp4 | United Kingdom | N/A | Microsoft | Richard Smith | ||
GB-wp5 | United Kingdom | N/A | Microsoft | Sam Hammami | ||
GB-wp6 | United Kingdom | N/A | Microsoft | Mona Akmal | ||
US-wp1 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Bao Nguyen | Later available for download in Microsoft site | |
US-wp2 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Heidi Hopen-Wright | Later available for download in Microsoft site and reused in the downloadable Blue Water theme | |
US-wp3 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Dina Taylor | Later available for download in Microsoft site | |
US-wp4 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Bill Luan | ||
US-wp5 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Anand Hegde | ||
US-wp6 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Anand Hegde |
Builds 7048 to 7055
Eventually, more themes would be added. The wallpapers from the new themes primarily came from Microsoft employees. With the exception of img3 which was replaced with a different one, all of the other wallpapers from previous builds would stay until build 7057. The default wallpaper is slightly changed, where the blue aurora background has a softer, brighter appearance while the fish and bubbles have been slightly moved to the left.
Regional
The regional wallpapers that appear in the final release of Windows 7 were added, except the Japan theme features a completely different set of wallpapers. Only those are listed here.
Build 7057 onwards
At this point, the wallpapers are identical to the final release, with the exception of the default wallpaper, which is eventually replaced with the final one by build 7232.
Sample pictures
[todo: identify builds sample pictures were introduced/removed in]
While earlier builds featured the same selection of sample pictures as Windows Vista, they were eventually removed. Eight new sample pictures were introduced in build 69xx. Details about them are unknown, although it is known that all of them were taken by Microsoft employees. Oddly a few of these are at non-4:3 aspect ratios, similar to Windows XP Media Center Edition’s new sample pictures. By build 70xx, these were replaced with the same sample pictures that appear in the final release, except Desert is at 1280×960 rather than 1024×768.
Name | Rating | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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Butterfly | 4 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | ||
Field | 5 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | ||
Flower | 3 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | ||
Leaves | 3 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | At 1024×724 | |
Rocks | 4 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | At 1024×682 | |
Tulip | 4 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | At 1024×683 | |
Waterfall | 5 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown | ||
Window | 4 Stars | N/A | Microsoft | unknown |
User account pictures
Windows 7 used the same user account pictures as Vista until build 7055, where it introduced all of the new user account pictures that appear in the final release.
Logon backgrounds
Windows 7 used the same logon background as Vista until build 6780, where it switched to using white strokes of light over a teal background. Like the Vista logon background, it is included at many different resolutions, including vertical ones. This was replaced by a completely different background from build 7055 onwards, designed by Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson.
Setup and OOBE backgrounds
Until build 6780, 7 used the same setup background as Vista Service Pack 1, and the same OOBE background as both Vista RTM and SP1. By build 6780, both the setup and OOBE backgrounds were switched to the above-mentioned background except that the resolution for the setup background is 1024×768. The OOBE background was replaced by the RTM logon screen background from build 7055 onwards, and the setup background was replaced by a darker variant of the aforementioned image from build 7068 onwards.
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Windows 7
Windows 7 | |
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Year of release | 2009 |
Default wallpaper | img0 |
Included image types | Wallpapers Sample pictures User account pictures |
Notable artists | Chuck Anderson Erik Attkisson Will Austin Giovanni Simeone Theo Allofs |
Agencies used | Getty Images Corbis SIMEPHOTO age fotostock Masterfile |
Preceded by | Windows Vista (2006) |
Succeeded by | Windows 8 (2012) |
For pre-release wallpapers and pictures, see Windows 7 Beta.
Windows 7 is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2009. It is the successor of Windows Vista. Whereas Vista was a critical and commercial failure to a certain extent, 7 was received more positively. It would be followed by Windows 8 in 2012.
Contents
Wallpapers
For Windows 7’s wallpapers, Microsoft continued to rely on licensing rights managed images from Getty Images and Corbis, as with previous versions. However, they also licensed images from other sources, such as SIME/4Corners Images, Photolibrary, and individual photographers’ PhotoShelters. While 7 continues the tradition of using photography, two new themes consisting of illustrations were added, to give it more personality. The illustrators were found through agency 72 and Sunny. [1] They also worked with photographer Will Austin, who assisted Microsoft with selecting six wallpapers from his stock collection, as they wanted a local Seattle flavor in 7’s themes. [2] [3]
While Vista included a set of 16:10 widescreen wallpapers, this is also the first Windows version where all of the wallpapers are 1920×1200, as widescreen displays were more widespread by 2009. It is also the first version where the wallpapers are intended as part of themes; while Vista’s wallpapers were split into categories, 7 sorts the wallpapers by themes instead, where selecting the theme will have its wallpapers set as a slideshow.
The default wallpaper is img0, created by Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson. Whereas XP and Vista Starter editions have unique wallpaper sets, 7 only has one wallpaper for its Starter edition, which is an edited version of its default wallpaper.
Name | Category | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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img0 | Windows | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Chuck Anderson and Erik Attkisson | Default wallpaper The version featured in Starter is different, featuring a white logo and less details; it is also the only available wallpaper |
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img1 | Nature | Corbis | zefa | Pete Leonard | ||
img2 | Nature | Corbis | Corbis | Mark Bolton | ||
img3 | Nature | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley’s PhotoShelter | Rob Tilley | ||
img4 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img5 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img6 | Nature | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img7 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Martin Rügner | ||
img8 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Carr Clifton | ||
img9 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tim Fitzharris | ||
img10 | Landscapes | Photolibrary | Photolibrary | Stuart Westmorland | ||
img11 | Landscapes | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
img12 | Landscapes | Getty Images | Getty Images | Cornelia Doerr | ||
img13 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img14 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img15 | Architecture | Corbis | zefa | Gregor Schuster | ||
img16 | Architecture | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin’s PhotoShelter | Will Austin | ||
img17 | Architecture | Getty Images | Getty Images | Andreas Stirnberg | A building has been removed, while the cloud has been moved | |
img18 | Architecture | Corbis | Arcaid Images | John Gollings | Buildings have been blurred out | |
img19 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Yuko Kondo | ||
img20 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Katharina Leuzinger | ||
img21 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Osmand Nosse | ||
img22 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Klaus Haapaniemi | ||
img23 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Red Nose Studios | ||
img24 | Characters | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Punga | ||
img25 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Pomme Chan | ||
img26 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kustaa Saksi | ||
img27 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Nanospore | ||
img28 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Adhemas Batista | ||
img29 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Kai and Sunny | ||
img30 | Scenes | N/A | commissioned by Microsoft | Hvass Hannibal |
Regional
Windows 7 features regional themes for 20 countries, similar to XP Starter Edition featuring 3-6 wallpapers for each country. The team behind these themes licensed images from a wide range of stock photo agencies, including Getty Images, Corbis, SIME/4Corners Images, Masterfile, age fotostock and JupiterImages (which was acquired by Getty during 7’s development). Jennifer Shepherd also hosted a worldwide photo contest where Microsoft employees worldwide were able to submit photos that represent their country. Employees of each country voted on the best wallpapers for their theme, including both stock photos and winning images from the contest. [4]
As well as built-in themes for each of the 20 countries, the team also produced downloadable themes of the same countries that were available from Microsoft’s site after 7 was released. The team produced a total of 40 themes, two for each country. 20 of these are included in 7, while the other 20 were available for download as soon as 7 was released. From 7 onwards, themes have the wallpapers set as a slideshow, while XP-era themes had one default wallpaper often with a few extra options.
Right now this page will only list the built-in ones, but it is possible that the downloadable ones will be included in the future.
Name | Region | Licensed from | Originates from | Photographer/artist | Notes | |
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AU-wp1 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
AU-wp2 | Australia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Damm Fridmar | ||
AU-wp3 | Australia | age fotostock | Pixtal | Martin Rügner | ||
AU-wp4 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | ||
AU-wp5 | Australia | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | ||
AU-wp6 | Australia | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp1 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Herve Collart | ||
BR-wp2 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp3 | Brazil | N/A | Microsoft | Leandro Cruz de Paula | ||
BR-wp4 | Brazil | Getty Images | robertharding | Marco Simoni | ||
BR-wp5 | Brazil | Corbis | Corbis | Theo Allofs | ||
BR-wp6 | Brazil | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Tui De Roy | ||
CA-wp1 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Roy Ooms | ||
CA-wp2 | Canada | age fotostock | All Canada Photos | David Nunuk | ||
CA-wp3 | Canada | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Reinhard Schmid | ||
CA-wp4 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. A. Kraulis | ||
CA-wp5 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | J. David Andrews | Flipped horizontally | |
CA-wp6 | Canada | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | ||
CN-wp1 | China | Corbis | Brand X Pictures | Steve Allen | ||
CN-wp2 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Liu Liqun | ||
CN-wp3 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Frank Lukasseck | ||
CN-wp4 | China | Getty Images | China Span | Keren Su | ||
CN-wp5 | China | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | Aldo Pavan | ||
CN-wp6 | China | Corbis | Corbis | Xiaoyang Liu | ||
DE-wp1 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp2 | Germany | Getty Images | MedioImages | unknown (credited on Getty to Medioimages) | ||
DE-wp3 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | Dieter Heinemann | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp4 | Germany | Getty Images | Westend61 | unknown (credited on Getty to Westend61) | ||
DE-wp5 | Germany | Getty Images | unknown | Frank Krahmer | Later reused in Microsoft’s downloadable Blue Water theme | |
DE-wp6 | Germany | N/A | Microsoft | Holger Gawrisch | ||
ES-wp1 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Jose Fuste Raga | ||
ES-wp2 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | John and Lisa Merrill | ||
ES-wp3 | Spain | Corbis | zefa | Guenter Rossenbach | ||
ES-wp4 | Spain | Corbis | Corbis | Fransesc Muntada | ||
ES-wp5 | Spain | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | ||
ES-wp6 | Spain | N/A | Microsoft | Roberto Barrios Sanchez | ||
FR-wp1 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Miles Ertman | ||
FR-wp2 | France | Getty Images | Photonica | B.SCHMID | ||
FR-wp3 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Doug Pearson | ||
FR-wp4 | France | Masterfile | Masterfile | Frank Krahmer | ||
FR-wp5 | France | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | ||
FR-wp6 | France | Getty Images | Getty Images | David Noton | ||
GB-wp1 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Philip Kramer | ||
GB-wp2 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Travelpix Ltd | ||
GB-wp3 | United Kingdom | Getty Images | Getty Images | Peter Adams | ||
GB-wp4 | United Kingdom | Corbis | Corbis | Richard Cummins | ||
GB-wp5 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
GB-wp6 | United Kingdom | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Olimpio Fantuz | ||
IN-wp1 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Medha Jain | ||
IN-wp2 | India | age fotostock | age fotostock | Stuart Westmorland | ||
IN-wp3 | India | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Spila Riccardo | ||
IN-wp4 | India | Getty Images | Getty Images | Eric Meola | ||
IN-wp5 | India | N/A | Microsoft | Pareekshit Singh | ||
IN-wp6 | India | Corbis | epa | unknown (credited on Corbis to epa) | ||
IT-wp1 | Italy | Getty Images | Getty Images | Darrell Gulin | ||
IT-wp2 | Italy | Corbis | Grand Tour Collection | unknown (credited on Corbis to Grand Tour Collection) | ||
IT-wp3 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Sergio Pitamitz | ||
IT-wp4 | Italy | N/A | Microsoft | Marco Carrubba | ||
IT-wp5 | Italy | Corbis | Atlantide Phototravel | Guido Cozzi | ||
IT-wp6 | Italy | Corbis | Corbis | Hubert Stadler | ||
JP-wp1 | Japan | Getty Images | Sebun Photo | Hideaki Tanaka | ||
JP-wp2 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | unknown (credited on Corbis to Image Plan) | ||
JP-wp3 | Japan | N/A | Microsoft | Shinobu Takahashi | ||
JP-wp4 | Japan | Masterfile | Masterfile | Jeremy Woodhouse | ||
JP-wp5 | Japan | Corbis | Corbis | Robert Essel | ||
JP-wp6 | Japan | Getty Images | Getty Images | unknown (credited on Getty to Tohoku Color Agency) | ||
KR-wp1 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | ||
KR-wp2 | Korea | age fotostock | age fotostock | Matz Sjöberg | ||
KR-wp3 | Korea | Corbis | Corbis | Christophe Boisvieux | ||
KR-wp4 | Korea | Jupiterimages | Jupiterimages | unknown (credited on Getty to Jupiterimages) | ||
KR-wp5 | Korea | Jupiterimages | TongRo Images | unknown (credited on Jupiterimages to TongRo Image Stock) | ||
KR-wp6 | Korea | Getty Images | DAJ | unknown (credited on Getty to DAJ) | ||
MX-wp1 | Mexico | Getty Images | Getty Images | Stuart Dee | ||
MX-wp2 | Mexico | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | ||
MX-wp3 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | George H. H. Huey | ||
MX-wp4 | Mexico | age fotostock | age fotostock | Martin Siepmann | ||
MX-wp5 | Mexico | Corbis | Westlight | Randy Faris | ||
MX-wp6 | Mexico | age fotostock | hemis | Hervé Hugues | ||
NL-wp1 | Netherlands | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Frans Lemmens | ||
NL-wp2 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Getty Images | Betsie van der Meer | ||
NL-wp3 | Netherlands | age fotostock | age fotostock | René van der Meer | ||
NL-wp4 | Netherlands | Getty Images | Tony Stone Images | Tony Craddock | ||
NL-wp5 | Netherlands | Corbis | Corbis | Keren Su | ||
NL-wp6 | Netherlands | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gaudenzio Luciano | ||
PL-wp1 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | César Lucas Abreu | ||
PL-wp2 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | ||
PL-wp3 | Poland | Corbis | zefa | Manfred Mehlig | ||
PL-wp4 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Henryk T. Kaiser | ||
PL-wp5 | Poland | age fotostock | age fotostock | Piotr Ciesla | ||
PL-wp6 | Poland | Corbis | Corbis | Eastcott Momatiuk | ||
RU-wp1 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Eric Baccega | ||
RU-wp2 | Russia | age fotostock | age fotostock | Wojtek Buss | ||
RU-wp3 | Russia | Corbis | ITAR-TASS | Alexander Kolbasov | ||
RU-wp4 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Gräfenhain Günter | ||
RU-wp5 | Russia | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Alexander Petrosyan | ||
RU-wp6 | Russia | Getty Images | Minden Pictures | Konrad Wothe | ||
TR-wp1 | Turkey | Corbis | Jon Arnold Images | Michele Falzone | ||
TR-wp2 | Turkey | Corbis | robertharding | Adam Woolfitt | ||
TR-wp3 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Derek Berwin | ||
TR-wp4 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Mahaux Photography | ||
TR-wp5 | Turkey | Getty Images | Lonely Planet | Dallas Stribley | ||
TR-wp6 | Turkey | Getty Images | The Image Bank | Marc Romanelli | ||
TW-wp1 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Kenny Chen | ||
TW-wp2 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Vidler Steve | ||
TW-wp3 | Taiwan | age fotostock | Cretas | unknown (credited on age fotostock to Cretas) | ||
TW-wp4 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Perry Lu | ||
TW-wp5 | Taiwan | age fotostock | age fotostock | Sylvain Grandadam | ||
TW-wp6 | Taiwan | N/A | Microsoft | Sam Shih | ||
US-wp1 | United States | age fotostock | age fotostock | Alan Majchrowicz | ||
US-wp2 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Ron and Patty Thomas | ||
US-wp3 | United States | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Giovanni Simeone | ||
US-wp4 | United States | N/A | Microsoft | Shek Lun Ho | ||
US-wp5 | United States | Corbis | robertharding | Lee Frost | ||
US-wp6 | United States | Getty Images | Getty Images | Steve Bly | ||
ZA-wp1 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Andy Rouse | ||
ZA-wp2 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Daryl Benson | ||
ZA-wp3 | South Africa | Masterfile | Masterfile | Freeman Patterson | ||
ZA-wp4 | South Africa | Corbis | Corbis | Jon Hicks | ||
ZA-wp5 | South Africa | SIME/4Corners Images | SIME/4Corners Images | Ripani Massimo | ||
ZA-wp6 | South Africa | N/A | Microsoft | Keith D. Smith |
Sample pictures
7 has eight sample pictures. Half of them are royalty free Corbis images; the other half were taken by Microsoft employees. Like with Vista’s sample pictures, they are all at a resolution of 1024×768.
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