Last week, the Microsoft decided to please the most homesick users with a bundle of wallpapers for Microsoft Teams, its platform for corporate communication. Clippy, the Office Virtual Assistant, the default Windows XP wallpaper, Paint and Solitaire return as wallpapers to decorate chat rooms and show how classics never age in the hearts of those who have seen the operating system evolve.
The pack features modern reinterpretations of old popular Windows pictures. Starting with Clippy, he appears on a pile of papers with his characteristic look (and even a little apprehensive, if you remember his inconvenient acting), as if he were always waiting for a new call for help.
In the Solitaire game wallpaper, Microsoft celebrates 31 years since the game’s debut, back in Windows 3.0. Here, the cards assume a large size, almost like in a big studio, and bounce off the walls, simulating the effect generated by the deck when the player won the dispute.
Another well-represented classic is Paint — the first, introduced in 1985, in Windows 1.0. The editing tool has gone through numerous overhauls and even has a spiritual successor (much less famous), Paint 3D.
Finally, the default Windows XP wallpaper speaks for itself. After all, nothing more characteristic in the history of Microsoft than the sunny valley that greeted users after the first boot.
Teams more and more complete
Microsoft Teams is on its way to becoming a general purpose communication platform on Windows 11, ranging from work teams that collaborate remotely to family and friends who communicate without leaving home. Nothing better, then, than preparing for the arrival of more users with a robust set of wallpapers to highlight the evolution of the OS.
Of this set, you can only miss the classic version of MSN — whose purpose matches perfectly with the new Teams. Who knows in the future the owner of Windows will not decide to put it among the options, right?
The wallpaper pack is available for free download from Windows official website and all are in Full HD resolution. So you can place them wherever you like — even on the desktop if you want to be reminded of iconic figures often.
For you, what other feature should be rethought as a modern wallpaper? tell the CT about your homesickness in the comments field below.
Source: Microsoft
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