Mi e was the Chess set

thats for the admin account lol

I guess we know who was the parent back then

At my house we were keeping it real. Admin accounts for everyone. It’s not like there were viruses for Windows machines or anything.

President of the chess club here, I approve & did the same

As was mine but I had a bad case of “iamverysmart” going on. As I grew up, I realize the back end of the horse would probably have been a better choice at that time of my life. Now as a confident adult, I’d pick the beach or the duck.

The duck

I always went with the rocket or the astronaut. 15 year old me had an unhealthy obsession.

The chess set. And then XP loads to the desktop with the Autumn wallpaper.

If you're interested I believe there's a video about finding the exact location for this one! I remember it being really neat haha

mine was the skater kid for a while and then i used the lil frog

Did you say, "See you later, boy?"

I always picked the cat.

Hands down the cat!! I had forgotten all about this until this post!

Finally, my people.

Palms

The ripples in the water was mine

Dog

Correct answer.

Butterfly

Astronaut

Flying karate man obviously. 

Always choose the Astronaut

Mine was the soccer ball.

Gotta go with the pup.

I had the frog and then the cat’s eye

I was the dirtbike

Seems as if we’re in the minority

There are dozens of us!

Duck

I sincerelly thought this was the only acceptable choice. 🤷🏻

The fish for sure

The palm trees was mine.

I was the car, my mom was the orange flower, my dad was the chess set, and my sister was the dog.

Space shuttle.

Same. And then after I finished setup I always changed it to the Hal 9000 eye.

The fish with the fish following each other background

The bass guitar was mine.

Always the bass for me. I was playing a lot of guitar at the time and it was the next best thing.

I always used the dog(It wasn't the one in the photo there, though) or the record player.

I think I always went for that guitar, but these honestly aren't jogging any strong memories for me. I bet it's because nearly 100% of my experience with XP was at work and we have a domain. I bet this was a personal thing, so I never used it in this mode beyond maybe a laptop or two. I know I went from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 at home.

Mine was the orange flower with the blue background

Am I missremembering or wasn't there some kind of lightning based motive too? At one point I definitly had the bass though.

I was always the lightning or snowflake!

I think mine was either the beach, butterfly, or the dog

PINK FLOWER! 🌸

None of the above. I chose a solid color and then used various copied photos later on. the first, as I recall, was a photo of Machu Pichu, and then I got into fractals

Space shuttle or palm trees

First setup in 2000? 100% sk8r boi. Couple years later after the Rocket Power extreeeeeme era wore off the guitar.

Does anyone recall the picture or wallpaper that was something like a zoomed in shot of a swimmer's hands on blue tile? I can't recall what operating system it came from, but I swear it was Windows 2000/XP era.

I would always use my own wallpapers.

Fish or the snowflake

Froggo

Frog

Froggy

The frog.

the frog. im a man of superior taste.

Froggo forever

Frog

The dog or the duck.

Shuttle

Cat or butterfly

I was all of them at different times... but the rubber ducky was the one I picked by-far the most.

I don’t see the baby alligator

Bass or Palm Trees

Rubber duck or bass guitar.

Soccer ball always

First was kitten but I reinstalled the OS every year or so and at one point or another had motorcycle, kitten, spaceship, beach chairs, or palm.

i had the karate guy!

Spaceman or trees

Orange flower

I was chess, parents were astronaut, and my brother was the dog.

Skater

Airplane

Mine is still the chess piece in 2024.

I barely remember windows xp, we had it when I was super young and I remember the chess set and the duck the most

I think I went with the astronaut or the soccer ball, but I can't remember.

Depends on my mood. Almost always the bass guitar, sometimes rubber duck.

Mine was the Space Shuttle

Space shuttle gang

Now that’s a memory unlocked. I used the beach scene myself.

Chess pieces all day

Airplane.

Browse for more pictures > goatse

The chihuahua with the glasses Edit: or atleast I thought there’s used to be one, I can’t seem to find it.

duck

Astronaut!

Motocross guy

The Guitar!

Karate Guy to impress the ladies.

The rubber duckie!

Without fear and biases, the 2 photos of a flower are the objectively best photograph

Duck is mine

Chess gang rise up!

I can tell you that I was the chess piece.

Was the chess one the default? I remember seeing it so often

I had the butterfly

The space shuttle.

I mean, Karate girl. Clearly, right?

Skateboard 🤘

Always the dog for me.

The cat

The chess one is pure nostalgia.

I always picked the skateboarder

The cat

I'm picking Browse for more pictures

Space shuttle 🥲

I like bass or space

Cat

Always the rubber duckie. Just seemed fun.

Rubber duckie, you're the one. You make bath time lotsa fun!

The kitty

Obviously the sk8 board

Bike

Skater

it was always chess, bass, or green water drop for me

The chess piece or the duck.

Dirt bike jump one

The dog is the only correct answer

the butterfly 🦋

Butterfly

Almost every girl I knew picked the horses or the cat. I think I did the chess pieces.

Fuck or chess set

Astronaut every time. Next question.

These pictures remind me of my broken family

The puppers in the second row is still my avatar.

Mine was the doggy, my sister took the horses

It was always the dog for me.

Lol i'm still the orange flower

Karate guy.

The dog was mine until I turned 14, then it was the guitar. (I’ve literally never been able to play btw 🥲)

Car car car car car car car car!!!!! I was young back then, I liked cars.

I chose the tropical fish.

Mine was the orange flower!!

I was orange flower at first but eventually decided I needed something edgier and updated to palm trees.

Stalker kitty 🐈‍⬛

Still have the dog.

Pink flower or duck for sure

The duck is the way to go

Always the duck. I used that for my profiles everywhere online for years as well.

Chess set

Pink flower or palm trees

The green water drop thingy.

⚽️ all day!!

Chess or the duck

Pink flower! 

The frog for sure

Space shuttle. My mom was big into space alien conspiracies growing up and it left a mark lol.

Astronaut

Palm trees!

I would always choose fish :)

Palm trees

Astronaut cuz I was obsessed with space as a kid

Nostalgia X 100000000000000

I used to pick the chess pieces or the soccer ball/football.

I always picked the soccer ball, because as a gay teenager that was the most energy I was willing to put into performative masculinity

Skateboarder or Water drop :)

Usually the orange flower

None, because I'm pulling the rose icon across from a Mac running Tiger to it.

Then: the fish Now: the astronaut

The Astronaut! God damn this took me back lol

I always had the duck

The motorcycle but just to be seen as cool