Microsoft celebrates the holidays with new Windows 11 wallpaper

A lot of holidays are on the horizon, including (but not limited to) Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. With so many different festivities on the way, Microsoft has taken the path of least resistance and partnered with an artist to produce a wallpaper that celebrates the holidays exclusively past celebrating the cold, snowy flavour — depending on where you lot live — they all accept identify in.

The artist in question is Kervin Brisseaux, who teamed up with Microsoft to make the abstract Windows 11 holidays-themed image. You tin download the wallpaper and read nearly Brisseaux's inspiration for it at Microsoft'southward blog post on the subject area, though if you want a teaser of the contents, here'due south an extract:

The light and bright elements of the visual story Brisseaux imagined for his background track with the new color palette and softer, more approachable graphics of Windows 11. Soft floral elements and ribbons play on the operating organization'south modern and engaging rounded geometry, while invoking holiday gift-giving traditions.

This is far from the simply wallpaper Microsoft has provided in recent memory. In the same week that its holiday wallpaper released, the company as well made its Windows 11 SE background available for download. It'southward a pastel offering with a bit more than dimensional texture to it if yous'd rather have something sporting visual depth and structural rigidity as opposed to the holiday choice's flatter and deliberately less-defined artful.

Alternatively, if all this art talk has yous hankering for something even fancier than a Brisseaux work, consider opting for a JPEG of a Rembrandt.

An internet connection will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

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An internet connectedness will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

Microsoft has announced that afterward this year, users will be required to connect to the internet and sign-in with a Microsoft Account during the out of box setup experience on Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft has already been enforcing this requirement on Windows 11 Home since launch concluding October, and Windows 11 Pro is at present expected to follow adapt soon.