Windows 10’s release marked the return of the Start Menu, and what a glorious return it was. Desktop users could say goodbye to the confusing parallel of the Start Screen and the desktop and finally ...

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

Windows look and feel have evolved. While it was all beautiful in Windows XP and Windows 7, Windows 10 offered more functionalities but not so much for the looks. Windows 11, on the contrary, mixes ...

In the past few years, the Windows Start menu has been dangled in front of us and taken away more times than we can count, but it’s finally back—and it’s brought a lot of new tricks. For the first ...

Windows is great, but it isn't exactly what you would call lean. It comes with a whole host of programs, features, and services that, best case, take up unnecessary space, or worst case, slow down ...

You can change folder icons in Windows 11 by right-clicking and selecting "Properties" and "Customize." Desktop icons like the Recycle Bin are changed in the Settings under Personalization and Themes.

I’ve been following the ongoing debate over the Windows 8 Start screen with amusement and genuine sympathy. The common complaint goes something like this: “Touch-optimized Metro apps are great. The ...

The Start menu is back in Windows 10, but it's not exactly your father's start menu. Here's how to get the most out of it. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on ...

After seeing a clip of an accident at the Windows 10 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, it struck me that in the same way driver Brad Keselowski mowed over his pit crew, Microsoft ...

This article will focus on how to customize Windows Server PowerShell profiles. If PowerShell is your daily tool, you may want to create and customize your profiles. PowerShell profiles are basically ...

Buying Guide: Customizing Windows Vista, Part 2 Personal computers are just that: personal. Windows Vista provides myriad means of customization. By tweaking some of these settings, you can make the ...

Tweakers, rejoice! Windows 7 offers more customization options than any previous version of Windows–from total control over annoying pop-up system messages to homebrew “search connectors” that let you ...