The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

With Windows 11, Microsoft has added some subtle improvements and new features to enhance the user experience. One of these new features is the addition of support for widgets. Users can access the ...

Here is a list of the best free widgets and gadgets for Windows 11. A desktop widget or a gadget is an application or software that stays on your desktop screen to control simple utility functions ...

While I wouldn't say I've always been particularly fussy about what my Windows desktop looks like, I've recently become more interested in tools to customize Windows 11 in order to get the widgets I ...

With Windows, you've got an almost limitless number of ways to customize the desktop experience. From simply changing the taskbar look using Windows Registry to installing a third-party tool, you've ...

Microsoft has added new features to Windows 10 Virtual Desktops that allow you to customize them to your liking. Windows 10 currently allows you to create virtual desktops that you can use to launch ...

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Microsoft is reshaping how Windows 11 users personalize their PCs by adding a dedicated Themes department to the Microsoft Store.

The standard Windows 11 does the job, but requires some customization out of the box to run at its best and become more user-friendly. I usually use apps like Winhawk or PowerToys to do this, and have ...

The first thing I do on any Windows 11 PC to boost performance is adjust the visual effects. These include features such as ...

Over at Maximum PC, I (Adam) have written up a guide to customizing your Windows desktop, complete with my favorite tools for tweaking and streamlining Windows. Lifehacker readers are no strangers to ...