The tiny tweaks in the update pushed to Windows 8.1 users last week transformed Microsoft’s Modern UI-tinged future into a truly PC-friendly operating system for the very first time, but as welcome as ...

The Windows taskbar is your launching pad to your favorite applications and files. By personalizing the taskbar and learning a few power user shortcuts, you can make Windows work better for you. This ...

Microsoft blended the Windows 7 interface with its new Metro UI. Metro UI was entirely different from the UIs Windows had ...

Microsoft took a gamble when it launched Windows 8 and made the Modern interface so prominent. Many users reacted negatively, and Microsoft has subsequently made three major revisions to Windows 8.

The Quick Launch toolbar is a small toolbar that resides in your Windows taskbar that allows you to quickly launch programs that you place in it. Starting in Windows 7, the Quick Launch toolbar is no ...

Windows: Ever wish you could tweak the taskbar's shortcuts, or add other features Microsoft forgot about? 7+ Taskbar Tweaker adds a ton of extra settings and shortcuts to the Windows taskbar, and it ...

Even if you have already reserved your free Windows 10 Upgrade, you will notice that the Get Windows 10 app icon continues to sit in the taskbar. While it is not a big deal for most, especially those ...

During the company's Build 2014 conference in San Francisco in April 2014, Microsoft announced and released a free update to Windows 8.1 known simply as Update 1. The refresh introduces gobs of new ...

The Windows taskbar is perhaps one of the most overlooked desktop components that can be tweaked to improve your PC experience. Today, I’m going to show you two tricks you can do with the taskbar: One ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

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