In the Windows operating system, you can auto-hide the taskbar so the Start button does not show until you hover the mouse over the taskbar area. When the cursor is not in the area of the taskbar, the ...

Windhawk is a free and open-source utility that allows you to customize most aspects of the Windows user interface, including ...

Some things you learn about and then proceed to forget about them. This is one of those cases for me. In fact I posted about this Vista performance tip what seems like ages ago here on GBM. I thought ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=24588147#p24588147:1zlhxfi1 said: habermas[/url]":1zlhxfi1]"Not content with putting Start buttons on mice (in ...

Microsoft has added a mute and unmute button to the Windows 11 Taskbar, which gained a Teams Chat button in place of Windows 10's Skype Meet Now button. The mute/unmute button should come in handy for ...

If you're not a fan of the default Start Menu experience on Windows 11, then consider installing this free and open-source ...

Switching to Windows 11? You’re not alone. With the clock ticking down to Windows 10’s end-of-support date in October, professionals around the globe are making ...

The built-in feature in the Edge browser to pin a webpage to the Windows 11/10 taskbar or Start menu works similarly as seen in Google Chrome. However, there, you create a shortcut to pin the website ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft doesn’t currently support ungrouping app icons on the taskbar in Windows ...

When Windows 95 came out twenty years ago, its headlining feature was the new Start menu, giving easy access to programs and documents. The official theme song for the Windows 95 launch was even ...

Speaking with U.K. publication PC Pro, a Microsoft program manager claims that people were no longer using the Start button. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Hey Microsoft, that's great that you decided to let us customise the Start screen a little more. Here's a few ideas on some further customizations you might want to consider. First, how about you make ...