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 ...

Lighter, thinner, and smaller laptops are in, and for good reason: They’re ultraportable and therefore great for both schlepping to work and using on the road or vacation. Unfortunately, smaller ...

In Windows 7, the Start menu and the taskbar have become both easier to use and more sophisticated. However, they also offer a slew of additional capabilities and customization options that aren’t ...

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 ...

The centered taskbar, which was supposed to provide an immersive experience, was one of the biggest highlights of Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system, Windows 11. Although the revamped taskbar ...

We've already mentioned the new Jump Lists feature in Windows 7 as one of our favorite features of the burgeoning operating system, and today we're taking a closer look at how you can use them to save ...

If you really want to get down to business and get things done, you need to create an environment conducive to productivity. I do it by eliminating everything that might distract me from accomplishing ...

Have you ever run into a situation where you want to raise the volume of a downloaded clip to make it audible, only to find that the Volume icon is missing from the Taskbar of your Windows 11 or ...

Pinning the Google Chrome icon to your desktop taskbar will help you launch this browser quickly. Windows 8 includes an option to pin application icons and keep them visible on the taskbar even when ...

Many would agree that Windows XP was one of the best versions of Windows ever. While it's now extremely outdated, it's still ...