When you right-click on your Windows 7 or Windows Vista Desktop and select Personalize, in the Windows Color & Appearance, you are presented with a set of eight colors to choose from. It can be used ...

I still remember the golden era of Windows customization, somewhere between the glassy peaks of Windows 7 and the utilitarian ...

One noticeable difference in Windows 10 is the return of the Start Menu that was given a miss in earlier versions. The new Start menu displays a classic Windows 7 Start menu on the left side, ...

Windows 7 only: Reader Jay wanted the Windows 7 taskbar to work more efficiently—so he rolled up his sleeves and figured out how to enable middle-clicking to close applications. Normally when you ...

Sociologists say that multitasking has shortened our attention spans and made us more easily distracted than ever. The problem is especially noticeable on modern PCs, where it's possible to open ...

While we haven't yet gotten our hands on a Windows 7 build with the new taskbar, we did talk to Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky about the various UI changes and what we can expect at release time. It's ...

Windows 7 only: If you're not into Windows desktop gadgets, there is another way to easily monitor your computer's CPU and RAM: Taskbar Meters puts simple, attractive resource monitors right on your ...