Windows 11 displays a prominent notice in the Start menu that reads: “Action advised — back up your PC.” It’s preceded by an ...

When you use Windows, the operating system quietly takes note of your habits to help streamline your experience. It ...

If you press the key combination Alt-Shift-Esc or right-click an empty area in the taskbar, you can launch the Task Manager utility quickly and easily. Figure 1 shows the right-click pop-up menu in ...

Microsoft is finishing this week with two new Windows 11 preview builds. One is available in the Dev Channel (26200.5733), and one in the Beta Channel (26120.5733). Both share the same changelog with ...

Windows 11 users are being pushed towards Microsoft 365 subscriptions through persistent Start menu pop-ups promoting OneDrive backup integration.

The Start menu is your way into Windows and the web—it’s where you find your apps and start your searches, where you go to customize the system and organize your digital life.

Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings.

Different Start menu view options. Credit: Microsoft In the Start menu, users will be able to shift the balance between pinned apps and "recommended" items depending on what they want to see more of.

Here's a tour of Vista's Taskbar and Start menu, as well as some tips for altering it in order to take better advantage of Aero's features.

The Start Menu in vista wasn’t bad, but it didn’t offer much of anything new. The biggest change during this period was that the Start Menu now expanded depending on what you clicked without ...

From Start Menu to Start Screen Windows 8 changed the Start menu dramatically, turning it into a tablet-style interface with tiles, which was carried over to Windows 10.

In fact, the Start menu is available for free. Classic Shell is a favorite among Windows 8 users who have reverted back to the Windows 7-style Start menu, and is an open-source option that doesn't ...