The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

There is only one straightforward way to create a shortcut to a specific Chrome user on a desktop, which is by tweaking the Chrome settings of each profile account. Once the account shortcut is ...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that’s one messy desktop you’ve got. No, not your physical desk. I’m talking about the background of your computer. See for yourself: drag this browser window ...

Ever since we started controlling our computers with a mouse, icons have been central to our operating systems. By clicking on small, simple images representing a folder, trash can, or magnifying ...

If you’re looking to make your desktop background more visually engaging, you should try embedding a video with the open source app Lively Wallpaper. This app comes with some free videos for your ...

The Lockscreen of a Windows computer is the window you see every time you boot it up, right when you’re about to log into your system. The screen is highly customizable on Windows computers. Since ...