Vista’s taskbar isn’t that different from Windows 7’s, provided you enable large icons. As most Windows watchers know by now, Windows 7 brings a handful of interface tweaks to the table, starting with ...

The Windows System Tray is something of a necessary evil. It shows status icons for various system elements (like volume and network connections) and programs running in the background (like MozyHome ...

Microsoft's new OS gives you more options for viewing and manipulating windows and screen elements, and also ribbon-izes Paint and WordPad. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...

One of the joys of having a computer of your own is the ability to customize it to your liking. Doing this comes in many forms, from altering your device's aesthetic by changing its wallpaper to ...

Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.