One of the big features of Windows 11 is the widgets. These may remind you of the Windows 10 Start menu, except you access these from your taskbar. They’re a great way to customize your Windows experience and get the info you want and need just by clicking a single icon on your taskbar. If … Read more
Windows 11 brings several improvements over Windows 10. You have the Android apps integration, better organization, and a new Start Menu. Let’s take a look at various tips to use, edit, and customize the Start Menu in Windows 11. Content 1. Move Start Menu to Left 2. Open Important Windows Features 3. Pin Apps 4. … Read more
The Windows hosts file is a plain text file on your Windows PC that can be manually maintained by you as an administrator. Although optional, the hosts file has been retained in Windows 11 and 10 to help manage any website, server network address, ad trackers, spyware, and Trojans. This easy-to-understand guide details what the … Read more
Is your Windows 10 computer ready to make the jump to Windows 11? The latest version of Microsoft’s OS has been out for a while, with many of the early niggles being ironed out now and adoption being on the way up. While we always urge caution with being an “early adopter” of a new … Read more
Even though Windows 11 brings many improvements, its taskbar is not only a downgrade over Windows 10, but it is also prone to issues such as the taskbar disappearing, appearing blank, or being unresponsive. Whatever the issue related to the taskbar, the following solutions will help fix the issue of the Windows 11 taskbar not … Read more
Windows 11 supports a default transparent background for the desktop, taskbar, Start menu, Windows Terminal, and many other applications. Windows 10 also lets you work with these options, although they’re not as effective. In this guide, we discuss how to enable transparency effects for various Windows menu items. If instead you prefer a solid color … Read more
Windows 7 ranks among the top Windows operating systems. It’s the reason individuals and businesses are still clinging to the OS even after Microsoft ended support in January 2020. While you can continue to use Windows 7 after the end of support, the safest option is to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11. If … Read more
If your PC suddenly stops showing one of your internal drives in the file explorer or not list your external drive, it could be due to the OS getting confused with the drive letters. Simply changing your assigned drive letters can help you bypass this conflict. Here are six ways to change the drive letter. … Read more
Hot corners are often an undervalued way to perform a variety of actions quickly on macOS and Linux-based operating systems. Naturally, users would love to see hot corners in Windows, too. For example, on my elementary OS setup, I can move my mouse to the bottom-right corner of my screen to show all windows so … Read more
Setting up sound devices on Windows can be a messy business. Drivers can clash with each other, Windows might misread one kind of sound output as another, and you may have to dive into your sound settings to figure out exactly what’s going on. When your headphones are not working in Windows 10 and 11, … Read more