Desktop – WindowsTechs.com

How meaningful are SPECTRE mitigations on single user desktops and workstations if the installed software is trusted?

Posted on November 3, 2024 by vfclists

What prompts this question is why some Spectre mitigations are considered meaningful on single user workstations or desktops.
When a piece of software is trusted by the admin or a user to run on a single user system, what is the purpose of… Continue reading How meaningful are SPECTRE mitigations on single user desktops and workstations if the installed software is trusted?→

Desktop Background turns Black when highlighting [Fix]

Posted on October 22, 2024 by LaxmanSingh@TWC

If your desktop background turns black when highlighting on a Windows 11/10 PC, this post will help you resolve the issue. Some users have reported that their desktop background turns black when they drag the mouse cursor on the desktop to highlight or… Continue reading Desktop Background turns Black when highlighting [Fix]→

Quick Settings (24H2)

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

Quick settings is a new Windows 11 feature that appears when you click the Network, Volume, or Power buttons in the Taskbar’s system tray. As its name suggests, Quick settings provides easy access to commonly needed system settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetoot… Continue reading Quick Settings (24H2)→

Search (24H2)

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

As with its predecessors, Windows 11 offers an integrated Search feature that’s accessible from the Taskbar or Start. Search helps you find apps and documents on your PC as you would expect, but it also searches the web and can find other types of file… Continue reading Search (24H2)→

Widgets (24H2)

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

Windows 11 includes a Widgets feature that consists of a Widgets button at the far left of the Taskbar and a pop-up widget board that displays notifications–for news, and more superfluous information–widgets, and a Microsoft Start news and general in… Continue reading Widgets (24H2)→

Taskbar (24H2)

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

Though most of the items it contains are now centered by default, the Windows 11 Taskbar looks and works much like those in previous Windows versions. But it has also been simplified, so some options you may have used in the past are either missing or … Continue reading Taskbar (24H2)→

Start (24H2)

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

You still open Start in Windows 11 by clicking the Start button in the Taskbar. But Start is significantly different from the version since in earlier Windows versions. As with the Taskbar, Start has been simplified, it’s now centered onscreen by defau… Continue reading Start (24H2)→

Desktop (24H2)

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

The Windows 11 Desktop works much as it did in Windows 10, but it has been updated with new iconography–as with the Recycle Bin you can see below–and a new Themes feature that lets you combine your favorite desktop backgrounds, colors, sounds, and mo… Continue reading Desktop (24H2)→

Windows stuck on Desktop with no Icons or Taskbar [Fix]

Posted on September 23, 2024 by AnandK@TWC

If your Windows computer gets stuck on the Desktop with no icons or Taskbar, the suggestions provided in this article will help you. According to users, their computers freeze on the Desktop after signing in. They cannot use left or right mouse clicks … Continue reading Windows stuck on Desktop with no Icons or Taskbar [Fix]→

Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

With the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter→