Real estate on your computer desktop is about to become a lot more valuable. It is all due to Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's ubiquitous computer operating system that hits stores this fall ...

The small size of the icons on the Windows XP taskbar can make it difficult to distinguish between them when you're trying to quickly open a program. Although Microsoft provides business users with ...

If you want to customize your Windows XP desktop and add a new, interesting effect, you can make your desktop icons have a background color. You can use the advanced settings of the Appearance menu to ...

Many would agree that Windows XP was one of the best versions of Windows ever. While it's now extremely outdated, it's still possible to relive the nostalgia and give Windows 11 the look of XP. One of ...

For fun, I downloaded Powertoys and installed them. I went in and made a couple of changes unrelated to the desktop and icons. When I clicked OK, a weird thing happened. My desktop icons reverted to ...

If you’ve recently made the move from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7, one big change you’ve probably noticed is the way the operating system displays icons in its taskbar (the row along the bottom ...