The Windows desktop is iconic. Some of the backgrounds, the green rolling hills featured in Windows XP, have even become a bit of a meme. However, I do one thing very differently: I have completely ...

With a Windows 10 computer, there are a ton of ways you can personalize your computer to make it your own. From changing the background on your desktop or the appearance of your cursor to your default ...

When you install Windows 7 and Windows 8 you will find that your desktop has only the Recycle Bin icon and any other icons enabled by your computer manufacturer. If you wish to add other icons such as ...

When you install new programs on your computers, they may display a message asking if you like them to store an icon on your desktop. If you move through your installation screens quickly, you may ...

Fences 2 is well worth the money: It makes the desktop useful again. I have no icons on my desktop. I have two wide-screen monitors totaling almost 4,000 horizontal pixels, and not a single icon— ...

There are few places on your computer that you'll look at more than your desktop. It's like a mega-folder, holding dozens — if not hundreds — of your most important apps and files. And while most ...

When you spend hours at your computer every day, the slightest unexpected change on your desktop can throw you off balance. The blue highlighting of desktop icons can happen accidentally in Windows XP ...

Simple, elegant, and insanely practical, Fences corrals all your desktop icons. Tired of icon clutter? Sure, you can organize your desktop shortcuts, programs, folders, and the like by dragging and ...

Have you ever been to a presentation, or worse, a high-profile company keynote, it gets started on an empty Windows desktop showing nothing but the Recycle Bin icon? Hideous. Preferring to keep our ...