Three free virtual-desktop programs work better and give you more options than Microsoft's Virtual Desktop Manager, which is as buggy as an anthill and has no Vista version. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

As big as monitors get, they never seem big enough. Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows XP (which is part of PowerToys for Windows XP) gives you four times the space you're used to having. A ...

PowerToys from Microsoft is a set of executables that add fun and functionality to an OS. Here we tell you how to install and operate one amongst these toys – the MSVDM (Microsoft Virtual Desktop ...

One of the more eye-catching features of many Linux distributions is the ‘virtual desktop’, which basically means you can switch between four active desktops with the click of a mouse. According to ...

Windows Vista only: Microsoft still hasn't updated Windows XP PowerToys for Vista, but you can still get multiple desktops with the free Vista Virtual Desktop Manager beta. Once the software's ...

Microsoft on Friday released new versions of its Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) and Application Virtualization (App-V) tools. Both are part of the also newly revised Microsoft ...

About a week or two ago, I installed the game XIII on my laptop. After that installation, I noticed that the wallpaper on my desktop disappeared (XP Pro SP2). I am running the MS Virtual Desktop ...

Last week’s tips for successfully hosting virtual desktops story mentioned an interesting alternative to VDI: Citrix’s hosted shared virtual desktop technology, based on XenApp. The technology has ...

Independently confirmed Windows 9 rumors have Microsoft dropping Charms Bar and adding 'virtual Desktops,' an obscure feature from XP and Win7 Curious about Windows 9? Recent revelations give us the ...

It seems there’s no end to the improving and polishing that Windows requires. Consider the Windows XP Task Manager – it’s awful. If you are anywhere beyond the noob level this is a tool you are going ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...