Make Windows feel like home: How to personalize the Start menu

You can change the Start menu to any custom color you want, but that will, by default, change the Taskbar to the same color.
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Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft's first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card

Raymond Chen has shared some insight into the development of Microsoft’s first hardware product, the Z-80 SoftCard, from 1980 ...

Secret Windows 11 trick rescues you from frozen screen nightmares

Stuck in a digital jam? Windows 11's 'Emergency Restart' is your escape route. Just hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, hold Ctrl, and click ...
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Emergency restart is a hidden Windows 11 feature that could save you in a pinch

You probably know several ways to shut down your PC in an emergency, but if all else fails, try this secret technique.

How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2

If you want to keep Widgets enabled but clean it up a bit, open the Widgets menu, click the Settings gear in the top-right ...

First look at Windows 11's new Copilot-powered Taskbar search box in action — better than the old search UI?

Microsoft has started testing a new Copilot-powered search box on the Taskbar on Windows 11. It's better in some ways, but ...

Microsoft Weekly: the redesigned Start menu and more for Windows 11Microsoft Weekly: the redesigned Start menu and more for Windows 11Microsoft Weekly: the redesigned Start ...

Wild Task Manager bugs, redesigned Start menu for Windows 11, financial reports, gaming improvements, Copilot on taskbar, and other news in this week's Microsoft Weekly recap.