Please note, that this involves editing the Windows Registry. Wrongly editing the Registry can cause your computer to stop functioning. If you are uncertain or not completely comfortable editing the ...

If you’ve just bought a new laptop, one of the first things you’re probably going to want to do is personalize how it looks. Windows has plenty of options for customizing what you see when you open up ...

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 ...

Windows has included a variety of wallpaper images for the desktop background from the beginning, but it is also possible to set a solid color that displays only the color selected from the color ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8.1, isn’t well known for how easy it makes restoring PCs and tablets to factory settings or getting the latest apps and games from a safe place. Mostly, it’s known for the Start ...

A couple months back I gave you some tips on how to customize Windows Media Center, my onetime favorite Microsoft media management system. I’ll be honest: I’ve been thinking seriously about cutting ...