I paid $1 to turn my PC into a holiday HQ

These five festive applications for Windows 11 transform my desktop PC into a holiday winter wonderland each and every ...

How to manage widgets in the lock screen on Windows 11 — customize your PC before you ever log in

Windows 11 now lets you control the widgets that appear in the Lock Screen, and you can even disable the feature completely.
The Verge

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to ge…

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, ...
TechRadar

Windows 1.0 released 40 years ago today - and started Microsoft's road to success

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.