When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Charles O'Rear / Microsoft I vividly remember when I got my very first computer growing ...

Windows XP also became one of the longest-supported and widely used versions of Windows and was one of those rare releases that outlived its successor. This interesting failure was Windows Vista. XP ...

Windows XP was an actively supported Microsoft product for 13 years, including five years where it was the newest version available and another three years where it was vastly more popular than its ...

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 ...

This hill is ubiquitous but surprisingly difficult to locate in reality. The iconic Windows XP default desktop wallpaper of a sloped green hill beneath a bright blue sky is one of the most viewed ...

No disrespect to Microsoft’s splashy Windows 11 wallpapers, but there’s a better way to make your Windows desktop feel more inspiring. It’s called Lively Wallpaper by rockdanister, and it’s a free app ...

Changing your background is the easiest way to customize your desktop experience in Windows 11 or Windows 10. You can use any image, really, whether it’s custom ...

A preview build for Windows 11 was leaked yesterday, giving us a glimpse of the new features and changes coming to Microsoft's next generation of Windows. One of these changes is new collections of ...

Windows look and feel have evolved. While it was all beautiful in Windows XP and Windows 7, Windows 10 offered more functionalities but not so much for the looks. Windows 11, on the contrary, mixes ...