Real estate on your computer desktop is about to become a lot more valuable. It is all due to Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's ubiquitous computer operating system that hits stores this fall ...

Whatever, the icons are 32 by 32 pixels and 16 colours, though Windows 95 did actually support 256-colour icons. And if you ...

For fun, I downloaded Powertoys and installed them. I went in and made a couple of changes unrelated to the desktop and icons. When I clicked OK, a weird thing happened. My desktop icons reverted to ...

PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...

Nostalgic for Windows 95? Believe it or not, you can still find icons from the dusty old OS kicking about in Windows 11.

Looking at small icons on your Windows XP computer all day at your business can result in your eyes straining to see what's on the screen. This can result in headaches and over time can result in ...

What would happen if I replaced the Windows XP SHELL32.dll with the Windows 2000 SP3 SHELL32.dll. This seems to be where all the icons are kept - would this change my icons from the terribly cartoony ...

We might be in the age of Windows 10, but for longtime Windows users there’s nothing like some of the classic features of earlier versions. Today’s tip helps bring an ancient relic to your Windows 10 ...

Vista’s taskbar isn’t that different from Windows 7’s, provided you enable large icons. As most Windows watchers know by now, Windows 7 brings a handful of interface tweaks to the table, starting with ...