Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

Windows 11's taskbar offers extensive customization for a personalized computing experience. Users can now easily adjust icon alignment, manage app visibility, and control system tray elements.

Windows 11 is looking great and working well. But there are certain features that are not carried over to Windows 11 from Windows 10. In this guide, we list out features that are missing on Windows 11 ...

If you’ve ever wanted to check a Wi-Fi network speed, Microsoft is making it easier to do it straight from the Windows 11 taskbar. Good: quick access to a speed test from the Windows 11 taskbar. Bad: ...

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The taskbar is at the center of everything you do on Microsoft’s operating system—launching and closing apps, switching between windows, personalizing the desktop—and has been around in some form ...

If you're a Windows user, you're likely interacting with the taskbar most of the time, and yet most people don't know about all of the options and customization it offers. With a few easy tweaks, the ...