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Replace the classic Outlook icon with the new Office icon and give your taskbar and Start menu a fresh new look.

Microsoft appears to be getting ready to deliver a highly requested change to the Start menu in Windows 11: a redesigned "All apps" list. Here is how to try it in the latest preview build. In October ...

How to remove programs via the start menu Here’s how you can quickly uninstall a program right from the Windows 8 start menu. 1. Right click on the icon for the program you want to remove in the start ...

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Microsoft has started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu, a new experiment the company says will help users find new "great" apps in the Microsoft Store. The trial is now rolling out in the Beta ...

With Windows 11’s November 2025 Update (update KB5068861), Microsoft fixed some bugs but also introduced some new issues. The biggest news item, however, was the introduction of a completely new and ...

While researching a recent Consumer Reports article, I had to create a brand-new Windows 11 user account on my gaming PC. Hoo boy. Within seconds, I had ads on the lock screen, random app ...