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

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling out a taskbar notification system to its Windows 11 widgets ...

Build 23511 rolls out to Insiders in the Dev Channel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new Windows 11 preview build is now ...

One of the simplest ways to manage the Windows Security icon is via Settings. To do that, you need to follow these steps: Launch Settings by Win + X > Settings. Click Personalization > Taskbar > ...

Microsoft is revisiting how search functions in the Windows 11 taskbar, while users could also soon get a small shield icon on their taskbar's system tray to indicate when a PC is connected to a VPN.

Of all the locations on the desktop, how often do we pay attention to the lower right corner also known as the system tray/notification area? Unless we get a pop-up notification or want to check the ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Microsoft released on January 8 the first new Windows 10 Fast Ring build for 2020. The new Windows 10 test build, No. 19541, includes a couple of minor new options for Task Manager and Notifications, ...