If you are looking for a way to pin your favorite website’s shortcut or tile to the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, this post will show you how to do it for Internet Explorer 11. Things were easier on ...

The Windows operating system allows you to pin most software or apps directly to the taskbar for quick access when you’re on the desktop. This, however, does not hold true for Windows Update. While it ...

Phillip Moyer has been using Android since its biggest selling points were Flash support and sliding physical keyboards, and has been using Chromebooks ever since Chromium OS was first published as an ...

The Start menu in Windows 10 has similarities to its counterpart in Windows 7 but also has some surprises. So how does it all work now? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Enable Start Screen Let’s assume your current Windows 10 machine is set to use the Start menu by default. If you want to switch to the Start screen, click the Start button and go to Settings > ...

You haven’t customized the bejesus out of Windows 10’s Start menu unless you’ve done deep linking. Sure, you’ve rearranged the left side of Windows 10’s Start menu, gotten your tiles just the way you ...

When the full-screen mode is enabled, the Start screen will overlay the entire desktop and provide a more generous amount of space to pin applications, and your live tiles will be larger. If you wish ...

Windows 8's Start Screen gets a bad rap, but with the right tweaks and a couple downloads, it can actually be pretty useful. Here's how to make the Start Screen into something you might actually want ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Steam (steampowered.com) is yet to launch a Windows Phone companion app that enables PC owners ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For those in the US whom also have Windows Phone 8.1 installed, Cortana is probably one of your ...

Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...