When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the fun features of Windows Phone 8.1 is the ability to add a background image to your ...

Microsoft’s Windows 8.1, isn’t well known for how easy it makes restoring PCs and tablets to factory settings or getting the latest apps and games from a safe place. Mostly, it’s known for the Start ...

When Windows 8 first debuted, the operating system received a ton of criticism for the things it did. Complaints included the replacement of the Start Menu with the Start Screen and a new design that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While the Windows Phone Start Screen has never really sucked wind, the features the Windows Phone ...

If you don’t enjoy Windows 8’s Start and lock screens, Decor8 can help make them more your own (but it won’t make them go away). Windows 8 comes with an entirely new interface called Modern (formerly ...

Previously on How to Tech, we showed you how to skip the Start screen tiles in Windows 8.1 so you can start your computer right on the desktop. But what if you prefer playing with those Start tiles?

Windows 8 users have a limited set of images from which they can choose and set one as their Start Screen background. There was always this wish among Windows 8 users to be able to set their desktop ...

The Start screen and desktop are still two totally different environments in Windows 8.1, but at least you can make them look the same. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

It’s no secret that Windows 8 is unpopular. The same goes for Windows 8.1, a free update for the OS that was released back in April. While you can choose to avoid the Metro UI when using Windows 8, ...