It is handy to be able to just look up at the My Computer icon and see where you are and what name you are using. >Last month, we created a script that used Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to ...

I ditched desktop shortcuts and never looked back.

When you spend hours at your computer every day, the slightest unexpected change on your desktop can throw you off balance. The blue highlighting of desktop icons can happen accidentally in Windows XP ...

Q. I goofed up my PC and now my desktop icons are very large. When I run games, especially solitaire, the cards are one-fourth off the screen. How can I get this back to normal? Don Filip @sauk.com A.

Keeping all system tray icons visible helps me stay aware of what’s running in the background. Visible icons aren’t cluttered if screen space allows and background apps are limited. System tray icons ...