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A new feature of Windows Store apps, utilizing background tasks will not only help circumvent some challenges from the Windows Store app lifecycle, but they can keep your app responsive to what's ...

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Microsoft has finally brought one of the better features of Windows into Windows 11: Windows Spotlight, which splashes Microsoft’s rather blah new operating system with some warmth and charm. It’s ...

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, ...

Windows 10 offers multiple ways to personalize your PC using a photo of your own choosing. You can use a picture for the desktop background, the lock screen, or the sign-in screen. But one gotcha when ...

You can shut down any background app in Windows 7 through the Task Manager, but this isn't a permanent solution. If the app's own settings tell it to load at startup, it will run again in the ...