If you've been using Microsoft's operating system for a while, you'll undoubtedly remember the wildly popular Windows 7. As you may know, Microsoft ended support for updates to Windows 7 ...

After logging in, Windows 7 first set up the desktop piece by piece, i.e. the taskbar, the desktop window, icons for applications, and even the background image.

After starting the program for the first time, you can click on one of the displayed videos and select it for your desktop. For Matrix fans, there’s even a cool video wallpaper inspired by the film.

In a recent project, I had the task of programming time-consuming calculations that took place in the background of a desktop application. The motivation was to allow the user to continue working ...