Windows Safe Mode is a way of booting up your Windows operating system in order to run administrative and diagnostic tasks on your installation. When you boot into Safe Mode the operating system ...

The familiar start button went missing in Windows 8 and instead users are left staring at an empty space with no apparent way to access programs and applications.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

Next, navigate to the "Accessibility" tab on the left sidebar. Go to the "Text Size" section and drag the slider to increase ...

The Start button was back, and the desktop was once again the default screen on most desktop and laptop PCs. That right-clickable sort-of-Start-menu got some more features.

Slick freebie Pokki makes the Windows 8 desktop a much more familiar and convenient place. And it comes with its own app store!

Windows Start Button Returning; Razer's Gaming Laptop; New iPod Touch From the latest on Windows 8.1 to Razer's new gaming laptop, here's what you missed yesterday.

In Windows 8, Classic Shell adds the Start button back to a user’s desktop and provides the same classic customizable Start Menu it does in older Windows builds.

Take back control of your PC’s Start menu and taskbar, whether you’re running Windows 10 or Windows 11.

Start Button Renamer for Windows 7 or ToolTip Text Changer freeware will let you change start button text in Windows very easily.

You can change what the Power Button does when you press it. Make it Shut down, Hibernate, Sleep or Do Nothing via Control panel.

Some automakers have even expanded the remote start button's functionality and/or use a different icon — that's why BMW has a diamond button on its key fob, for instance.