Microsoft’s final default WIndows 8 wallpaper has leaked out ahead of an announcement. ... You can now try Microsoft’s new Start menu for Windows 11. Gears of War: E-Day is coming in 2026.

Default Windows applications like Calendar, Messaging, Mail and Store require the use of the Metro interface to operate. Using these applications will cause Windows to exit desktop mode. Jason Spidle ...

Thankfully with Windows 8.1, users can now mold the Start Screen to match their tastes, even with a picture. Here’s how to add a background to the Start Screen in Windows 8.1 Go to the Start Screen.

Again, when you set a background in Windows 8.1, it’s important that you remember there’s constant syncing going on by default. If you have one Windows 8.1 device that you normally leave at ...

To change the Windows 8 Start screen background you should go to the 8 Start screen and type start screen. When the search results appear, click on the Settings category as shown below.

In Windows 8.1, Microsoft has introduced this customization feature that will allow users to easily set so that their desktop wallpaper is automatically set as their start screen background too.

Changing the background in the Metro UI's Start screen can make interacting with that part of Windows 8 a more pleasant experience. Here's how.

Windows 8 is widely regarded as a flop, but only because of the Start screen and how it was so different from what Windows users knew of the OS. Let's take a look back and see how things turned ...

In Windows 8, Windows Media Player is no longer the default program to open your music files such as MP3 files. When you open a MP3 file, the Music app is used to open and play the file instead.

Stardock's latest Windows 8 customization app removes this limitation by giving users the ability to pick any picture they want, regardless of size or color range, as the Start screen background ...