Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

If you are a Windows 11/10 user, I am sure you have experienced this at some point. If you see the Notifications Area, you may have noticed the Windows Defender icon displaying an exclamation mark in ...

Windows 10 has a UI called Action Center that can be accessed from the icon on the extreme right of the taskbar. This collectively shows you all your quick settings on the bottom half of the panel on ...

This is the right step. Now if only Microsoft would add an option to disable icons in the notification area (the one on the taskbar) and then slowly move towards removing it entirely. That feature is ...