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Chrome profiles quietly solve one of the most persistent productivity problems in modern browsing: context bleed. By giving each role or mode—work, personal, social, research—its own isolated browser environment, profiles prevent tabs, bookmarks, extensions, cookies, and signed-in accounts from...

Windows 11 ships with a clear design philosophy: modern, polished, and opinionated. For many users that means a pleasant daily experience out of the box — but it also means defaults that favor discoverability and platform features over minimalism and control. Pocket-lint recently distilled five...

Mozilla appears to have closed a workflow gap that’s annoyed Windows users for years: external links opening in a Firefox window on a different virtual desktop, pulling you out of your current workspace. The fix—reported as part of the recent rapid-release updates—changes the browser’s launch...

Microsoft’s Windows could reclaim its place as the undisputed productivity platform in 2025 — but only if Microsoft stops prioritizing marketing nudges and gimmicks and instead delivers focused, enterprise-grade features that solve real workplace pain points now, not sometime next quarter...

Windows 11 hides a surprising number of practical, time-saving features behind ordinary keystrokes and system apps — and five of the most useful tricks are deceptively simple to learn. The short list widely shared in recent coverage (keyboard shortcuts, Focus/Focus Sessions, keyboard-driven...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22581 to the Dev and Beta Channels. TL;DR Build 22581 is also being flighted to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel. Now that the Dev and Beta Channels are receiving the same builds, the limited window has opened...

Hello after search folder by search bar , focus is still on search bar except for one drive folder. How to get automatic focus on searched folder?

I want to have notifications on, but only want them to pop up when they're received, instead of like 50 new notifications popping up on my screen whenever i turn my pc on, blocking off that part of my screen for multiple minutes. It drives me nuts.

Tishiba laptop, W10Pro The screen on my laptop is very hard to see as focusing seems to be the problem. When watching a YouTube video, for instance, the colors don't appear as sharp as they used to be.. I've tried adjusting focusing myself, and even had a Geek Squad tech give it a try. Is this...

OS: Windows 10 Home Browser: Version 77.0.211.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) Microsoft Edge Hey guys. I'm using Microsoft's Edge browser, the Canary channel and the version mentioned above. My problem is, When I have the browser open, it runs modal or it runs as though its king. I can open...

All of a sudden this litte window appears on top of all other windows. See screenshot. Does anybody know what this is and how to get rid of it?

Hi, I have a Excel macro that copies a specific cell value. Is posible to execute it from another application without losing the focus? Thanks in advance. Regards, Jose Luis

The Remind Me app creates an alert window at the right time but it doesn't stay in front of other windows. That makes it invisible unless I purposely look for it, and therefore its useless as an alert. There must be a setting for that but I can't find it.

The video option on your Windows Phone isn’t the only way to capture the passage of time. Be creative and experiment with time-lapse photography. Oxforddictionaries.com defines time-lapse as: “the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that...

I need help with my computer my focus is constantly stolenand it only happens on my account not anyone elses its a dell xps and ive tried scans, process explorer and im just confused please help!

Am I the only person who has been bitten by this "feature?" In Windows File Explorer I have chosen the single-click option rather than double click. I have also chosen to use a check box to select multiple files (rather than using control-click). I can select multiple files by clicking a check...

Hi everybody I'm after changing the icons that appear on my taskBAR so that I can more easily choose which running program to focus. For example, Adobe Reader defaults to a red icon when I open a "PDF" file and I would like to change that to my own personal choice. Anyone have an idea how to...

Often, when I open a File Explorer window, other minimized open programs with buttons on the taskbar will not come to the front when I click on the button. (I then need to minimize F.E. Alt-Esc doesn't do anything in this circumstance). This started happening suddenly, but a system restore did...

Since it appears that my old camera has gone partially inop, I'm thinking of buying another. However I used the old one so little, that I didn't learn much that is of use in buying something else. I want one that is reliable as possible with a good warranty of a good name brand, at a price of...

It begins when I right click something (usually in explorer, desktop, or taskbar.) When I right click, it begins to appear. You know how it fades into focus? Just that. It stops in half-fade until I hover over it, then it comes into full focus. Picture of this: After this, when I click on a...