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Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...

PowerToys has quietly eaten a lot of the small, focused utilities that used to be paid staples of the Windows power‑user toolkit — and for many people that means a one‑time purchase or subscription is no longer necessary. A recent XDA piece argued that five paid apps...

Microsoft PowerToys quietly transforms Windows 11 from a rigid, predictable environment into a highly malleable productivity powerhouse — and once you start using tools like Workspaces, PowerToys Run, FancyZones, Peek, and Keyboard Manager, the OS feels fundamentally different. Toys has evolved...

Windows PowerToys is one of those quietly powerful Windows add‑ons: a free, modular toolkit that can shave minutes off everyday tasks for heavy desktop users, but it’s deliberately optional — and for many casual users it’s a luxury rather than a necessity. Background / Overview Windows PowerToys...

Twinkle Tray’s latest update pushes the tiny utility farther into must-have territory for multi-monitor Windows users by adding SDR brightness control for HDR displays and a handful of practical quality‑of‑life fixes—changes that broaden the app’s usefulness while also exposing a few technical...

Windows 11’s Snipping Tool can now pick and record a specific application window — accessible via the familiar Win + Shift + R shortcut — thanks to a new window mode introduced in Snipping Tool version 11.2507.14.0, currently rolling to Insiders in the Canary (and some Dev) channel builds...

For most Windows enthusiasts, the prospect of a bland, default desktop is simply not an option. The desire to tailor the digital environment to match one’s personality and workflow has driven enthusiasts toward a thriving ecosystem of third-party utilities. Over time, Microsoft has both...

In a multimonitor system, I would like to be able to put 2 monitors to sleep while keeping the third awake. Computer will still be active to show something on the third screen. Please don't misunderstand me. I mean that when I don't use the mouse or the keyboard for a while, two of the monitors...

I have two monitors both running HDMI cables to a port replicator then to a laptop. I can get each monitor running but not at the same time. Do I need one monitor to have a HDMI and the other a DisplayPort? Thanks, Nylo

This afternoon my GTX 760 decided to hang itself for whatever reason. I did a bit of trouble shooting - clearing CMOS, un-reinstalling drivers, replacing it with another card (the 680), putting it in another PC, etc. and it doesn't seem to work. Specifically, BIOS won't detect it. Specs: MSI TF...

I have an issue with one of the displays on my computer. The OS I am using is Windows 10 and I am also using two monitors. The resolutions on them are respectively 1920x1080 and 1280x1024. The taskbar is set to be visible only on the bigger screen. When I lock my computer and leave it for some...

Microsoft put in a feature that made the mouse get stuck on the corners between monitors in windows 8.1 and I could remove it in 8.1 by changing the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MouseCornerClipLength value from 6 to 0. My mouse was getting stuck in Windows 10 and I went...

...it will just shut it down. I think it is my power supply as it often get very hot and along with that...Coolmax, off-brand company I believe. I also have 2 monitors. I have GTA IV set to medium settings and with Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, probably full settings. Also GTA IV's graphics glitch up...

Is it possible to have a tripple monitor setup? If it is, what hardware piece do you need to be able to do this? I would imagine that you either need at least 3 fucntioning display ports (Not meaning "displayport" itself but 3 different display outputs) on the graphics card or an adapter that...

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I'm trying to hook up three monitors to my XFX 7850. From what I've read you need an active display port adapter to accomplish this with two DVIs and one display port to DVI. I have 3 dell p2310H monitors and they all have display ports. If I hook two of them up to the display ports using a...

Having installed win 8 ok on my dual screen set up win 8 shows on mon A whilst win7 still shows on mon B. Have followed instruction in win 8 for dual screen but no joy. Any help would be much appreciated Thanks Richard aka elaric

hi i am tryin to setup dual monitors on my zoostorm pc. i have connected 1 monitor on the vga port and the other on the dvi port. at the moment i have the same display on both screens. my system only recognises 1 screen - generic PnP monitor on standard vga graphics adapter do i need to...

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA & DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - ntoskrnl.exe & atikmdag.sys I am receiving the BSODs listed above. This seems to happen when I have many games opened at the same time. I recently installed a second video card that uses crossfireX, and it is enabled in the...

I installed Windows 8 RTM x64 last night and I cant get eyefinity working on my dual screens. I was just wondering has anyone else run into this problem and if so did you overcome it and how? When I install CCC windows 8 RP software the eyefinity option doesn't even come up.