Turn off ads, pop-ups, and widgets that slow you down. Here are the Windows 11 settings I disable right after setup.

Do you dislike too many notifications on your Windows 10 computer? Some of them are important, but most of them are not required. Windows 10 introduced this concept ...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is out this week, and it offers an interesting mobile feature aimed not at Windows Phone, but at Android: mirrored Android notifications. The idea is that when a ...

In Windows 11/10, Windows Backup notifies end-users to configure Windows Backup. Notifications like Backup in progress can appear in the Action Center after seven days without configuring Windows ...

Notifications in Windows 10 can be a great tool, like flashing quick social updates, work-related messages, email alerts, reminders, and more. But they can be a pain as well, popping up during video ...

Microsoft is addressing the issue of unwanted notifications in Windows 11 with a new feature called “Smart opt-out” alongside improvements to urgent notifications. Notifications from various apps and ...

Rather than using its own custom notification engine, Google Chrome will now switch over to display notifications using Action Center for Windows 10 users. With the latest Chrome 68 update, Google ...

When you’re tapping away at the computer it’s quite a nuisance to stop what you’re doing for the buzzing, ringing nag of a smartphone that’s on your desk. Each vibration or bing usually means another ...

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 ...

It seems like Microsoft learned a lot about what worked with Windows Phone and improved on it before in Windows 8. The operating system features customization options abound, and persistent options ...

Download ‘Your Phone’ apps on Windows 10 & Android Sign in with your Microsoft account Set up Android permissions and notification access on Android Customize ...