The latest prerelease version reveals more improvements and visual style over the previous one as Microsoft preps Windows 10 for a summer release. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Aero Peek lets you ‘peak’ behind all the windows so that you can have a look at your desktop, should you wish to access any gadgets or shortcuts. Peek Through is a freeware application for Windows 7 ...

In Windows Vista, when Aero transparency is enabled, you may have noticed that this transparency goes away when you maximize the window. Many users wanted this transparency effect even when the ...

Windows only: Free task managing application Process Manager for Windows adds options to the global context menu for all applications—adding quick access to control running tasks. We've mentioned this ...

If you were watching the Windows 10 keynote closely last week, you will have noticed that some demos had a Start menu with a transparent backgrounds which indicates this feature is coming soon.

Have you ever wanted to see what was under a window without minimizing it? That happens to me all the time -- what's in the Word document under my Excel document? What's the name of the file I dropped ...