To enable and disable animation in the taskbar on your Windows 11 PC, here are the main steps to take. Open the Windows Search using Win+S and then enter “adjust the appearance and performance” in the ...

Type “Performance ” in Windows Search, and click on Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows. This will turn off ...

You always see a dotted-circle animation when you turn on your laptop or restart it. These white dots are the boot animation, moving in the circle and indicating that Windows is loading. If you want ...

The start screen “grid” has been touted as a big feature of Windows 8. With the portable Start Screen Animations Tweaker, you can adjust it to your liking. There are any number of products promising ...

Windows 10’s new Start Menu is pretty dang useful. That doesn’t matter much, though, if it takes forever to load. If you’re finding the menu a bit sluggish on your machine, you can turn off the open ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s Windows 11 preview has been available for a couple of weeks now, but I ...