Start backgrounds are probably one of the more interesting changes we’ve seen in Windows Phone 8.1. It’s another step Microsoft has made to allow users to customize and make their Windows ...

These animated wallpapers move as you scroll up and down and around the Start Screen so the animations depend on the number of Live Tiles you have configured onto your Windows 8.1 Start Screen.

You don't have to look at drab backgrounds colors in Windows 8.1, here's how to add a personlized picture to the Start Screen in Windows 8.1.

Backgrounds are back, and you don’t have to choose two very different wants or find a setting to make them match. Here’s how to add a background and customize Windows 10.

To celebrate Microsoft's 50th anniversary, Xbox players can now customize their consoles with a unique Xbox Dynamic Background.

A stone-cold PC market, a Microsoft creative renaissance, and an AI-infused future provide ample reason to reinvigorate Surface hardware.

Microsoft reverts back to MSN brand over Microsoft Start/ No impact on functionality expected with the change. MSN website now redirects from Microsoft Start references I don't know about you, but ...

Say goodbye to the blocky Windows 10 Start Menu tiles with colored backgrounds and hello to partially transparent theme-aware tiles that look so much nicer.

Relatively simple ways to remove Windows 7's floating-color-balls start-screen animation, and supply your own background images for the operating system's log-on screen and desktop.

Windows 8's new Start screen has been hotly debated, but beyond not offering a way to bypass this screen, surprisingly Microsoft is also limiting your options when ...

Windows 11 has a redesign of the Start menu incoming Microsoft has shared info on the process of that revamp and how it took in a wide range of feedback We also get ...

Microsoft appears to be working on a big redesign for the Start menu This work is hidden in the background of Windows 11 test builds, though, so it isn't officially happening yet It rolls the ...