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It took Microsoft a long time to integrate virtual desktop functions into its operating system. While virtual desktops had been established under Linux and macOS for years, they only made their way ...

Q: Is there a simple way to manage a single Windows computer that everyone in the family uses? A: The standard way to keep things separate is to create separate user accounts, each with its own ...

Q: Is there a simple way to manage a single Windows computer that everyone in the family uses? A: The standard way to keep things separate is to create separate user accounts, each with its own ...

Most of the time, my taskbar is a cluttered catastrophe, and I have a nearly uncountable number of tabs open in more browser windows than I would care to count. Virtual desktops saved my ...

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COMMENTARY--Has my Reality Check finally lost touch with reality? Many of you seem to think so. I wrote that the availability of inexpensive, high performance notebook computers has made it senseless ...

Spaces is a feature in OS X Lion that allows you to have multiple desktops, which can be handy when you’re working in more than one application and in different documents. Spaces is also handy if you ...

Q: Is there a simple way to manage a single Windows computer that everyone in the family uses? A: Interested in the multiple desktop feature on Windows? The standard way to keep things separate is to ...