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 ...

You can prevent Windows 10 from showing the first sign-in animation feature after a new OS install, and in this guide, we show you how. When you purchase through ...

Microsoft's experiments with the taskbar in Windows 11 continue. After the company removed the refreshed taskbar animation, users have discovered a new hidden configuration allowing faster taskbar ...

Microsoft today released Windows 11 build 22449 to Dev channel users. Yes, this is the first Windows 11 build that is not a cumulative update for build 22000, making it the first major build bump for ...

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Change the slide layout to blank. On the Home tab in the shape gallery, select the oval shape and draw it on the slide, forming a circle. Click the Shape Outline button, then click No Outline. Now we ...