Notifications in Windows 10 can be a great tool, like flashing quick social updates, work-related messages, email alerts, reminders, and more. But they can be a pain as well, popping up during video ...

Microsoft is testing a feature called "Smart opt-out" to curb unwanted notifications in Windows 11. The new feature detects apps that users have not interacted with for more than a month and ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling out a taskbar notification system to its Windows 11 widgets ...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is out this week, and it offers an interesting mobile feature aimed not at Windows Phone, but at Android: mirrored Android notifications. The idea is that when a ...

Windows Security will send you notifications so that we can quickly know the system security information of the software. In case you do not need to receive notifications from Windows Security, you ...

Microsoft is addressing the issue of unwanted notifications in Windows 11 with a new feature called “Smart opt-out” alongside improvements to urgent notifications. Notifications from various apps and ...

Do you dislike too many notifications on your Windows 10 computer? Some of them are important, but most of them are not required. Windows 10 introduced this concept ...

You've just set up an appointment in Windows 10 via the Cortana voice assistant. The only problem is that you may not be in front of your Windows 10 computer when the alert goes off telling you the ...

Microsoft announced that the widget displayed on the taskbar in Windows 11 will correspond to live content. Widgets that can be used on Windows 11 include sports, finance, breaking news, etc., but by ...

One of the more annoying things about Windows 11 is the way that it bombards you with tips and suggestions. I couldn't even begin to tell you how many times I have been trying to record a screencast, ...

One of the many conveniences that the Windows family of products offers is the ability to receive notifications from apps on your Lock screen. These Lock screen notifications appear under the time and ...

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