Real estate on your computer desktop is about to become a lot more valuable. It is all due to Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's ubiquitous computer operating system that hits stores this fall ...

If you want to customize your Windows XP desktop and add a new, interesting effect, you can make your desktop icons have a background color. You can use the advanced settings of the Appearance menu to ...

PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...