You can change what the Power Button does when you press it. Make it Shut down, Hibernate, Sleep or Do Nothing via Control panel.

The Windows Start button should be on the left side of the taskbar. We'll show you where to find the setting to move it back.

Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start Button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.

If the Power button is not working on your Windows 11/10 computer and you are unable to reboot, shutdown, or log off, use these working solutions.

Windows Blue could restore the Start button, boot straight to the desktop "Windows 8.1" may let you pretend that the Start screen never happened.

With Windows Blue, aka Windows 8.1, Microsoft is reintroducing a Start button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.