Ed. note: If you do extensive reading on a computer screen you know how quickly stark black-on-white text can strain your eyes. One Lifehacker reader, tired of straining his eyes, changed the default ...

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 ...

There are two ways to change the background color of your Instagram Story. If you're posting a photo or video to your Instagram Story, you can change the background color with the Draw tool. If you're ...

Notepad++ is an excellent free source code editor launched to help programmers create various programs under the MS Windows environment. In this short article, we'll explain all the steps necessary to ...

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