In that context, a few strategically placed widgets can make the desktop far more useful without making it feel cluttered.

To make my second screen useful, I stopped trying to treat it like a second workspace and started using it as a dashboard ...

Fresh options in Windows 11 25H2 let you get fancy with the screen that appears before you log in to your PC and after you lock it. Here’s how to get the most out of widgets on the underutilized lock ...