Maybe my Windows desktop would have a few less icons.

No, you don't need an entire Windows 7 look-alike desktop to do that.

Contrast this to the Windows desktop, which many users may be forced to use for various reasons.

It will be interesting to see whether the Windows 8 desktop is a pluggable part.

A Windows 95 desktop popped up on the computer, no password necessary.

"That forced us to think outside the box - at least outside the Windows desktop."

It's a cute little box that sits on your Windows 95 desktop and does many remarkable things.

Soon they elbow their way into the middle of the Windows Desktop or whatever else happened to be on the screen before you began.

Microsoft had made an offer they could not refuse - a high-profile spot on the Windows desktop.

After all, it plans to include links to its new search service on the Windows desktop and in many other products and services.