I could be wrong, but I think this is the first full explanation we’ve had from Microsoft about why it’s taken so long to get ...

Microsoft is phasing out the Control Panel in Windows 11 in favor of the Settings app, but the transition is careful due to ...

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Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use these configuration ...

The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along the way that it should be replaced with something more modern. The thing ...

It's the easiest way to deal with Windows 11's fragmented menus.

Speaking to Windows users on X this week, Microsoft's Director of Design, March Rogers, said the company is working to ...

As Microsoft updates and improves Windows, it is also removing features it no longer finds useful. These features are added to a list of deprecated Windows functions. The latest addition to this list ...

Recent Windows 11 updates moved a bunch of Control Panel bits to the Settings app, but there are plenty left. Here are five that Microsoft should consider modernizing. The September 2025 non-security ...