Microsoft is continuing to transition users away from the Control Panel on Windows 11 by moving various options to the Settings app. Windows 11’s latest preview build, version 22523, introduces key ...

Windows 10 is trying to achieve the impossible; please everyone. The redesigned Settings app is a hotspot of this balancing act. Microsoft is challenged to make system controls accessible, even on ...

As Microsoft continues to expand the Settings app in Windows 10, it’s possible that the old Control Panel’s days are numbered. “Settings will eventually supersede Control Panel,” said Brandon LeBlanc, ...

Knowing how to find the Control Panel in Windows 10 gives you access to most of the tools you'll use to customize or adjust your computer. You'll need to use the Control Panel to edit your Windows ...

With Windows' hidden feature, called GodMode, you can create a custom control panel, giving you access to your most important settings and tools. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET ...

With Windows 8, Microsoft set out to simplify the user experience for a new touch-centric world. That meant shoving the old-school Control Panel into the background and bringing a new touch-friendly ...

Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) provides users with two ways to access settings, the traditional Control Panel with access to various functions and tools, as well as the new Modern UI Settings app.

If you miss the Start menu in Windows 8 largely because of the easy path it provided to the Control Panel, there are three keyboard shortcuts you need to know. Matt Elliott Senior Editor Matt Elliott ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has removed the venerable 'Administrative Tools' and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel with almost double the number of tools promoted within it.

Microsoft wants to replace the Control Panel with the Settings app, but this is a plan the tech giant has had since the early 2010s and the ‘when’ is still uncertain. After nearly 40 years of service ...

GWX Control Panel is a simple, safe and free program that not only lets you disable ‘Get Windows 10 app but also gives you full control over Upgrade to Windows 10 notification, automatic download of ...