Microsoft is officially retiring its long-standing Control Panel, transitioning all system management to the modern Settings ...

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 rid of the Control Panel. It looked like Microsoft was about to finally ...

The big picture: A senior Microsoft engineer has confirmed that the company plans to phase out the Windows Control Panel in favor of the more modern Settings app in the near future. He added that File ...

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...

Microsoft confirmed it's going after every design element in the OS, including the "Installing Windows 11" screen, which ...

Microsoft appears to be continuing its slow but steady effort to phase out one of the oldest parts of the Windows interface. According to comments from March Rogers, partner director of design at ...

Microsoft has released two new Canary builds, bringing useful improvements and new features, including Xbox mode, new sound ...

It’s a control panel utility for all those hidden Windows privacy settings—you know, the kind of things that Microsoft doesn’t exactly put front and center. Instead of pulling a Sherlock Holmes and ...

Windows allows spinning down your drive, but hides the setting away ...

Microsoft has delayed the redesign of Control Panel because it doesn't want to break printer and device drivers. Several Control Panel features have already moved to Settings, but key legacy tools ...

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview introduces changes to the native Storage menu and increases the FAT32 volume limit, ...

Microsoft is preparing a major Windows 11 reliability update for May 2026 with improvements across File Explorer, ...