Microsoft is modernizing legacy Windows interfaces like the Control Panel with new tools and visual updates, rather than ...

We already knew KB5074105 was on the way after it appeared in the Release Preview Channel, and now the update is officially here. As spotted by Neowin, Microsoft has released the January 2026 ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...

Microsoft Defender has been flagging Winring0 in system monitor and fan control apps on Windows 10 and 11 PCs, and it is not quite a false positive. For the last few days or so, various users online ...

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either ...

In a move that marks the end of an era, Microsoft has officially confirmed that the iconic Windows Control Panel is “in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app.” This decision ...

As we wrote in our 2015 guide, the Control Panel allows you to add or remove software/hardware, administer user accounts, manage security settings, change how Windows looks and acts, and more. But ...