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 first started trying to get rid of the Control Panel in 2012, with the launch of Windows 8. More than a decade later, it’s still working on migrating all the old Control Panel items into the ...

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 ...

Microsoft is finally migrating all settings and controls from the Control Panel to the Windows 11 Settings app. However, phasing out the 40-year-old tool that can adjust all your computer settings won ...

Michigan was the big winner of the 2025-26 season Big Ten men's basketball season. The Wolverines won the league by four games and added to its dominance with Yaxel Lendeborg being named Big Ten ...

Microsoft has been slowly moving to iradicate the Control Panel from Windows for well over a decade at this point. It began with Windows 8 in 2012, and has slowly progressed through Windows 10 and now ...

Timothée Chalamet has been quiet about “Dune: Part Three,” which opens in theaters this December. But while speaking with Matthew McConaughey at Variety and CNN’s town hall event at the University of ...

Top of an RBMK at the Leningrad plant. Control panels of a pre-digitalization nuclear plant look quite daunting, with countless dials, buttons and switches that all make perfect sense to a trained ...

Tesla has introduced a new all-black solar module for residential use, according to information on the company’s website. “The Tesla Solar Panel blends sleek aesthetics and hidden electrical ...

DLSS 4.5 is now officially available for all RTX GPU owners. DLSS 4.5 is now officially available for all RTX GPU owners. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all ...

LG Display is gearing up for a massive leap in monitor tech at CES 2026, where it will show off the world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED panel that finally combines a true RGB stripe subpixel layout with a ...