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

Windows 11 Canary builds now feature a redesigned volume slider that displays active playback, plus in-Settings controls for hardware acceleration, exclusive mode, and adaptive communication sound ...

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

To address this, Microsoft has invested significant effort into Microsoft Defender (formerly Windows Defender), the antivirus ...

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

Windows 11 packs a ton of easy-to-miss features. We show you how to download some unique extras, maximize Copilot, tweak the ...

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 ...

Microsoft admits Windows 11 still has outdated UI elements and confirms fixes are in progress to improve design consistency.

Microsoft if finally updating Windows 8 UI elements from Windows 11. Legacy tools still exist, although fixes for some are coming soon.

Modern standby is the sleep state most newer PCs go into when you tell them to sleep. It cuts power to the display and CPU, but allows for minimal background processes to continue, so you can have ...

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 ...

You don't have to put up with Windows 11's worst features. Here's how I replaced the Start menu, taskbar, widget panel, and more.