The Control Panel first appeared in Windows 1.0 so it’s about as legacy as it gets. The Settings app, on the other hand, ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

The end is nigh for Control Panel as Microsoft says that it plans to deprecate the 39-year-old settings interface. Regardless of how everyday users and IT personnel have accessed it, Windows ...

Microsoft has apparently moved another Control Panel setting to the Windows 11 "Settings" app. The change is currently hidden and not enabled by default, so Insiders must activate it manually.

Control Panel may finally be seeing its last days as the Settings app will finally take precedence in Windows. The Settings app was first introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Windows 8, and ...

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s.

It's one of the few areas of the operating system that hasn't been spruced up for Windows 11, which is otherwise probably Microsoft's most cohesive Windows design since 95 and NT 4.0; even old ...

Another key upgrade: the Control Panel, which provided Windows settings before Windows Settings was Settings, if you know what I mean. Windows 2.0 and some applications. Microsoft ...

Over time, Microsoft released additional operating systems, such as Vista and Windows 7. While Windows 7 and XP share common user-interface features, they differ in key areas.

The Control Panel feature has been around since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft plans to replace it with the more modern Settings app.

Microsoft is set to retire the Control Panel in Windows 11, gradually moving its functions to the Settings app. Although Microsoft has not specified an exact timeline for this transition, the ...

The Control Panel first appeared in Windows 1.0 so it’s about as legacy as it gets. The Settings app, on the other hand, appeared in 2012 and was introduced with a bare-bones set of features ...