The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along the way that it should be replaced with something more modern. The thing ...

In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has removed the venerable 'Administrative Tools' and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel with almost double the number of tools promoted within it.

Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use these configuration ...

Microsoft has been a bit schizophrenic for the past few years when it comes to the Windows Control Panel and the new Settings app. While it has moved a lot of stuff into Settings, the Control Panel ...

The latest Windows 11 update targets a tool that's been around since 1985, and the changes could signal the end for the iconic component. While the OS is worlds apart from ancestor operating systems, ...

What just happened? Microsoft is on a crusade to kill off any and all traces of "old Windows" in its latest Windows 10 operating system, and though the progress has been slow, the company took another ...

So Control Panel power users can still use it, though it probably wouldn't hurt to familiarize yourself with the Settings menu since Microsoft's support page still says you're "encouraged to use the ...