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 ...

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 ...

With Windows 8, Microsoft set out to simplify the user experience for a new touch-centric world. That meant shoving the old-school Control Panel into the background and bringing a new touch-friendly ...

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Last week, Microsoft wanted to throw the Control Panel into the scrap heap. Now the company is rowing back a little. The classic Windows Control Panel is outdated, Microsoft wrote in a support article ...

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 ...

There are few things in computing that were more controversial than Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system. The company designed it to shore up its offerings on notebooks, desktops and tablets. To ...