When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

You can change the admin user on a Windows 10 PC through the Control Panel. However, you'll need to be already logged into an ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel ...

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 ...

You can uninstall Skype on a Windows 10 PC in two different ways. Uninstalling Skype does not, however, delete your personal ...

Microsoft quietly updates its settings page to swap the word 'deprecated' for 'migrated' as it relates to Control Panel. But it still encourages people to 'use the Settings app, whenever possible.' ...

The Control Panel is a trusty, rusty old friend for a lot of us Windows users, going all the way back to the operating system’s original release in the 1980s. But Microsoft has been trying to get rid ...

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 ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...

See if your Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP install is 32-bit or 64-bit Not sure if your installed version of Windows is ...

Microsoft’s modernization of the Windows UI has been a long, winding road culminating in the sleek appearance of Windows 11. This included a redesigned Settings app with a completely overhauled nested ...