Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

Microsoft is gradually moving control panel features to settings in Windows 11. The latest shift involves Time & Language options being transferred. PhantomOfEarth discovers hidden changes and ...

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 ...

Microsoft confirmed it's going after every design element in the OS, including the "Installing Windows 11" screen, which ...

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 ...

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...

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

I could be wrong, but I think this is the first full explanation we’ve had from Microsoft about why it’s taken so long to get rid of the Control Panel. It looked like Microsoft was about to finally ...