Something has been bothering me about Windows for quite some time. Chances are, it's been bothering you, too. In Window 8.1 and Windows 10, we have both the old Control Panel and the new Settings user ...

Microsoft is slowly deprecating Control Panel in favor of the Settings app, but the transition is taking time. Essential elements like Device Manager and power options still need to be fully ...

User Account Control notifies you before PC changes that require Administrator-level permissions. It prompts for approval or denial of any initiated changes. If approved, the change is made; if denied ...

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 ...

Windows 10 is trying to achieve the impossible; please everyone. The redesigned Settings app is a hotspot of this balancing act. Microsoft is challenged to make system controls accessible, even on ...

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 ...

UPDATE 8/27: Microsoft has updated its support page to remove the word "deprecated" from the Control Panel section. It now says: "Many of the settings in Control Panel are in the process of being ...

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 ...

The User Account Control (UAC) tool was one of Vista's most vilified features -- popping up and nagging you whenever you wanted to install or update a program -- and many users will be surprised to ...