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 ...

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 ...

Control Panel? Did you mean Settings? Or did you mean to run a Bing search?

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 ...

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 ...

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page. The SYSTEM ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Windows 8, Microsoft created an additional PC Settings section that you can use to customize some settings related to the Windows Start Screen and other basic settings. If you wish to gain access ...