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 doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

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 ...

Microsoft is making additional changes to Windows 11 and its Settings app, giving you fewer reasons to open the old Control Panel. Good news: more Control Panel bits are making their way to the ...

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 ...