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 a… ...

Windows 11 has its fair share of annoyances, but nothing bugs me more than trying to find specific system settings. Microsoft has been trying to phase out the Control Panel for over a decade, pushing ...

On Windows 11, you can adjust your mouse pointer speed to make it slower or faster on your computer, depending on your preferences, and in this guide, I'll show you how from the Settings app, Control ...

To disable the setting, uncheck the box. 2] Use Control Panel to control Mouse speed using CTRL and SHIFT keys in Windows 11 Press Win+R. The Run dialogue will appear. Open the Control Panel by ...

Microsoft Windows has had a Control Panel feature for nearly four decades. The first version debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as a tool for viewing and changing system settings, and it remained ...

This may not be a surprise for many Windows users. Since October 2020, Microsoft has been redirecting users away from the Control Panel, goading them to use the Settings app instead.

One of those is the venerable Control Panel; while earlier versions of Windows had a Control Panel, they weren't quite like the one that's made its way from Windows 95 all the way to Windows 11 today.

Windows will lose the Control Panel eventually, but it seems that it won't be happening anytime soon.

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 ...

Microsoft isn't killing Windows Control Panel after all The 40-year-old tool still seems to have plenty of life left, though certain settings will continue to be deprecated.

Microsoft has been trying to get rid of the Control Panel for over a decade now, seemingly because it uses an ancient interface that's been part of Windows for almost 40 years.