The Control Panel in Windows has literally been a part of the operating system since Windows 1.0, but Microsoft decided along ...

Don't get me wrong, the Control Panel is still useful for tweaking certain advanced settings. However, unless you're a power ...

A final restart of Windows is not necessary. If you now right-click on the desktop and go to “Show more options,” the new “Control Panel” entry will appear in the menu.

In contrast, the Control Panel has been a foundational component of the Windows operating system since its very beginning in 1985, with the release of Windows 1.0.

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.

The Control Panel has been a part of Windows since Windows 1.0. However, as Windows 11 has reached more than half a billion devices, Microsoft is aiming to fine-tune the features in Windows 11 to ...

This is a problem I had on the Windows 7 RC, and today with a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium x86. <BR><BR>Whenever I go into the control panel and click an icon like "Programs and ...

As many users have no doubt noticed, Windows 7 lacks any kind of “Classic Control Panel” option–which, incidentally, was available in Vista.

Windows 11 still has a Control Panel, but Microsoft is slowly picking away at what's left of its carcass, with another ability moved to the Settings app.

With the release of Windows 10 preview build 21354, Microsoft announced that they have removed 'Administrative Tools' from the Start Menu and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel, with many ...

The Control Panel first appeared in Windows 1.0 so it’s about as legacy as it gets. The Settings app, on the other hand, appeared in 2012 and was introduced with a bare-bones set of features ...