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 is actively migrating 'all the old Control Panel controls into the modern Settings apps,' paving the way for the ...

Microsoft is phasing out the Control Panel in Windows 11 in favor of the Settings app, but the transition is careful due to ...

Microsoft appears to be continuing its slow but steady effort to phase out one of the oldest parts of the Windows interface.

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 ...

Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

Microsoft is testing faster Quick Settings in Windows 11 with instant loading, new features, and broader UI performance ...

More than a decade later, it’s still working on migrating all the old Control Panel items into the modern Settings app in ...

An internal build of Windows 11 had a hidden “Soundscape” page, presumably to replace the ‘Sounds’ settings in the Control Panel. Although the Soundscape page isn’t populated or even present in test ...

Speaking to Windows users on X this week, Microsoft's Director of Design, March Rogers, said the company is working to ...

Microsoft told Windows Latest that it's testing a new version of Quick Settings on Windows 11 that will load faster.