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 ...

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered as ...

Microsoft appears to be moving mouse options over from the legacy Control Panel to the Settings app We don’t know if this ...

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 ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel have been greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the death of the Control Panel ...

And Microsoft’s adding your phone app notifications to the Start Menu. And Microsoft’s adding your phone app notifications to the Start Menu. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who ...

Hi all, I have a 2017-vintage ASUS PG279Q G-SYNC monitor (QHD resolution: 2560x1440) which on the box said can do up to 166 FPS but the monitor's menu only shows up to 150, but that's not what this ...

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 ...