With Windows 8, Microsoft set out to simplify the user experience for a new touch-centric world. That meant shoving the old-school Control Panel into the background and bringing a new touch-friendly ...

Finding and opening the Control Panel in Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7 is a handy skill in many scenarios. Here we reveal how to do it in a few steps quickly.

Windows has removed the Control Panel entry from the WinX Menu. You now see an item which opens Settings. The WinX Menu is the one which pops up when you right-click on the Start Button. Microsoft ...

Due to storage considerations, Windows doesn't enable System Protection by default. That means you'll need to turn it on manually. And even today, configuring, enabling, or using System Restore still ...

Right-click the lower-left corner of the Desktop to activate this menu. Anyone new to Windows 8 knows that there’s a learning curve, especially when it comes to seemingly simple things like shutting ...

Prior to the Creators Update rollout last month, I did a refresh of my Windows installation to shake out a few nagging problems. After the refresh, I noticed that Microsoft did me the very unhelpful ...

I was playing around with Tweak UI about 2 in the morning (good tool, but not a smart idea). Well, I checked the setting that removes Control Panel from the Settings menu. I also created a new control ...

The Windows user interface has a certain archaeological quality to it. While the upper layers tend to be new—using the styling and conventions of the day—dig a little deeper and you can find elements ...