The original version of Microsoft Windows, which was introduced in 1985. Windows 1.0 was a DOS application that provided a crude windowing environment. Its "MS-DOS Executive" was the launching pad ...

Still, the nearly 40 year old feature has existed in some form since 1985 when Windows 1.0 appeared. However, Microsoft has never put it down in writing that Control Panel would disappear.

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for ...

Set the Control Panel for the heart of the Sun Opinion We may not know exactly when or how, but we do know that the Windows ...

In its latest Patch Tuesday cumulative update, Microsoft has confirmed an embarassing bug which broke older security patches ...

T he end is nigh for Control Panel as Microsoft says that it plans to deprecate the 39-year-old settings interface.

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 ...

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. "The Settings app ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has added five flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) ...

Even though there were rumors about Microsoft implementing similar capabilities in Windows, dynamic wallpapers are currently possible only with the help of a third-party app called WinDynamicDesktop.

Microsoft.ServiceFabric.AspNetCore.HttpSys package should be used instead. Windows Server 2022: Service Fabric runtime has identified a bug during additional testing and is temporarily suspending ...

Microsoft’s most infamous rebrand is not related to AI. Back in the late 2000s, Microsoft developed a phone line initially called the “Windows 7 Phone Series.” The unnecessarily long and confusing ...