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Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. You may have read headlines last week about Microsoft removing the ...
Microsoft is gradually moving Control Panel features to the Settings panel. Keyboard repetition settings are the latest feature to be migrated. The transition aims to replace the Control Panel ...
However, Microsoft has never put it down in writing that Control Panel would disappear. The most we've seen is a Tweet from 2015 reported by Neowin where a senior Microsoft official confirmed that ...
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 ...
Microsoft has been a bit schizophrenic for the past few years when it comes to the Windows Control Panel and the new Settings app. While it has moved a lot of stuff into Settings, the Control ...
Microsoft is porting over another part of the old Control Panel to Windows 11’s Settings app This time around it’s keyboard options (following some mouse-related settings in the recent past ...
Microsoft didn't say when Control Panel will officially meet its demise. The next big update for Windows, 24H2, is scheduled for this fall, but Windows 12 is also reportedly on the horizon.