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 ...

Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use these configuration ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...

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 ...

Fixing a hardware problem in Windows NT is often a messy, expensive, and time-consuming process. Fortunately, Windows 2000 makes it easier to win the battle against the blue screen of death. Like ...

While on the road, you and a co-worker often need to exchange files. You typically send them as e-mail attachments, but surely there's a better way? E-mail is about the worst possible way to exchange ...