Windows 11 packs a ton of easy-to-miss features. We show you how to download some unique extras, maximize Copilot, tweak the ...

Microsoft revamps the Insider program, hands out some batteries, releases new builds, and more in this week's Microsoft ...

Health clinics that rely on the Title X program have received their government funding for the year, following a chaotic and unorthodox application process that led to a brief delay and widespread ...

Modern standby is the sleep state most newer PCs go into when you tell them to sleep. It cuts power to the display and CPU, but allows for minimal background processes to continue, so you can have ...

Microsoft appears to be continuing its slow but steady effort to phase out one of the oldest parts of the Windows interface. According to comments from March Rogers, partner director of design at ...

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...

It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

The big picture: A senior Microsoft engineer has confirmed that the company plans to phase out the Windows Control Panel in favor of the more modern Settings app in the near future. He added that File ...

Microsoft is finally migrating all settings and controls from the Control Panel to the Windows 11 Settings app. However, phasing out the 40-year-old tool that can adjust all your computer settings won ...

Microsoft is trying to make Windows Update less of a hassle. In a Microsoft blog post, Pavan Davuluri, executive VP of Windows + Devices, said the company is giving users more control over how updates ...

Fortunately, as online threats become ever more sophisticated, so do Internet users' means of defense. As a PR Newswire press release put it in February 2026, "according to industry consultancy firm ...