Microsoft has backpedaled its decision to forcefully redirect users from the Network Connections (ncpa.cpl) control panel to the Advanced Network Settings screen in Windows 11 preview builds.

After massive news last week saw significant attention from the public, Microsoft is now clarifying that it is not removing the Control Panel and its functionalities in the Windows operating system.

The Windows Control Panel was first added to Windows 1.0 throughout the mid-80s and quickly became the hub to access everything that regarded system customization. However, Microsoft added an update ...

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Microsoft is continuing to transition users away from the Control Panel on Windows 11 by moving various options to the Settings app. Windows 11’s latest preview build, version 22523, introduces key ...

We've never seen the source, but we can safely assume that Microsoft Windows' codebase is an absolutely sprawling spaghetti code mess. We say that because the venerable OS still includes elements ...

Microsoft Windows has had a Control Panel feature for nearly four decades. The first version debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as a tool for viewing and changing system settings, and it remained the ...

Microsoft has removed another piece of functionality from the Control Panel in Windows 11, redirecting folks heading to the Fonts section to its equivalent in the Settings app. The old-style Control ...

(RTTNews) - Microsoft (MSFT) announced via a blog post that it is in the process of gradually retiring the traditional Control Panel, a long-standing feature of the Windows operating system, in favor ...

The newer Windows Settings app has been slowly stealing features from the legacy Control Panel for years, and now Microsoft has finally said the obvious out loud — “the Control Panel is in the process ...