Does anyone else find the two separate ways to configure system settings incredibly annoying? Don't get me wrong, it's been flawed since Windows 8, but at least in 8 and 8.1, the Settings app only ...

Windows allows you to open the Control Panel with three different views. You can make it open in the default view, which is Category-wise.Many find this very useful as one can find the settings by ...

In the Control Panel, every line of text is a link to the respective feature, while the Settings app dashboard is essentially a set of tiles. You’re also confined to the category view and cannot ...

A better use of the run dialog, however, is to completely bypass the main Control Panel view by adding the name of the tool you want to get to. For example: To jump to your desktop settings, type ...

Greg Shultz wonders why Control Panel is still in Windows 10 when Settings is a far better choice. He fears this mess will continue to be an issue in the Windows 10 GA release.

The US tech giant said in a statement on its support website that the Windows Control Panel will be retired and replaced with the Settings app. The Control Panel formed a crucial part of Windows ...

Control Panel still exists for compatibility reasons as Microsoft continues to migrate settings to the Settings app. Microsoft first introduced the Settings app with the release of Windows 8, way ...

However, in Windows 11, you need to click one more option to view the Nvidia Control Panel icon. Now, here’s how you do it: Step 1: Right-click on a free space on your Desktop.

In the latest stable version of Windows 11, some settings can be adjusted from both the Control Panel and the Settings app, but the former still offers more granular control in certain cases, ...