There was some strange behaviour exhibited by main family computer in that it wouldn't wake once it went to sleep. Opened up control panel and when I clicked on "power options" nothing happened. I've ...

In this post, we will show you what to do if you cannot change Power Mode in Windows 11/10. Power Mode is a mix of hardware and system settings that determines how a device uses the power to get the ...

The big picture: Windows 11 Build 27686 was recently released to the Canary channel for Windows Insiders, bringing several notable new features. While Microsoft initially highlighted only a few of ...

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 ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual. Based on a couple of ...

The Control Panel is a trusty, rusty old friend for a lot of us Windows users, going all the way back to the operating system’s original release in the 1980s. But Microsoft has been trying to get rid ...