The latest Windows 11 Insider build quietly adds fresh tools, UI tweaks, and more AI features that hint at where the OS is ...

If you are wondering which Windows 11/10 features you can safely turn off, then this guide will help you. Windows comes with several built-in features that are enabled by default. However, many of ...

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

In today's rapidly evolving identity landscape, organizations are accelerating their adoption of cloud-first strategies (specifically by modernizing identity infrastructure through the adoption of ...

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 ...

For many, MIDI means SoundBlaster cards, chiptunes, and WAD files played to the sound of a killer synth score. But Microsoft Windows has begun previewing MIDI 2.0, the first update to the MIDI ...

One of the great things about this past Summer Olympics coverage—apart from the compelling competition and the U.S. team’s gold medal tally—was that NBC offered 24/7 coverage of the events in high ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we wrote in our 2015 guide, the Control Panel allows you to add or remove software/hardware, administer user accounts, manage security settings, change how Windows looks and acts, and more. But ...