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• Control Panel and consoles in Windows 11

  Posted on June 3, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.23 • 2024-06-03

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Ed Tittel

  Control Panel element counts are shrinking, but they remain surprisingly active and entangled in Windows controls, configuration, and management.

  Although more than a decade has passed since Microsoft began migrating functionality from Control Panel into Settings, Control Panel elements remain alive and active in Windows 11. Windows consoles are also still important, and likely to remain so, as a new AI-enabled release of Windows 11 is anticipated later this year.

  But the landscape between Settings and Control Panel shifts constantly.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.23.0, 2024-06-03).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Windows 11 Control Panel, God Mode, Microsoft Consoles, Newsletters, Settings

• Settings

  Posted on May 6, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Ed Tittel

  The Settings app in Windows 11 remains endlessly under development, with the transition from Control Panel and Microsoft Management consoles far from complete.

  With the introduction of Windows 8, Microsoft began a slow and deliberate changeover in how setup, configuration, and related settings are handled. In this first of a series of stories about the Settings app and Control Panel, we’ll take a long, hard look at Settings and describe where Control Panel still appears under the Settings umbrella.

  Surprisingly, I must give Microsoft due credit. In a close examination of Control Panel holdovers that appear occasionally under the Settings umbrella, the number of such occurrences is substantially lower than I believed when I began this investigation.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.19.0, 2024-05-06).

  Windows 11 Control Panel, Microsoft Consoles, Newsletters, Settings, Windows 11