control panel migration

Microsoft has quietly moved the long‑standing “Change your account name” pathway out of the legacy Control Panel and into the modern Settings app in recent Windows 11 Insider Preview builds — a small surface change with outsized implications for discoverability, admin workflows, and the final...

Windows 11's long-running identity crisis just added another footnote: the ability to rename a local user account — historically tucked away in the legacy Control Panel — has been surfaced in the modern Settings app in the latest Dev-channel preview, but the change is less a finish line than a...

Microsoft’s slow-motion migration of the Control Panel continues: Insiders are now seeing the familiar “change account name” option surface inside the modern Settings app, a fresh sign that Microsoft is steadily consolidating legacy configuration surfaces even as it stages changes in the Dev...

The rhetorical blast from a recent opinion headline — that using AI chatbots to follow the news is like “injecting severe poison directly into your brain” — captures a real anxiety, but it also obscures what’s provably wrong, what’s still speculative, and what we must fix now if conversational...

When the last patches for Windows 10 fell silent, I upgraded a secondary laptop to Windows 11 — not because I wanted to, but because support ended and security left me little choice — and, after a few weeks of real-world use, I found I didn't miss much at all from the previous generation. The...

Microsoft’s gradual migration of legacy Control Panel functionality into the modern Settings app has entered a high‑visibility phase: recent updates and Insider flights have moved useful items like date/time formatting, extra clocks, and several input‑device controls into Settings — but several...

Microsoft is slipping keyboard backlight controls into Windows 11’s Settings app, putting hardware lighting adjustments a few clicks away and folding legacy keyboard options into the modern configuration surface. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Settings app has been steadily absorbing features...

Microsoft’s continued migration of legacy Control Panel features into the modern Settings app has taken another step forward: recent Windows 11 Insider preview builds contain hidden, in-progress pages that surface longstanding keyboard controls and a redesigned haptic touchpad panel inside...

Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel flight tightens the long-running migration of legacy Control Panel features into the modern Settings app, moving several time, date, language and regional controls into Settings in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 and reinforcing the message that Microsoft...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights have delivered a tightly focused set of features and visual fixes that make this month’s previews worth trying — but they also underscore how Microsoft is rolling out major changes: slowly, gated by hardware and region, and baked into a server-side enablement...

Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel flight sharpens two long-running efforts at once: clearer battery status at a glance, and the slow, methodical migration of legacy Control Panel functionality into the modern Settings app — both arriving in preview builds that continue to reshape how users...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel on August 20, 2025, and the flight is a concise but telling example of what the Canary track is for: low-latency platform experiments, targeted rollouts, and rapid iterations that can both surface neat usability...

Microsoft’s slow, methodical migration of legacy Control Panel functionality into the modern Settings app picked up another quiet notch with the arrival of build 26200.5742 in the Dev channel — a preview release that nudges several time-and-input features out of the old Control Panel and into...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5742 (KB5064075) to the Beta Channel, introducing significant enhancements and fixes for users on Windows 11, version 24H2. Transitioning Time and Language Settings to the Settings App In this build, Microsoft continues its initiative...

Microsoft is undertaking a significant overhaul of the Windows 11 Settings app, aiming to streamline user experience by consolidating related settings and introducing advanced features. This initiative addresses longstanding criticisms regarding the app's fragmented design and scattered options...

Windows 11 users and power enthusiasts are once again set to experience a shifting landscape in system management, as Microsoft prepares to introduce a significant overhaul within its Settings app. The forthcoming changes focus primarily on a reworked and renamed "Advanced" section, which...

Hidden clues are once again stirring discussion in the Windows community, as fresh evidence suggests that Microsoft is beginning the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features into the modern Settings app. This time, it's the detailed mouse options – a core set of configurations that...