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Microsoft adds PowerToys tools to boost Windows productivity

Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.99, adding Power Display and Grab and Move to streamline monitor controls and window management in Windows. The update aligns with CEO Satya Nadella’s quality-first ...
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Microsoft PowerToys update adds multi-monitor and window control tools

Microsoft’s latest PowerToys 0.99 update introduces Power Display, which brings monitor brightness and contrast controls into Windows, and Grab and Move, enabling easier window dragging and resizing.
PCMag Australia

Bitdefender Total Security

PC Magazine is your complete guide to computers, phones, tablets, peripherals and more. We test and review the latest gadgets, products and services, report technology news and trends, and provide ...
TweakTown

Microsoft is looking to get rid of the Control Panel in Windows 11

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...
The Verge

Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long

It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
Windows Report

Control Panel Replacement Is Happening, But Microsoft Admits It’s Difficult

Microsoft continues its long-term push to replace the classic Control Panel with the modern Settings app in Windows 11, but the transition remains far more complicated than expected, as Windows Latest ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft explains why it still can’t fully kill Control Panel in Windows 11

Microsoft is finally migrating all settings and controls from the Control Panel to the Windows 11 Settings app. However, phasing out the 40-year-old tool that can adjust all your computer settings won ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 KB5079391 update rolls out Smart App Control improvements

Update March 30, 05:43 EDT: Microsoft has temporarily paused the KB5079391 rollout due to 0x80073712 errors during installation. Microsoft has released the KB5079391 preview cumulative update for ...
Windows Central

The Windows Control Panel is one step closer to death as account rename option makes its way to Windows 11's Settings app

Microsoft has been slowly moving to iradicate the Control Panel from Windows for well over a decade at this point. It began with Windows 8 in 2012, and has slowly progressed through Windows 10 and now ...
ZDNet

I tried this free Microsoft cleanup tool to see if it'd speed up my Windows PC - here's the result

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Neowin

Microsoft, it is time to move these five parts of Control Panel to Windows 11's Settings app

Recent Windows 11 updates moved a bunch of Control Panel bits to the Settings app, but there are plenty left. Here are five that Microsoft should consider modernizing. The September 2025 non-security ...