Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use these configuration ...

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They were useful at some point, but Windows has better alternatives now.

Under user account or whatever in Windows Xp Control Panel I have one setup called all users. i can either select Guess or administrator and I cannot even configure any rights/settings for that ...

After reading last week’s post on restoring the classic All Programs menu in Windows 7, reader Bill wrote to say he has “a lot of problems with the Windows 7 Control Panel,” and wants the old XP ...

I'm setting up a new master HDD with all the bells and whistles. I want to add Control Panel to the right click button, but, for the life of me I can't remember how to do the job. So far, google ...

You are not alone if you still use Windows XP, an operating system that came before Windows 7. W3Schools.com's log files report that over 19 percent of all site visitors used Windows XP as their ...

Don’t like the way Windows works? Who does? But just because the operating system doesn’t look and work the way you want doesn’t mean that you’re stuck with it as is. Windows is extremely tweakable; ...

Q: I am running Windows 2000 on my computer, and I want to upgrade to Windows XP. Can I do this without losing my files and having to reinstall my applications? A: In many cases it would be better to ...

When Windows XP enters standby mode, it goes to sleep and helps conserve power. You don't have to worry about losing business documents you're working on when this happens because the operating system ...