Microsoft revamps the Insider program, hands out some batteries, releases new builds, and more in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap.

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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 ...

Microsoft appears to be continuing its slow but steady effort to phase out one of the oldest parts of the Windows interface. According to comments from March Rogers, partner director of design at ...

The big picture: A senior Microsoft engineer has confirmed that the company plans to phase out the Windows Control Panel in favor of the more modern Settings app in the near future. He added that File ...

Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

Windows 11 is quite a change over Windows 10. This is especially true for the Settings menu. If you wish to install or add a local printer to your Windows 11 system, then the procedure is as follows: ...

If you have successfully installed and shared a network printer on your network, but somehow when you attempt to connect to the shared printer on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, the operation ...

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