In Windows 8, Microsoft created an additional PC Settings section that you can use to customize some settings related to the Windows Start Screen and other basic settings. If you wish to gain ...

Anyone new to Windows 8 knows that there ... like shutting down your PC or enabling the hibernate option. Indeed, if you’ve ever gone looking for the Control Panel, you know that it can ...

In the good old days of Windows 7 and XP, I simply clicked on the Start button and selected the Control Panel from the Start menu. With Windows 8 , however, that path does not exist. Screenshot by ...

You can change computer name via the Control Panel or rename computer using PC Settings in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8. This post tells you how to do it.

It's important to point out that once you set the new configuration settings on your Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 machine, you will need to close and reopen GWX Control Panel to revert any of the changes.

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual.

In Windows 8, you can access the Mobility Center by pressing Win-X and selecting it from the menu, or finding it in the Control Panel. The latter method is a bit roundabout, but you can use this ...