You won’t find a shortcut to the Control Panel on a fresh Windows install anymore, but it’s still lurking in the background ...

What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in Windows 1.0 in the mid-80s. However, its days are numbered ...

Here's the Keyboard control panel from Windows NT 4.0. Andrew Cunningham Aside from some updated Windows Vista-era icons, the design of the modern Keyboards panel is identical. Andrew Cunningham ...

In contrast, the Control Panel has been a foundational component of the Windows operating system since its very beginning in 1985, with the release of Windows 1.0.