Ctrl + M: Enter Mark mode (allows you to select text with mouse). Once Mark mode is enabled, you can use the arrow keys to ...

In a move that brings it closer to the user-friendly features of macOS, Microsoft is finally introducing a dedicated shortcut for inserting em-dashes in Windows 11. This update, announced on November ...

There are multiple ways to view the Wi-Fi password, but using Settings is the easiest. The Netsh utility, accessible via Command Prompt, shows passwords for all the networks you've ever connected to.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4580 references new emoji settings Microsoft could activate in a future release. When enabled, PC users will be able to optionally add an emoji panel button to ...

Microsoft has removed another piece of functionality from the Control Panel in Windows 11, redirecting folks heading to the Fonts section to its equivalent in the Settings app. The old-style Control ...

Disabling the widgets panel through the Settings app only removes its icon from the taskbar, but its services keep running in the background. You can execute a command in an elevated Command Prompt ...

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. Based on a couple of ...

To open the Control Panel, it is best to type control in the search field of the taskbar and click on the entry in the hit list. But there’s an even easier way: You can also add a link to the Control ...

An internal build of Windows 11 had a hidden “Soundscape” page, presumably to replace the ‘Sounds’ settings in the Control Panel. Although the Soundscape page isn’t populated or even present in test ...

You will soon be able to disable ‘enhance pointer precision’ and flip your mouse scrolling direction easily. You will soon be able to disable ‘enhance pointer precision’ and flip your mouse scrolling ...

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either ...

Windows 11 is hardly new anymore. Windows 10 support officially ends on Oct. 14 though, so you're going to want to make sure you're ready to use its predecessor. But when you switch to a new operating ...