The Windows 11 Settings app has plenty of quirks beyond just the interface split. It's laggy when switching between sections, ...

Windows 11 also lets you create a custom performance power plan if the command prompt doesn't work. Go to Control Panel, Power Options, and create a new power plan. After naming it, choose to change ...

The Power Options control panel provides a timeout for all my hard drives at once, but is there a way to have only one drive power down, instead of both?<P>Here's why: I have two drives, Win2k is ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...

Windows 11 Build 27686 has a few noteworthy improvements, such as 2TB support for FAT32 storage. It also improves Windows Sandbox and offers greater control over HDR settings, but there's an ...

The phrase “you’re doing it wrong” can apply to just about anything. For me, it’s cooking an egg soufflé (too much mixing), cross-country skiing (not enough glide), and—worst of all—cranking on a ...

When you’re using your Windows 11 laptop, you might notice that the battery life isn’t always as long as you’d like it to be. By tweaking some advanced power settings, you can significantly extend the ...

Microsoft appears to be moving mouse options over from the legacy Control Panel to the Settings app We don’t know if this ...