Windows Centralは11月23日(現地時間)、Windows 1.0からWindows 11に至るまでの40年間にわたるスタートメニューの変遷を解説した。スタートメニューはWindowsの歴史の中でも変化を続ける機能の一つであり、過去には失敗も経験している。

Bill Gates氏とPaul Allen氏は、1975年4月4日にMicrosoftを設立、このほど50周年を迎えた。今回、これを記念にWindowsの歴史を振り返るという記事が掲載された。次の10の事実が、具体的な説明とともに取り上げられている。 Windowsは当初は「Microsoft Interface Manager」と ...

MicrosoftはついにWindowsのコントロール パネルを廃止し、本格的に設定アプリへの移行を進めることを決めたようだ。同社はこのたび、「Windows のシステム構成ツール」というサポートページを公開し、その中でコントロール パネルを非推奨にして設定アプリ ...

The Control Panel has been a part of Windows since Windows 1.0. However, as Windows 11 has reached more than half a billion devices, Microsoft is aiming to fine-tune the features in Windows 11 to ...

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 ...

The newer Windows Settings app has been slowly stealing features from the legacy Control Panel for years, and now Microsoft has finally said the obvious out loud — “the Control Panel is in the process ...

Microsoft Windows has had a Control Panel feature for nearly four decades. The first version debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as a tool for viewing and changing system settings, and it remained the ...

Microsoft is set to retire the Control Panel in Windows 11, gradually moving its functions to the Settings app. Although Microsoft has not specified an exact timeline for this transition, the shift ...

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 ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...