Microsoft PowerToys now lets you control your monitor from the taskbar - here's how

Instead of pressing buttons on your monitor or hunting through your Windows settings, here's how you can now adjust your ...
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Microsoft adds Power Display and Grab and Move to PowerToys

New PowerToys utilities: The v0.99 update adds Power Display for monitor adjustments and Grab and Move for simplified window handling. Ease and efficiency: These features streamline brightness and ...
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Microsoft adds new PowerToys tools and major Windows update controls

Microsoft has released PowerToys v0.99.0, introducing Grab And Move for easier window management and Power Display for multi-monitor brightness control, alongside numerous improvements. At the same ...
TweakTown

Microsoft is looking to get rid of the Control Panel in Windows 11

Before there were Settings, there was Control Panel. The legacy interface for changing Windows settings or accessing hardware and network tools has been part of the operating system for decades, and ...
Neowin

PowerToys may soon get a useful window management utility for Windows 11 and 10

Windows 11 is quite good at window management, with Snap Assist, Snap Layouts, various gestures, and shortcuts making it much easier to keep your screen well-organized. However, things are a bit more ...
The Verge

Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long

It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
PC World

March’s optional Windows 11 update arrives with a key security feature

PCWorld reports on Microsoft’s optional Windows 11 update KB5079391, which introduces Smart App Control flexibility and support for ultra-high 1,000Hz refresh rate displays. The update matters for ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 KB5079391 update rolls out Smart App Control improvements

Update March 30, 05:43 EDT: Microsoft has temporarily paused the KB5079391 rollout due to 0x80073712 errors during installation. Microsoft has released the KB5079391 preview cumulative update for ...
Fast Company

The miracle of PowerToys, Microsoft’s last great Windows app

Microsoft PowerToys feels like something that shouldn’t exist in Windows today. What started in 2019 as a couple of utilities for things like window and shortcut management has gradually expanded to ...
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‘Excelsior Power’ would allow utilities to control your smart thermostat

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Would you let your utility control your thermostat for a discount on your bill each month? Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a plan called “Excelsior Power” that aims to make that a ...
Windows Central

The Windows Control Panel is one step closer to death as account rename option makes its way to Windows 11's Settings app

Microsoft has been slowly moving to iradicate the Control Panel from Windows for well over a decade at this point. It began with Windows 8 in 2012, and has slowly progressed through Windows 10 and now ...