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What Is the Windows Control

Panel?
The Control Panel is the centralized configuration
area in Windows computers, laptops, and tablets. It
helps you adjust nearly every aspect of the operating
system, including keyboard and mouse function,
passwords and users, network settings, power
management, desktop backgrounds,
sounds, hardware, program installation and removal,
speech recognition, and parental control.

How to Access the Control Panel

Think of Control Panel as the place to go in Windows


if you want to change something about how it looks
or works.

The Windows 11 Control Panel is a bit more hidden


than in other versions of Windows; search for it from
the taskbar. In other recent versions of Windows,
Control Panel resides in the Windows System folder
or category in the Apps listing. In other versions,
open the Start menu and then choose Control Panel,
or Start > Settings > Control Panel.

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