M icrosoft’s modernization of the Windows UI has been a long, winding road culminating in the sleek appearance of Windows 11.

Most of the current Control Panel designs and iconography settled down back in Windows Vista and Windows 7 in 2006 and 2009, which explains why so many of the panels still feature the rounded ...

During the first half of August 2025, Microsoft released five Insider builds for Windows 11 version 25H2 and 24H2 with ...