Java security vulnerabilities, which you read about almost every other week, can lead to data leaks and can cause unexpected behavior and system crashes. Using Java securely on Windows 11/10 ...

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated 'About' settings page.

Learn how to download, install, delete, update, uninstall Java and to view & manage Java Runtime, Runtime Environment, JRE Settings, Java Cache in Windows.

Microsoft continues to chip away at the venerable Windows 10 Control Panel by now testing the redirection of the 'Program and Features' control panel to the modern 'Apps & Features' Settings page.

We know Microsoft is looking at ways of making the new PC Settings tab the primary way to configure your machine and we see evidence of them moving away from Control Panel in the new build of Windows.

Still, if Microsoft wants to eventually axe the entire Control Panel, it will need to do a much better job about communicating changes to Windows 10 users, whether they are Windows Insiders or not ...

Future versions of Windows 10 might remove the legacy Control Panel app in favor of the modern settings page. The change may come in the fall 2020 update.

Microsoft is phasing out the traditional Control Panel with the Windows 10 Creators Update, but with a few tweaks you can still access it. Mark Kaelin explains how.