Security News > 2020 > October > Windows 10 now hides the SYSTEM control panel, how to access it
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.
The SYSTEM control panel was first introduced in Windows NT 3.51 and Windows 95 and provides information about the installed version of Windows, the bit-type of the operating system, the computer name, workgroup, CPU, and memory.
With Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft drove another nail into the control panel's coffin and is now preventing users from accessing the SYSTEM control panel.
A shortcut called SYSTEM will now have been created on your Desktop that can be used to open the SYSTEM control panel again.
In the current Windows 10 Insider preview builds, all other ways to access the SYSTEM control panel redirect to the new About page.
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