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.

Currently, Windows 10 users can access hardware information about their PC in several places, but the main ways are: Control Panel > System and Security > System, and Settings > System > About, or ...

Control Panel isn’t dead yet—but the System applet is looking nervous It's as if millions of sysadmins cried out and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.