With that menu open, select System and then skip to Step 4. Choose System and Security within Control Panel, or System and Maintenance if you're on Windows Vista.

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 ...

But thanks to three little workarounds, you can still access the older System Control Panel we all know and love—for now. To get started, pull up the Control Panel in Windows 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.