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I don't know why I even bother opening the settings app

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because Microsoft went full Apple and adopted the "we know what's good for you so don't defy our decisions" philosophy of UX design.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Remember when they planned to move over all the Control Panel settings to the Settings app?

In Windows 10?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, the speed in which windows is getting worse since after win 7 is almost comical.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Win 7 was peak. Bonus points for giving option to make it look like Win9x by disabling all eye candy options.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Windows had 3 peaks. 95, xp, and 7.

Now I just use Linux. I know not everyone can, but for everything I do or need to do it all works just fine there so I couldn't be happier.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Don't forget to combine the powers of windows CE windows ME and windows NT~!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I am really going to miss the old settings when they finally remove what is left of Control Panel. So far they have removed things or moved shit to force the Settings app. But they keep failing to make the new things have anywhere near the level of control. The power settings from Control Panel still matter way more than Settings and seem to actually stick when applied. And I just really have no idea how they have made stuff like resetting networking/connection issues worse over time. Fucking right-clicking on the networking icon on the taskbar and picking "repair" would actually get shit working again 8 times out of 10. But just seems to be a placebo at this point. There are still so many times that using different resets in Internet Options fixes more stuff I see regularly than the resets in Settings->Networking.

And the newer Troubleshooting options never fix any of the Windows Update issues I come across. Just a glorified verification of the failures I already know are happening. I never thought I would so badly miss being able to tell Windows Update to ignore updates if they were bugging out (not to avoid them all together but at least stop the OS from just constantly going through the motions of installing and failing during each reboot/shutdown). So many of the updates that used to give me issues were really either down to them trying to install out of order or due to a fuck-up on MS's end that pushed bad updates.

The push to so deeply embed these AI models into everything so fast is really pissing me off. Shit is known to have issues with just outright making shit up. Which is IMO reason enough to not be adding them to end-products (especially since the end-products are also still not finished with removing old versions of things). One thing that really worries me in my job with fixing people's PCs is the AI and search that pushes web content (and the now inescapable placement of ads) above local resources/programs/settings/etc. The main issues people have aren't actual viruses like in the past. It is the massive levels of scams and fake alerts followed by fake "repair techs." If the average person is so easy to trick when it is people scamming them. AI is going to blow shit up waaaaaaaay worse and will be able to do it so much faster and completely. Average people are still under the impression that these AI chats are giving completely real and accurate information (reminds me of how people used to believe that if something was said on TV that it was real).

Shit is fucked and going to get much worse at a dramatically faster rate due to rushing things in order to make as much money as fast as possible. Even Microsoft used to ship things in a more complete state. But gaming has made shipping broken products completely normal. So no reason to care about keeping any level of quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I was honestly excited about the new Settings when Windows 10 arrived. I was a Windows sysadmin for more than a decade and am intimately familiar with control panel and think it sucks. I hoped Settings would modernize and streamline. But here we are, so many years later, and many common tasks still lead us to control panel. Such disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Oh man your whole comment speaks to me.

And the newer Troubleshooting options never fix any of the Windows Update issues I come across.

I was fighting with this just last night. Ended up having to follow an official Microsoft guide on how to shrink my system partition by 250MB, remove the recovery partition and set up a new one with 250MB more space just so that windows update could actually install the newest update. Fortunately I enjoy dicking around with my computer and can afford to make a mistake that might trash my windows install but for others that rely on their machine this stuff has to be daunting and frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's actually insane how difficult it can be to find settings in windows. Especially when the indexing breaks for the 1000th time and you can't just search for it in the start menu.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Install Linux, be done with the Microsoft windows shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'll have you know windows has changed.

Now you can't move the task bar

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You go deep enough and very Windows 95 looking menus pop up. Like are they building over the old system? It's all very strange.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

yes they are, actually. Backwards compatibility is a huge thing in Windows, it's why you can't name files certain names such as CON, and why you can find things from 3.1 etc. still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Fun Fact: Every single Exe today still checks prior to running whether it is Barbie Riding Club (1998) or can it run normally?

Because when you update your OS and your game breaks - you don't blame Hasbro, you blame Windows every time. You can't just call up Sierra Games and ask them to update - they don't exist anymore and so you must carry everything forward - bugs included.