Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now - Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.
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Is hardcore mode where if the computer crashes it automatically deletes any files you had and resets the OS to a clean slate?
Installing your OS and data on a RAM disk
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“Hardcore mode”. Its really not as hard as it seems to people.
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“Hardcore mode”. Its really not as hard as it seems to people.
Would the person employing this mode called a superuser?
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When did it not suck exactly?
Maybe win 2000?
XP was the start of the enshitification, I knew I couldn’t stay on windows with that release.
Although after Bill (how can this sell more windows) left and they were very open about being a DATA collection company first, a computer service company second, I thought they might simply offer windows for free.
With all this shit in it of course because that is how you satisfy data collection.
But I guess they figured why kill the revenue stream of windows itself.
Windows 7 was legitimately decent. I think it was also the automated upgrade to Windows 8 that was my red line and got me to successfully switch to Linux.
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If you aren’t trying new packages and distros are you even Linuxing?
As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don’t need root to do any of that.
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Last night I had to go into powershell to delete an mp3 because for some reason I couldn’t just right click and delete because I needed admin permission. I built you I’m not an admin I’m god
Was it copied from an old hard drive?
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Windows sucks now? Like there was a time it didn’t?
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Was it copied from an old hard drive?
It was an old download but it’s weird because everything else in the folder deleted except that single file.
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It was an old download but it’s weird because everything else in the folder deleted except that single file.
I have had issues when it was copied from an old hard drive where the files were downloaded by another account name. Windows knows the account IDs don’t match so your permissions are limited. If you don’t like command line you can often go into properties , security, advanced, then use take ownership option, or select user name and check the full control option
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Is hardcore mode where if the computer crashes it automatically deletes any files you had and resets the OS to a clean slate?
Prefer my roguelite os, I can only install updates every time I nuke my system.
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Well Windows sales might, but that’s why you gotta pay for pro mode that removes all the ad shit. Otherwise they would lose out on the additional 2/5 or whatever that comes from their ad-ware
The ads are for their own services though, doubt they’re earning any direct profit from advertising their own services.
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Microsoft needs to get on this. I would pay money out of my own pocket to be able to upgrade my Windows 11 to hardcore mode at work just so I didn’t have to deal with all of their AI and tracking bullshit.
And actually I know the company I work for would pay to upgrade all of their employees to the same level. Like they’re sitting on millions of dollars of profit to just be able to turn off the bullshit they’re forcing on us.
create problem, offer to fix problem if you pay… seems kind of like extortion, or in the very least abuse of monopoly powers
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Installing your OS and data on a RAM disk
essentially a live image
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Windows sucks now? Like there was a time it didn’t?
Windows 2000 was pretty solid.
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Would the person employing this mode called a superuser?
Sudo ultimatepower
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create problem, offer to fix problem if you pay… seems kind of like extortion, or in the very least abuse of monopoly powers
I’m willing to look the other way on this one.
Every time I image a PC, I have to run so many Windows 11 Debloat scripts and fixes to get rid of useless AI shit and then it just comes right back and it’s such a pain. It’s such a pain. I would gladly pay an annual amount of money to not have to deal with that pain.
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Windows 2000 was pretty solid.
So was 7.
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Win XP has entered the chat
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Windows sucks now? Like there was a time it didn’t?
I liked Win3.11!
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Is hardcore mode where if the computer crashes it automatically deletes any files you had and resets the OS to a clean slate?
suicidelinux?
