First three comments crapping about entering settings is a bit much?
Oh, I see.
Well, the first was the obligatory "comment with original thread post" and I just expressed surprise that the protection omission was apparently intentional on MS's part.
The second was the Windows Ping List comment, in which the "Ooops WTF" remark was a throwaway.
Then I remembered my WTF-Cat pic that I stole from a long-ago FR thread on something else entirely, and tossed it in a comment for comic relief.
Hey, it was 1:30AM here and I spent 12 hours today fixing broken corporate servers. Maybe I was feeling a little punchy. Sorry you were offended, or whatever you were. Not intentional, I assure you.
I wouldn't have a gripe except that the "upgrade" should either a) migrate the settings from earlier version, or b) FORCE the user to go through the process of entering the new settings required to reinstate the protections (or explicitly opt out).
My criticism is that they discarded the protections and did not make it absolutely screamingly clear that they had done so. I think that's irresponsible and inexcusable. It's not about the small hassle of learning new settings/rules and setting them up. It's about the lack of warning.
But your mileage may vary...