Posted on 07/07/2020 6:20:13 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft seems to be getting a kick out seeing users struggle to find Windows 10 features these days. After moving the Fresh Start feature in the latest version, 2004, and reducing the number of days Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education users can manually delay updates, the company is now experimenting with moving key Control Panel features, including System information, to Settings, Windows Latest spotted. It’s a change that some long-time Windows users might not take to easily.
If you’re like me and have been using the Control Panel for decades, getting accustomed to this feature will be as arduous as unlearning a bad habit...
...Microsoft is trying to centralize this information, and moving forward, it seems likely that Control Panel will be killed off entirely.
This is just one of a few Windows 10 features that have been changed in the latest Windows Insider update, Windows 10 Build 20161.
“We’re continuing to work on bringing capabilities from Control Panel forward into Settings,” the company said in a blog post announcing the update...
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Don’t forget the Master Control Program (remember “Tron”?) whose initials are the Feminist inspired “M.C.P.”
whenever I have to use a Mac the user interface just seems... wrong.
I pretty much agree. IMO Windows 7 was the sweet spot — the best overall operating system Microsoft has ever, or will ever, produce. Win8 was a dumpster fire. Win10 is somewhat faster and more stable than Win7, and since January is arguably more secure. I can’t stand the default UI, and do my best to avoid dealing with it directly. Mainly I use Win10 to run Outlook (O365) and the Chrome browser for certain company-mandated web apps.
For everything else I use MacOS or Linux by choice. Could I be using Win10 for everything else too, yeah, with a lot of annoyance and limitations. Each has its place.
I usually describe it like driving in Europe — on the “wrong” side of the road. After a while you get used to it, or you give up and go back stateside.
[[I usually describe it like driving in Europe — on the “wrong” side of the road.]]
Looking backwards while driving forwards
Great. We do systems testing, need to make all sorts of configuration changes, and document it so others can pick up the procedures if necessary.
Why not make changes willy nilly to suppress even more owner controls?
Don’t MS certified administrators need to go through annual retraining, testing, and licensing?
Have to change things to change the tests. Just as the Odd Fellows changed their secret handshakes so they could tell if the visitors who claimed to be members were up to date on their dues.
What ever happened to, PC or “Personal Computer”? These idiots should never have been given perpetual control over something that’s allegedly, “Personal”.
If you type gcm *.msc in PowerShell, you'll get all of the local Microsoft Consoles (MSCs).
For "Control Panels," type gcm *.cpl to get a listing of all of the common Control Panels still available in the OS.
Remember that Microsoft's new methodology is app-based, much like Macs. Everything you're using on a Windows 10 machine is transitioning to app-based functionality. The old way of doing things in XP and Win7 was to bolt everything directly into the kernel. This exposed the core of the OS to bad actors or just accidental screw ups from people poking around. With app-based functionality, the kernel is exposed through very specific APIs. This closes a lot of security holes that were prevalent in previous versions of Windows.
YMMV.
Insomuch as what? Like re-qualify? Nope. I have MCSEs for Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2, an MCT, and Azure certifications. There's no maintenance requirement for those certificates, but to be fair, the technology changes so rapidly that if you're not using the technology, you're not staying up to date on the functionality.
The exams are NOT easy. There's no "secret handshake." As an example, the Server 2012 R2 MCSE was 5 exams. It took me more than 1 attempt on at least 4 of those exams. The second exam (70-411) took me 5 attempts to finally pass it. They are no joke. I wear my certifications with pride knowing that MS doesn't make them simple to achieve.
They just intend to keep tinkering with it until it’s completely useless.
However, there are free alternations to CP, plus see the over 200 tweaks available in the safe freeware Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/list-of-tweaks-available-in-uwt4 See also the list of Winaero Tweaker features
Thank God for such. And I have found Linux deficient in the breadth of easy customization without learning a lot of coding.
Been using “Settings” for the 4 years or so I’ve been using Win10 - not too difficult to figure out that “Settings” means you can change settings there.
Thanks for the ping
Thanks, I clipped it off the search results, and as I said, I just have used the stuff in the curly brackets then renamed it after creating it. Usually I call it "Johannes Factotum", but in a mixed-OS workplace, it's not a bad idea to name these based on which version of WinDoh!s it is for.
I usually describe it like driving in Europe — on the “wrong” side of the road.
Yeah, it's too bad MS flipped everything to avoid lawsuits from Apple. Should have (as Woz said) just agreed to pay a small royalty on every copy sold.
I believe Woz lost that fight.
Apple products are clearly technically superior- but who owns 90% of the market?
But that’s OK. Most of the cars on the road are like chevy and ford, but people still buy Mercedes.
I hear ya. I have typed "lusrmgr.msc" for so many years it's in muscle memory, and it would take me much more time to navigate through dialogs to "Users and Groups". Same with "control.exe" and all the *.cpl's.
But you and I aren't typical users -- we actually LIKE working at a commandline, for its speed, precision, and scriptability.
BTW, any idea why most of the snap-ins are {X}mgmt.msc but Loser Mangler is {X}mgr.msc? (Other than some historical accident and back-compatibility?)
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