Microsoft hate thread - I just want to rant about Microsoft

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Even if nobody uses it, it's still sad to see it go. It was a part of internet history, and I feel like Microsoft should've kept it online for posterity. Fuck Microsoft.
Skype was never good.
Something as simple as scroll now scrolling in the right direction without making me write a script to install a registry hack each boot makes my work so much easier.
The Microcock insistence on making the mouse scroll in the wrong direction irritates the fuck out of me.

I generally only have to do the registry edit once, though, or every few months when it seemingly randomly reverts back to going in the wrong direction again.
 
On March 1 2025, Microsoft development of WINFILE officially ended. There is no better symbol of the enshittifcation of Microsoft.
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It was just a small pet project to bring a basic ancient file explorer up to speed with modern Windows so it's not too surprising or that big of a loss, Total Commander mogged MS' trash ever since Win3.11 anyways.

However:
we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization to continue to maintain this project.
That's a terrifying statement. You're telling me there's not a single person left in this multi-trillion dollar company that would know how to develop a basic native Windows program? :stress:
 
You're telling me there's not a single person left in this multi-trillion dollar company that would know how to develop a basic native Windows program?
This doesn't surprise me. Why do you think MS "engineers" would rather release an Electron app than write a native application?

And by native, I just mean anything using their own stack, from MFC, WinRT, .NET/WinForms, WPF to UWP, or now WinUI 3 or what the fuck. They even have some weird internal framework mashups for things like Office to choose from.
Anyone who understands how to write with a native Win32 API is probably either working on the NT kernel already, or some low-level stuff, or is long gone.

And if you think I'm exaggerating: Microsoft "engineers" in their internal libs like GDI, don't even know how the BMP format works - and they made the fucking thing.
 
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But it worked, which cannot be said about MS Teams(work or school).

I hate teams so much. I miss the times when chat software was fast, lightweight and actually worked as intended.

>Let me copy this image from a chat... Right click and copy...
The window has switched to the next conversation
>I downloaded this file Jeff sent me, now I have to minimize the window...
The download dialog is now floating in a void above the desktop

Not to mention, that Microsoft thought it was a great idea to make Teams notifications a separate thing from notification center that windows already has. You have to open teams and select the notifications tab inside itself, so if you want to check past notifications, you have to switch tabs constantly.
 
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This doesn't surprise me. Why do you think MS "engineers" would rather release an Electron app than write a native application?

And by native, I just mean anything using their own stack, from MFC, WinRT, .NET/WinForms, WPF to UWP, or now WinUI 3 or what the fuck. They even have some weird internal framework mashups for things like Office to choose from.
Anyone who understands how to write with a native Win32 API is probably either working on the NT kernel already, or some low-level stuff, or is long gone.

And if you think I'm exaggerating: Microsoft "engineers" in their internal libs like GDI, don't even know how the BMP format works - and they made the fucking thing.
Sometimes it's hard to believe that entire bureaucracies rely on the Microsoft software stack for administrative and office related tasks. It's especially terrifying that some governments completely rely on Microsoft products to function.
 
On March 1 2025, Microsoft development of WINFILE officially ended. There is no better symbol of the enshittifcation of Microsoft.
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Kill pajeets. Behead pajeets. Roundhouse kick a pajeet into the concrete. Slam dunk a pajeet baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy poos. Refuse to defecate in a pajeet's food. Launch pajeets into the sun. Stir fry pajeets in a wok. Wish Black Death upon pajeet's mothers. Don't urinate into a pajeet's gas tank. Judo throw pajeets into a wood chipper. Request changes on a pajeets code in a peer review. Report pajeets to the FTC. Lure pajeets to train tracks. Curb stomp pregnant brown pajeets. Trap pajeets in quicksand. Flush pajeets down a toilet. Liquefy pajeets in a vat of acid. Eat pajeets. Dissect pajeets. Exterminate pajeets in a clean, sterilized emvironment. Stomp pajeets skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate pajeets in the oven. Lobotomize pajeets. Mandatory abortions for pajeets. Grind pajeet fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown pajeets in fhat ghee. Vaporize pajeets with sanitation. Rape old pajeets with their grandson. Accuse pajeets of being Pakistani. Slice pajeets with a Scimitar.
There's a spot in hell waiting for Satya Nadella where he's put in charge of a company that always operates at a loss, and he's always ruthlessly humiliated by his shareholders (Satan) for being a useless Pajeet in front of everyone else down in Hell. He also is forced to take a shower every day and worship Muhammad instead of the great blue pagan pajeet in the sky.
 
It's especially terrifying that some governments completely rely on Microsoft products to function.
If you want to be truly terrified, I have for you 3 letters. IBM.

Amount of stuff that runs on IBM products is nuts. Tho mostly corporate. People get scared by the old stuff from the 70s/80s - those were at least competently made, back when The Big Blue was once great. Don't touch it and it will run forever. But not the new stuff made after 2000s. If you ever want to see horrors beyond your comprehension.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, there's the legacy MS/IBM combo. Have you had the pleasure of seeing IBM software for OS/2 running on Windows 2000 last updated in 2015? Good shit right there. Still better made then new stuff. Just talk to IBM engineer, you will hear horror stories about their directly tailored IBM solutions for other companies.
 
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You can tell Teams is managed solely by pajeets and gagandeeps
Windows has so many legacy components, you can tell what parts have been Jeeted. Like the Control Panel vs Settings menu, Jeets are too scared to remove the Control Panel because of how deeply integrated it is into Windows, so you still get the better and older UI.
Surely its also totally not a coincidence how the older UI's that have hardly been touched like AD on Windows Server also work the best while the more modern equivalents like Entra ID are horrendous.
 
Windows has so many legacy components, you can tell what parts have been Jeeted. Like the Control Panel vs Settings menu, Jeets are too scared to remove the Control Panel because of how deeply integrated it is into Windows, so you still get the better and older UI.
Surely its also totally not a coincidence how the older UI's that have hardly been touched like AD on Windows Server also work the best while the more modern equivalents like Entra ID are horrendous.
Unsurprisingly, majority of the legacy codebase was white-developed. That's why it's still functional decades after production.
 
And once again, Microsoft gave out its ad to 'upgrade' from 10 to 11. Once October comes, I'll definitely just stay at 10 and use an emulator to browse the Internet. Fuck this blatant downgrade.

But knowing Microsoft, they'll force you to 11 and love it. In that case, I'll just backup the files, switch to Gentoo. Alternatively, say fuck it and jump back to XP.
 
And once again, Microsoft gave out its ad to 'upgrade' from 10 to 11. Once October comes, I'll definitely just stay at 10 and use an emulator to browse the Internet. Fuck this blatant downgrade.

But knowing Microsoft, they'll force you to 11 and love it. In that case, I'll just backup the files, switch to Gentoo. Alternatively, say fuck it and jump back to XP.
There is always 10 LTSC if you want to stay on 10 specifically. Although no guarantees software will continue running on it in the future once the main edition of 10 loses support, I suspect Microsoft will strongly encourage 3rd parties to drop 10 very quickly after November.
I've switched to 11 LTSC (my new laptop hardware is too new for 10) and its honestly not too bad. Its worse then 10 but not unusably bad. Regular Windows 11 can go straight to hell, its horrendous. Still better then Linux though.
The Jeeted Start Menu can go to hell, I've been using StartAllBack (since Stardock deleted my old Start11/Object Desktop license, the fucking niggers) and its a significant improvement.
Otherwise its basically Windows 10 with a slightly more modern and worse look, which you can mostly revert.
 
I HATE THE MICROSOFT DEFAULT SYSTEM SOUNDS.

It has far too much base! It sounds like shit and when I'm trying to do delicate sound mixing the entire thing goes,
"Oh hey, you tried to change something? Oh! Okay!"
And I go, "Yes, I am, but you're supposed to shut the fuck up because I changed the system sounds to be at 0 volume."
And the computer goes, "Uh huh, well that doesn't stick- BWUUUUUM!"
like fuck off. the piece of audio program can't even load simple .wavs and it pretends to keep going for a clip that lasts like 00:01 but as it loads, the audio timer goes to 00:05 before it actually plays and it's such smoke and mirror shit programing that I'm disgusted.
 
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