The Windows OS Thread - Formerly THE OS for gamers and normies, now sadly ruined by Pajeets

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Nitro! said:
For very narrow use cases, I make use of Windows 11, and I really hate the new-new-Task Manager. You can go back to the new-Task Manager from Windows 10, but it's still a bloated ugly piece of garbage compared to the Windows 7 Task Manager. In Win7/XP, I hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc, I tap tap tap the arrow keys to the process and I kill it dead with Delete and Enter. It is very fast and very reliable, and it hasn't been idiot-proofed. Who is opening the Task Manager that refers to a process as an "App"?

Are there any replacements that aren't totally overkill? I looked into Process Manager and it reads overengineered to me. All I want is a simple list of processes that I can quickly kill on occasion.
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Your post interested me in seeing if there was anyway that I could get the Windows 7 Task Manager back, and I found a very normiefied guide that led me to this website:
There's a lot of Windows 7, 8, and 10 shit that you can download for 11 but it includes the old Windows 7 Task Manager:
I installed it and everything seems to be going well and it even natively integrated itself into the taskbar right-click menu.
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It also has an option to bring back the old msconfig.exe that allows you to manage startup apps when Windows 8 and 10 removed it.
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If you're still looking for defacto alternatives then I can't really help you there. Pretty much every Task Manager alternative I've found has been made for powerusers and is going to be advanced in features to accomodate that. I've found Task Manager DeLuxe a satisfactory alternative but I only really use it to remove startup apps for programs that I no longer need/have from the default TM and it's also a bit slow.
 
Power BI taking fucking forever to refresh the dashboards I work with and Excel... existing may genuinely cost me my job. I guess the silver lining is that I don't have to work for my striver girlboss pajeet manager anymore.
 
Nitro! said:
For very narrow use cases, I make use of Windows 11, and I really hate the new-new-Task Manager. You can go back to the new-Task Manager from Windows 10, but it's still a bloated ugly piece of garbage compared to the Windows 7 Task Manager. In Win7/XP, I hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc, I tap tap tap the arrow keys to the process and I kill it dead with Delete and Enter. It is very fast and very reliable, and it hasn't been idiot-proofed. Who is opening the Task Manager that refers to a process as an "App"?

Are there any replacements that aren't totally overkill? I looked into Process Manager and it reads overengineered to me. All I want is a simple list of processes that I can quickly kill on occasion.
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You could try System Informer.
 
Hellwalker said:
Your post interested me in seeing if there was anyway that I could get the Windows 7 Task Manager back, and I found a very normiefied guide that led me to this website:
There's a lot of Windows 7, 8, and 10 shit that you can download for 11 but it includes the old Windows 7 Task Manager:
I installed it and everything seems to be going well and it even natively integrated itself into the taskbar right-click menu.
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It also has an option to bring back the old msconfig.exe that allows you to manage startup apps when Windows 8 and 10 removed it.
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If you're still looking for defacto alternatives then I can't really help you there. Pretty much every Task Manager alternative I've found has been made for powerusers and is going to be advanced in features to accomodate that. I've found Task Manager DeLuxe a satisfactory alternative but I only really use it to remove startup apps for programs that I no longer need/have from the default TM and it's also a bit slow.
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Open Face said:
You could try System Informer.
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Thanks for the suggestions. System Informer looks like it has good information density and keyboard shortcuts.
 
Wraithdolf the White said:
It's too bad work comps can't have that software that forces W10 to not receive updates. Would be useful. What retards are running IT departments allowing this mess to happen?
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As much as the day job's outsourced IT guy does head-scratching stuff a lot of the time, I chuckled when I discovered by chance he disabled updates for Windows 11. Of course, this is the same guy who apparently allowed our Win 10 machines to be silently upgraded to Win 11 when we were under the impression he wasn't going to upgrade them.

I'm Retarded? said:
honestly, the last time MS made a truly user-friendly OS was fucking Win2K, debatably.
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During my last IT job, we used Win 2K quite a bit and it seemed pretty stable and served its purpose nicely for us.

Unfortunately, MS has shifted away from focusing on what works and what's reliable and allowed the Jeetification of Windows(tm) to turn the OS into something that's anything but stable.
 
This Github repository by ThioJoe has some useful Powershell scripts:
It's supposed to be used for Windows Sandboxes but the stuff it holds is pretty useful for ioT installs aswell. I used the Install-Winget script to flawlessly install winget on My Win11 install when I was having an unusual amount of trouble installing the dependencies for it manually. I also see that it has a script for installing all VCRedists at once but I prefer using VisualCppRedists AIO for that.

Not really notable by itself since I bet any Windows user worth their salt has already solved issues that these solve but I'll leave it here to come back to it later if I ever forget.
 
For some reason I get these emails.
Press X to doubt.
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Funny how the name at the top is so tiny.
 
DavidS877 said:
For some reason I get these emails.
Press X to doubt.
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Funny how the name at the top is so tiny.
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Oh, yeah, this thing:
Repositioning the taskbar is one of the top asks we’ve heard from you. We are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen, making it easier to personalize your workspace.
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we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad.
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Receiving updates should be predictable and easy to plan around, so we’re giving you more control. This includes the ability to skip updates during device setup to get to the desktop faster, restart or shut down without installing updates and pause updates for longer when needed, all while reducing update noise with fewer automatic restarts and notifications.
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File Explorer is one of the most used surfaces in Windows. Our first round of improvements will focus on a quicker launch experience, reduced flicker, smoother navigation and more reliable performance for everyday file tasks.
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Widgets should feel helpful and relevant, not distracting or overwhelming. We’re introducing quieter defaults, more control over when and how widgets appear, and improved personalization for the Discover feed.
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The Windows Insider Program is how you help shape the future of Windows, and it should be easy to understand what to expect and how to participate. We are implementing changes to make it easier for you to navigate with clearer channel definitions, easier access to new features, higher quality builds, better visibility into how your feedback shapes Windows, and more opportunities to engage directly with us.
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Today, we’re rolling out the largest update to Feedback Hub yet to our Insiders, with a redesigned experience that makes it faster and easier to submit feedback and engage with the community.
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And apparently there will be "less annoyances from ads" per this article, as well as other stuff.

Nothing says "Satya Nadella will step down" so I'm not getting my hopes up
 
@Lucas Silva #4903141 Literally all of this has been done via Winutil, Tiny11, LTSC, and Explorerpatcher so why its even a project and not 5 minutes of tweaking the ISO to not run telemetry and bloat on install is retarded

You can easily autoconfigure an LTSC or even normal Windian11 iso to be preconfigured on install with a number of tools
 
File Explorer is one of the most used surfaces in Windows. Our first round of improvements will focus on a quicker launch experience, reduced flicker, smoother navigation and more reliable performance for everyday file tasks.
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Wait, they fucked up File Explorer too?!
 
Lucas Silva #4903141 said:
And apparently there will be "less annoyances from ads" per this article, as well as other stuff.
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A real company run by white people would fix things along with a promise to fix more as a show of effort to build trust. the Indian mind cannot comprehend anything beyond a surface level so they write a blog post and call it a day, purely performative.
 
Miller said:
Wait, they fucked up File Explorer too?!
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File Explorer apparently loads slow for some people. Late last year Microsoft started talking about preloading File Explorer to "fix" this. Not sure how common the issue is. On both my main system with a 5800X3D and a 10 year old Skylake i5 system I found File Explorer loads essentially instantly after a fresh reboot.
 
Miller said:
Wait, they fucked up File Explorer too?!
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guiltyspark85 said:
File Explorer apparently loads slow for some people
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Every folder you load takes way longer than it used too. If it's got a lot of photos or video files it chugs and scrolling is ridiculously slow. Right clicking anything is slow, but for certain filetypes it's extremely slow.

A big part of this is Windows Defender trying to scan everything as you go through Explorer. Don't know how they're going to fix that.
 
Everyone in this thread may already know about this but I have to sing it's praises because I enjoy it so much as a Windows feature. Night light. I often go to sleep with a youtube video playing, but the bright monitor light can be bothersome and disruptive to sleep. Night light essentially reduces blue light from the screen by putting a red "lens filter" for lack of a better term over everything and heavily reduces the ambient light. I love it, use it almost every night. Also a little helpful for preventing burn-in on OLED monitors (my theory). Check it out.
 
Baraka Obama said:
Don't know how they're going to fix that.
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you assume they will try to begin with, one thing i've been noticing on both w10 and w11 is the need for /dism pretty frequently, i was going to look like a retard and ask if they fucked up something again? OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DID.
 
Akashic Retard said:
Everyone in this thread may already know about this but I have to sing it's praises because I enjoy it so much as a Windows feature. Night light.
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I have used High Contrast mode since the days of Windows 8. It is the best way to not only enforce a dark mode on legacy apps that do not support modern dark mode but also a certain color scheme even on unactivated installations where the UI prevents you from switching to dark mode. For Windows 10 and up, you can activate it during installation already.

High Contrast mode also enables you to 'color-code' individual Windows installations even without activation, very useful if you have to handle multiple VMs using the same screen, so it becomes a lot harder to confuse them by accident.
 
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