Comment on I switched it off for a reason!

taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• charonn0@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Why doesn’t Windows have an ‘expert’ mode?” (2003)

  devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030728-00/?p…

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Feels like his response makes sense on the surface, but ultimately silly. You don’t need to be a guru at Active Directory or GUI development to know how to navigate your OS competently.

    Regardless, I’d even just opt for a, “don’t fucking bother me about literally anything,” button. But then Microsoft can’t push whatever bullshit product they’re trying to give you exposure to or sell.

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    • ares35@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      microsoft's version of 'hard mode' is removing gui for settings--hiding them them in registry entries or (unavailable in 'home' edition) group policy.. or removing them completely and needing actual hacks of binaries to do.

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Their hard mode is PowerShell nowadays.

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• TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It exists as an excuse for Microsoft to scan your files.

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• p5f20w18k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  VM’s are always an option

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh, I duel boot. Unless you mean going back to Windows 98, I did that in a VM once to play old shareware games.

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How long do the duels last? If your chosen OS loses, do you boot into the winner OS, or do you come back the next day?

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      • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The duels last until a Windows update decides a scorched earth tactic wins the day. Destroy the boot and you destroy your opponent.

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      • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Are the duels to the death, as was done in the early 90’s? What weapons may they use, or is it just kernel-on-kernel?

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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Never seen it, what does the feature do exactly? Is it new to Windows 11?

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If only we had Windows Hard Mode for real. Let’s you break your system as intended. Delete system files, no notifications, nothing.

    Too bad not available in this universe.

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    • min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s basically Linux at this point

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So what you are saying is that Linux isn’t a good option for the common user who would break their OS because it doesn’t hold their hand?

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• Vilian@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  creating and maintening 2 windows is hard, and they know that more hard mode people can, and probably going to linux, that’s why they are supporting more and more linux, so they don’t lose that consumer

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It would be a simple boolean flag to turn off all of the hundreds of useless spam notifications windows insists on using. Not a hard configuration setting to add.

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    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would expect there to be some tools that fixes Windows, for instance I got annoyed at the start menu and switched to an alternative.

      Or else there were some super slim win2k3 images (~200mb), I hope there’s some slim win 10/11 images available?

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      • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Winaero tweaker has some good options.

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