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Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows (www.theverge.com)
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Microslop is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.

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[–] 98 points 9 months ago (19 children)

Okay, that's easy: remove all the LLM slop. That'll start fixing it. Then get the ads out of the UI. Get rid of the MS account requirement, and make all updates optional. For a stretch goal, go back to making an OS that only does what the user tells it to, and doesn't have any function to phone home without direct user input.

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (15 children)

    Too funny. They'd need to go back to Win95 for all that.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (13 children)

    XP would be enough.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Think back... XP had many complaints at release too, wasn't till sp2 or sp3 it was actually decent.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    You couldnt unzip 2 files at once. Not untill service pack 1.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    Wait, you didn't just use PKWare zip & unzip? Or WinRAR?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    No, man. Windows 7 for lyfe!

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I think W7 would be the very last option, everything after that has been shit, and getting worse. I still prefer XP though, except for the hideous UI.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I thought it's the best version out there.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Don't get me wrong, it is (Jesus, I have a hard time using this word for ANY Winblows, but I can't think of anything else before coffee) good, no real complains other than the ridiculous resources usage, and the UI certainly beats the hell out of XP. But resources use is my issue, unnecessary background shit running all the time, whereas XP remained way lighter. As I said, anything after 7 has been consistent crap and has just been getting exponentially worse.

    Anyway, Linux and Gnu has been my life for way too long now. I only know about Winblows issues because I come in here and hear my circle of acquaintances complaining, which only makes me laugh because they choose to keep dealing with that crap when there are so many options.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Fix the task bar!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    That's the secondary goal. I feel like there's enough 3rd party tools to fix that, that I want the repairs done in the backend and trust power users and user-devs to handle the UX.

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