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Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] style99@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago

This clearly calls for Windows God Mode.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Why do they hate their customers so much?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I recently found the YT channel Michael MJD, and it has made me realize how fun and cool Microsoft was in the XP and 7 eras.

It was just before the cloud ruined everything and it was before the curse of the flat UI design.

It was a more fun time.

Windows 7 is the prettiest Windows ever made, with XP running Royale theme a close second.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Microsoft mjght have been better than thwy are now then, but they were NEVER fun and cool. Dont be gaslit.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh fuck off, you don't get to decide my oppinions.

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[–] Cursed@lemmus.org 15 points 3 months ago

I thought it said "decapitates" at first and I lol'd

[–] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Next will be NT. I think they will put their thing above a Linux somewhere in the next future.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is this just for 11, or are they going to ruin 10 some more with this change too?
I'm not seeing it mentioned in the article.

[–] sroos@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, 10 is going away in about a year anyway, isn't it. I don't think they really care about 10 anymore.

[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm staying on 10 until it really doesn't work, and then moving entirely to Linux. I already don't use windows much and I'm not missing most of it.

[–] sroos@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And that's completely fine. I would advise on a cut-off date of around Oct 15. 2025. Your OS won't receive any security updates after that and having it connected to internet at that point is going to be a major risk.

You have more than a year to prepare, though. Use it wisely. :)

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 10 points 3 months ago

That's fine, I can't imagine using another version of Windows once 10 LTSC hits EoL.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You will have to take ncpa.cpl from my cold dead hands

Changing IP assignment in the modern settings app is straight up annoying

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And just like that the last vestiges of my computing childhood are gone. I'm gonna go sadly play Oregon Trail on an emulator now.

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Good luck finding the settings to allow unregistered exes without the control panel

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