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Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

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Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

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Post by pjerem »

dzikimarian wrote: post #10
4wsn wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.

I would love concept of "adult computing", where I can mark a checkbox "I herby guarantee that I'm not going to blame $company for me being a moron and installing malware/destabilizing device due to changing random options". Then device starts behaving like piece of hardware I own, shows error messages that actually tell something and in general doesn't assume if I drop dead if presented with more than two buttons on…

Oups, i'm afraid you are describing 1999 :/

Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

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Post by farigiss »

Xelbair wrote: post #8
poisonborz wrote: post #5

There was an 20 year old blogpost by an employee posted a few weeks ago outlining exactly this (and why they never chose to do it), commenters were disagreeing writing it should be done but Microsoft would not dare to do this now anyways. Now it's here, and HN hates it.

Because since then situation in Windows changed, and there are already multiple control panels, with settings being spread around them in nonsensical way - and this one just adds a 3rd one. It really needs a complete rework of settings. And to be honest i like the split of default and poweruser settings.

Maybe that's what this is. A way to bring all those advanced settings from the Control Panel into the Settings window.

Think of all those smaller unresizable windows that are a few hundred pixels wide and tall with the tabs at the top and the OK, Cancel, Apply buttons at the bottom. You know the kind. Those are in most cases advanced settings.

Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

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Post by jasonjayr »

tiku wrote: post #2

Yes, all we need, another layer in Windows. I recently went to Windows 11 and it is stunning that you still have multiple places for settings. How are we going to name the classic settings? Classic classic control panel?

Don't forget about 'netsh' and all the PowerShell cmdlets and objects that can manipulate windows settings.....

The CLI is all we really need... If Microsoft can expose all settings via CLI or PS, then folks will build the advanced config UIs for them!

Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

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Post by hardwaresofton »

> Microsoft is developing an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel to give advanced users more control over their operating system and improve workflows.

> Give developers more control over their system settings and advanced behaviors

>

> - Help developers discover powerful settings that can improve their daily workflows & improve machine performance

This is the set up to start charging for these right?

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