no. fucking. way.
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Just yesterday I wanted to disable sound devices. The button in the settings app even says „turn devices on/off“, but once inside the menu, there is no option to enable or disable sound devices.
Had to use the control panel again.
Mmsys.cpl is the only way for me
Next will be NT. I think they will put their thing above a Linux somewhere in the next future.
I gather that the nt kernel isn't inherently bad, rather that the aging win32 subsystem is the problem.
It's a interesting trip through Windows history everytime I need to change an admin setting:
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You need to modify an admin setting (like...setting a MTU for example or changing an IP address (now possible in Settings, but wasn't for a long time))
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You click through Settings -> Setting not available, but a Link to Control Panel -> click on the Control Panel Link (XP-Era) -> Advanced Settings on the Top-Window (Windows 2000) -> Finally, right click on the Network Adapter and select Properties and you are all the way back to Windows 95/98.
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Same with Powershell: A function or Cmdlet isn't available? Let's try this .Net thingy first, before we head to VBS
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Need to manage Sound Devices? Better do that in Control Panel, since most of the useful settings are still missing
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Need to remove a Outlook profile? Control Panel.
Windows is a prime example of inconsistent design, that's why Device Manager still asks for drivers on a A:\ 3,5" floppy drive.
As an Administrator, I'm curious to see, what will become of Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and their Snap-Ins, which are still required to have by many still supported MS Products and third party tools. The last time I had to edit something in "Component Services" (Windows NT-Era Tool) was 2023.
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Classic Microsoft move to implement something new, then not let go of the old thing and run them jankily side by side. Settings / Control panel is a prime example.
And at work its janky crossovers between Active Directory and Azure/Intune/Entra/other dumb names.
That's fine, I can't imagine using another version of Windows once 10 LTSC hits EoL.
Muahaha now I can prepare for my final form: crotchety old man complaining about how they killed off the control panel.
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I know people in IT who only use control panel. This will piss people off.
Hot take but anyone who refuses to rethink how things work during their lifetime causes changes to happen at the pace of 1 change per generation.
Of course, in this case, the new thing really is inferior.
I have no problem with change. But I do have a problem with Microsoft's lack of QC or proper design methodology.
It's certainly been a long drawn-out mess.
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I haven't personally used windows for a long while. I get to fix my wife's stupid printer, scanner Adobe Acrobat. That's it. I mean this is great! It means that we can just go on with our lives and automatically not be windows savvy anymore! So many benefits! I can just tell all my tech beneficiaries to take a hike or go Linux because I don't know how to fix their dumbass windows! This is going to be great!
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I thought it said "decapitates" at first and I lol'd
One word. “devman”