Want to see the advanced settings for a network adapter?
Good luck finding it, fucko
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Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day agoI hate how the settings app is taking over control panel entries to make them worse and show me the original control panel window after going down 3 levels because the stupid fucks can’t design UI for shit
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ncpa.cpl > right click > properties and go from there is my main method.
Otherwise, Win+X > G (devmgmt.msc) and look at the network adapter in device manager
Other than the win+x chord, that works on just about every version I have to touch
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Oh I solved the issue by switching to Linux years ago lol. I just recently had this frustration happen at work
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Heh, I’m a windows sysadmin, so I use them often enough to know it from memory. I’m almost entirely Linux at home these days as well
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like windows 2000 to XP or Vista to 7… 10 to 11
The eternal enshitification…
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Vista to 7
enshitification
Lol, lmao even
7 was better than vista in just about every way.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That’s the thing… 7 is Vista. Just with a new UI.
Windows 2000 is XP. XP just has a new interface. 7 and XP are for consumers. 2000 and Vista are more like server editions (even the pro versions.)
Vista has Aero but also the classic server(windows NT/2000) UI. Even modern server versions have essentially the same classic control panels. And server versions don’t have all the extra bullshit(7 wasn’t so bad yet, but 10 and 11 are). That’s why I prefer to run Windows server as my desktop.
What made Vista/7 great were the under the hood(kernel) improvements, particularly to the threading model. They made safe handling non-negotiable. This retroactively fixed countless programs and improved overall system stability significantly.
There’s really no other major differences between Vista and 7 besides aesthetics(the shell.)
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Right, but none of that is enshitification or contradicts that 7 was an improvement over vista in most every way. As you stated, there were numerous kernel improvements going to 7, as well as improvements on locking logic, memory access and (let’s not ignore the most obvious) driver support. The two operating systems were very similar, but saying there are no major differences other than aesthetic is not accurate. There were less major differences than xp > vista or 7 > 8, but it was a bit more than just aesthetics.
Also, fuck Server 2016. All my homies hate Server 2016…
nuko147@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Win98 good Windows 2000 bad WindowsXP good Vista bad Win7 good (maybe peak) Win8 bad Win10 OK? Win11 bad
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I’ve heard Windows ME bad, but I’ve almost never heard someone call Windows 2000 bad
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Windows 7 was IMO decent. Didn’t deviate too much from the old one, and you could still reconfigure it to have same UI style as Windows XP.
Now if you want similar UI get yourself Linux with KDE desktop
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
IKR? I spent multiple hours looking for GPU switching whitelist because some moron in MS put it under “Display” instead of GPU settings or Power Management
Haquer@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Fighting with their shitty “new” UI trying to find the old Sound UI to fix an issue that their new UI doesn’t even have a toggle for really chapped my ass.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This bullshit right here is what finally pushed me over the edge and into the warm embrace of a penguin.