rmogullFeb 2, 2023

Having been on Macs for the past 20 years I was totally unprepared for all the dark patterns I had to navigate setting up a new Windows system.

Constant ads and pushes for additional products. Extensive privacy-violating monitoring defaults. Everything disguised to be for my benefit, but clearly it’s to benefit Microsoft.

MS is actually great at a lot of things. This demeans them.

Show threadPaul ChernoffFeb 3, 2023
@rmogull Similar. I was setting up a Win 10 laptop for my godmother. Didn’t come with something like Migration Assistant, just move your files via OneDrive. Fortunately her Chrome profile saved me a lot of work. Want to change font size for File Manager? You have to change size for everything. And I felt they were trying to sell me something the entire time.
Show threadBynkiiFeb 3, 2023
@paulc @rmogull when I was running a desktop support group, we had a very long powershell script that handled initial config, mostly to deal with extraneous bullshit and avoid clicking the wrong thing
Show threadrmogullFeb 3, 2023
@bynkii @paulc That’s depressing
Show threadBynkii
@rmogull @paulc yeah, but it was fast. And it let us not have to reinstall the same OS on new computers. At https://github.com/johncwelch/windows10setup
GitHub - johncwelch/windows10setup: Powershell scripts I use to help set up new Windows 10 boxes from Dell

Powershell scripts I use to help set up new Windows 10 boxes from Dell - GitHub - johncwelch/windows10setup: Powershell scripts I use to help set up new Windows 10 boxes from Dell

GitHub
Feb 3, 2023 at 3:55amIceCubesApp