Windows has a heart of trash

[Porthos]

I had a face palm moment when I read this article.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/28/windows-has-a-heart-of-trash/

I did a bad thing. I opened a bad file and it borked my PC. So now, in concordance with the grand tradition of frustrated tech bloggers calling on enormous companies to conform to their wishes, here is my rant on how terrible computers are — Windows ones, this time anyway — and how they ought to be.

Now, I’m no PC spring chicken. I build my desktops, I seat the CPU, I fiddle with the registry and fiddle with the BIOS (even though it isn’t really a BIOS any more). Most importantly, I use Winamp. I’ve cleared out more than a few malware infections, worms, trojans and the like on my own computer and others — it’s just part of the whole cool lifestyle I lead.

This time was different. For one thing, it was the first time I’d dealt with this stuff on Windows 10. Normally I’m pretty careful, but I was just lazy this time. And the malware itself — WinVMX as far as I can place it — was perhaps more sophisticated, as well. (I don’t recommend you try your luck.)

But as I was methodically eliminating the various sub-services and adware the original attack had installed, I found myself grappling with a second adversary: the immense ball of trash that exists at the heart of every Windows install.

Some of the comments are funny as well as usual.

 

[Mike McCall]

Funny. I remember complaining about how they seem to just layer over the top of the old code years ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[phaZed]

Professional Writer and Photographer needs to stick to what he knows. Sounds like an End User that doesn't know how to use the computer.

I shouldn’t have to be using DOS commands I learned on my friend’s 386 to get the computer to boot normally.

You don't.

I shouldn’t be told that Windows can reinstall itself, then watch as it fails to even launch the tool that does so (it had been deleted [!])

And which tool is it you speak of that is available on every windows 10 CD and Media Creation Tool?

I should be told when it tries again and formats the wrong drive without prompting.

BS. Anyone here have that problem?

Why do I have to search through “legacy” control panels to find disk management?

You don't.

Why is the first thing I’m told when reinstalling Windows, that if I am reinstalling it, to say I don’t have a product key?

Because, you nit-wit, you don't have a key or you would have typed it in. Your key is automatic

Why does the installation process employ terminology and interfaces that are actively hidden from users in the OS itself?

Say wha? Can't complain about everything else and want access to installation interfaces.. what tha? You do, anyways..

I posted this in his comments, lol...