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Feedback & Suggestions / Re: Simple: Thank you for putting out Windows Repair Free. It works - PERIOD! :-)
« on: November 06, 2016, 12:26:31 pm »
Okay:
I was just trying to express gratitude to the makers of Windows Repair.
I don't need any further assistance at this point--I've gotten everything working the way I want it to work (for now...), thank you very much. ***Actually, after writing the next couple of paragraphs, I realized that I *do* have a couple little questions! Please see below, thanks more!
I didn't need WMP--a third-party program wanted an updated version in order to update itself. Why? I don't know.
I use System Restore so much that it is pinned to my Taskbar. When the first (actually, it was the second) 1607 upgrade happened, it wiped out all of the pre-existing Restore Points. And, System Restore, every time I have run it in Windows 10, has failed to complete or properly set things back (at least that's my recollection).
I was wrong--there is a "new" c:\windows.old. But I'll just leave that there (all 29GB of it) until it self-deletes in another 28 days.
I've set Networks > WiFi > Metered Connection to "yes" to stop the automatic updates install.
QUESTIONS/Comments:
1) I am annoyed that in Win10 Home, they have taken away the ability to turn off the initial Lock Screen that appears during booting before I can access the login screen. I don't need to see any apps or messages here--if I want to know things like the weather, etc., I can do that on my smartphone a lot faster. A LOT faster. I wish they would stop giving us "features" that *they* think we want with actually doing the slightest bit of market research.
2) I have lost the "delay time" between selecting a running app on the Taskbar and being able to move the cursor to it without it disappearing. "Hover" seems to make them disappear immediately upon moving the cursor off of the Taskbar if the apps aren't full screen (as well as Cortana--rollover the icon, type in a search, then, as soon as I move the cursor, Cortana goes away), which leaves using the Ease of Access Center option to completely turn off Hover as the only option (under Make the mouse easier to use). Or am I just not finding that delay time option somewhere else?
3) What happened to the option in Settings > System > Notifications to control what system icons (like Volume, Battery, etc.) I see on the right side of the Taskbar? And why not tell us (the users) that we can drag those icons to the "Show hidden icons" feature if we want to see them just not all the time? Why can't I hover over the Notifications icon to make that open?
4) Ferfeckssakes, how do I turn off the damn Windows Defender notification since I am using a third-party AV and firewall that automatically load at startup?
5) Why do I now get a Notification EVERY time I make a change to an app?
At least I learned how to give myself TRUE administrator rights (well, as much as Home lets a person have) and how to change the damn File Explorer default when dragging a file to "move" and not to "copy." Win10 has enough anti-stupid warning screens already ("Do you really want to delete that? Are you sure? You need to be an administrator to do that--do you want to have that right? Okay--now, are you sure you want to delete that?" and "Oh, you're opening a program--do you want to allow it change settings?" I'M JUST OPENING A PROGRAM THAT *I* INSTALLED!!! *AND* IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE ANY SYSTEM SETTINGS!!!!)
And that's that.
Have a great day, everybody.
I was just trying to express gratitude to the makers of Windows Repair.
I don't need any further assistance at this point--I've gotten everything working the way I want it to work (for now...), thank you very much. ***Actually, after writing the next couple of paragraphs, I realized that I *do* have a couple little questions! Please see below, thanks more!
I didn't need WMP--a third-party program wanted an updated version in order to update itself. Why? I don't know.
I use System Restore so much that it is pinned to my Taskbar. When the first (actually, it was the second) 1607 upgrade happened, it wiped out all of the pre-existing Restore Points. And, System Restore, every time I have run it in Windows 10, has failed to complete or properly set things back (at least that's my recollection).
I was wrong--there is a "new" c:\windows.old. But I'll just leave that there (all 29GB of it) until it self-deletes in another 28 days.
I've set Networks > WiFi > Metered Connection to "yes" to stop the automatic updates install.
QUESTIONS/Comments:
1) I am annoyed that in Win10 Home, they have taken away the ability to turn off the initial Lock Screen that appears during booting before I can access the login screen. I don't need to see any apps or messages here--if I want to know things like the weather, etc., I can do that on my smartphone a lot faster. A LOT faster. I wish they would stop giving us "features" that *they* think we want with actually doing the slightest bit of market research.
2) I have lost the "delay time" between selecting a running app on the Taskbar and being able to move the cursor to it without it disappearing. "Hover" seems to make them disappear immediately upon moving the cursor off of the Taskbar if the apps aren't full screen (as well as Cortana--rollover the icon, type in a search, then, as soon as I move the cursor, Cortana goes away), which leaves using the Ease of Access Center option to completely turn off Hover as the only option (under Make the mouse easier to use). Or am I just not finding that delay time option somewhere else?
3) What happened to the option in Settings > System > Notifications to control what system icons (like Volume, Battery, etc.) I see on the right side of the Taskbar? And why not tell us (the users) that we can drag those icons to the "Show hidden icons" feature if we want to see them just not all the time? Why can't I hover over the Notifications icon to make that open?
4) Ferfeckssakes, how do I turn off the damn Windows Defender notification since I am using a third-party AV and firewall that automatically load at startup?
5) Why do I now get a Notification EVERY time I make a change to an app?
At least I learned how to give myself TRUE administrator rights (well, as much as Home lets a person have) and how to change the damn File Explorer default when dragging a file to "move" and not to "copy." Win10 has enough anti-stupid warning screens already ("Do you really want to delete that? Are you sure? You need to be an administrator to do that--do you want to have that right? Okay--now, are you sure you want to delete that?" and "Oh, you're opening a program--do you want to allow it change settings?" I'M JUST OPENING A PROGRAM THAT *I* INSTALLED!!! *AND* IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE ANY SYSTEM SETTINGS!!!!)
And that's that.
Have a great day, everybody.