This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

  • NekuSoul
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    98 months ago

    Personally I hate these tools with a passion as every single one I’ve seen goes overboard and disables potentially wanted features or straight up breaks stuff in its default configuration. It’s always fun to figure out what’s wrong with a machine only to eventually figure out that the owner used one of those tools a few months ago.

    IMO people should either do these changes themselves or use another OS, though ultimately there needs to be legislation against this to help the non-technical people.

    • ΛdΛm_𝒷
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      28 months ago

      You can’t do 70℅ of what these tools can do for you since these features are hidden by Microsoft, and the only way to disable or enable them is via Powershell

      Also, you have to be lazy and reckless to run them as they are, since almost all of them have checkboxes and explainers to what they’re going to do.

      From a person who troubleshoots computers perspective, yes, fixing a computer for someone who tinkers but doesn’t understand what they’re doing ( in some cases they might not know what they’re trying to achieve ) can be a headache, and I can’t help but give them this look 😒