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		<title>Windows 10 is still the mess that Windows 8 was</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t appear that Windows 10 cleaned up much from Windows 8. After one day of using the former, it is easy to come to the conclusion that Windows 7 is still the last version that anyone should run on its merits. Nobody in their right mind appreciates the mess that is Windows 8/10. (This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#8217;t appear that Windows 10 cleaned up much from Windows 8.</p>
<p>After one day of using the former, it is easy to come to the conclusion that Windows 7 is still the last version that anyone should run on its merits. Nobody in their right mind appreciates the mess that is Windows 8/10. (This is not Microsoft specific either, as Yosemite is also the last version of macOS that seems worth one&#8217;s while. The mobile OS angle has addled the brains of program managers at these companies.)</p>
<p>More egregiously, Windows 10 (Home) is also crippleware. It has disabled a number of features out of the box. No Guest account. No Group Policy Editor*. And hilariously, in what must be an attempt to emulate macOS, it automatically restarts after a system update, but saves no program states, <a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings-winpc/windows-10-restart-with-update/b7603312-a529-4cf5-ac54-24bf2906b6a6"> with obvious defective results</a>.</p>
<p>* How do I know it&#8217;s crippleware? Because vestiges still remain. You can <a href="https://www.itechtics.com/easily-enable-group-policy-editor-gpedit-msc-in-windows-10-home-edition/">exhume Group Policy Editor</a> from buried .mum files. While you&#8217;re at it <a href="https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/make-windows-10-like-windows-7">turning Windows 10 back into some semblance of Windows 7</a>, wouldn&#8217;t you like to also <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/949569/can-i-completely-disable-cortana-on-windows-10/951895#951895">disable Cortana</a>?</p>
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