Unfortunately, this is likely the last version of Windows I will actually be able to use. I've been taking notes on all the customizations I've had to make to disable shit, all the policy settings, services that need to be disabled, replacement programs like Open-Shell etc, and eventually I plan on rolling a custom ISO with NTLite to strip out all the unnecessary shit. The problem is the forced anti-virus crap, and there is no easy way to pick and choose which updates you want to install, let alone a feature like telling it only to install security updates. I installed it a few months ago as I had to take a remotely proctored test which required a supported version of Windows, was happy with 7 up until then, although I wish I had put 10 on sooner as there are big performance improvements since it understands people have SSDs now. Hopefully they do what they did with 7 and extend security updates because of the sheer amount of people using it. All these years later and there's still a community keeping WMC going. There are other options but no DRM support. Just was never as good or as friendly as WMC. Passed the wife test and I didn't have to pay DVR or STB fees, just $4/month for 2 CableCARDs and the annual fee for Schedules Direct to get around Windows listings becoming buggy.Įven though HDHomeRun has been working on their DVR platform for YEARS the UI sucks. MCEBuddy would cut commercials in the background. I loved having an HTPC with a bigass hard drive for recordings and Xbox 360s as set top boxes. Yeah, yeah, I know cable TV is dying, but even though I myself quit using it a couple of years ago, I will mourn the last great platform for DIY paid-for TV service. Still the only system that worked well and consistently with DRM protected channels on cable TV. Since this is the last version to support WMC, I guess it means that platform is officially dead dead. I was never a big fan of Windows 7 Aero look, too much needless gloss and the start button curve sticking up from task bar was silly. 8.1 and 10 are similar but 10 has gone down the oversimplification route a bit too much. Between 8.1, 10, and 11, possibly 8.1 is the least offensive in terms of UI Rounded corners in 11 just look silly, sillier than in OSX that it was copied from, and the task bar has problems (can't shrink it except with the registry, and when you do the two line time/date won't fit, focusing on touch screens even if you don't have one, and too much crap on the start menu. Microsoft has a split personality, clearly there are people who want everything to be a phone or tablet, but there are also a lot of people vainly trying to improve the products. On the same computer 8 was faster than 7 and used less memory. 8.1 fixed a bunch of the obvious failures, yet they 8.1 and 8 get lumped into the same category. Windows 8.1 wasn't all that terrible, once you get past the start screen.
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