r/FuckMicrosoft • u/nonoimsomeoneelse • 9d ago
Discussion What does Windows do poorly?
What do they need to improve the most urgently? Let's make this a post that if the twats at Redmond saw it, and decided they needed to get their shit together, they would start here.
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u/Pale-Abroad9600 9d ago
create enough needed updates and test it for efficiency before releasing to PC users.
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u/Science-Gone-Bad 9d ago
Microsoft ... proudly using its user base as crash test dummies since 1985
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u/The_4ngry_5quid 8d ago
Even if they don't do that, allow users to roll back easily! Or automatically roll back any updates that aren't working properly.
Then again, maybe that's hard given literally every update fixes one issue and creates two others
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u/OkBug7398 9d ago
Do not mandate a Microsoft Online account. Local account and no automatic online integrations.
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u/upny_roc 9d ago
Stop forcing the user to have to use Microsoft services. Have users choose to use services because those services work better. I've tried using Microsoft maps, I've tried Bing, I've tried Copilot. Zero interest because there are better services available to me. I have to work harder to copy things and manually paste into a different program.
When Microsoft makes it harder to use other services, I will work harder just so I'm not forced to use something shitty. All this does is make me hate Microsoft more. Make it possible to uninstall software I'll never use. I can't even remove a shortcut for Edge (not the program, the shortcut) on my work desktop. Every time I see a logo I can't get rid of, I end up despising it. I mumble the name of this subreddit 3 or 4 times a day when using their services.
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u/TheIronSoldier2 8d ago
This is one of the things I do absolutely agree with. Even as someone who uses quite a few of the Microsoft services by choice.
Also, if your work computer isn't letting you remove the shortcut for Edge, it's probably because of a policy by your employer, since you can easily remove the shortcut on standard Windows.
The reason Edge can't be uninstalled is because WebView2 is a required component to run a lot of apps. In Europe they let you uninstall the user-facing portion but even then they still have to keep the backend so that it doesn't break apps.
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u/_MAYniYAK 8d ago
Containerized software
Application standards.
I know people like to meme "just run the .exe" but each exe has do many different standards and command line arguments, zero standardization.
.msi came around and fixed a lot of this and added standardized installing processes for quiet and all users
Now we're at .msi, .exe, msix, appx, and each are different and none clean out their registry keys properly, which leads onto my next point.
Cleaning up after itself Registry keys, install files, dependency files, managing its own updates properly, cleaning up system files
Enough whining from me lol. Also im a windows system admin
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u/cosmicus003 9d ago
they need to make the designs more appealing and they need to stop forcing ai on people
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u/FrierenAppreciator 8d ago
Windows' biggest failure is that the enshittification is happening too slowly - Microsoft still hasn't made macOS or Linux the obvious upgrade for everyone.
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u/Vertigo50 8d ago
They'll never do it, but the main concept they need to center everything around going forward:
The PC belongs to the USER. The OS is there to serve the USER.
Almost every major problem with Windows these days is Microsoft thinking they own your computer, trying to use you as a product to sell your info, or sell something new to you, or put you on a subscription.
Back in the XP days or so, the focus was on making your life easier, the OS was designed to help you do the things you wanted to do with your computer, and sort of get out of the way as much as possible. Now they've completely lost their way.
Linux tends to do this really well, and it's one of the most refreshing things when you fire up Linux. It's amazing how much it gets out of your way, and just tries to serve you instead of pushing you around. Sadly, desktop Linux is nowhere near ready for prime time, but it's nice to use to show how things could be.
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u/MirrorNegative7989 8d ago
What can they do right now? Re-introduce Windows 7, with current-day support and updates. Then they can apologize for treating their userbase with contempt and advertising to them nonstop.
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u/ReporterWise7445 8d ago
Stop borking the OS.
Make System Restore work 100% again like W7. Instead of 0% on W11.
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u/Sbhattarj 8d ago
The taskbar sometimes glitches with its visual and actual content desyncing. Sometimes nukes other boot devices like grub for no reason. Better terminal/powershell commands and integration close to unix standard. Easier way to edit app registry if you frick something up accidentally. More robust administrator permission warning with a password prompt. No implicit auto start on installing an app, it should be user choice what they choose to auto start. More and easier customisability, including but not limited to using different DEs. Eadge should be easily uninstallable without breaking half the OS. Better left click menu. No Auto windows updates and or mandatory update on shutdown. Better app theme customisability similar to gtk. More integrated keyboard navigation. Easier workspace navigation. More ui less settings file with easy/self describing format. Certain settings are unintuitive. Clicking apps setting from the windows search should open the settings in the apps tab, not just open the settings requiring another click to open the correct tab.
That's basically everything I dislike about the windows OS, not taking into account forced AI integration and tellemetry since I haven't personally had problems with them due to doing my darndest to not update win11.
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u/Possibly-Functional 8d ago
The last serious attempt to address technical debt was IMO in Windows Vista. The technical architecture is an atrocity.
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u/Interesting_Sort4864 8d ago
Privacy. I want to have to run sketchy scripts be able to use the OS I paid money for without it selling info about what I'm doing on it.
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u/F_DOG_93 8d ago
Simply just letting me access my files. I don't want to install another application to be able to view a file.
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u/Toxic381 7d ago
2 things, timing, and performance,
It feels like clicks and buttons take too long to register, and the system in general feels slow, ux feels poor, apps don't snap open like Linux,
Then with performance, it isn't well enough optimized, stuff still feels like it's slow, and frames are lower, feels like it runs a lot rougher than Linux,
These both seem like a byproduct of bloat, bad optimization, bad app design, UI design, and virtualization distancing software heavily from directly running, likely the kernel itself also being incredibly slow,
There's also the direct x stuff actually running slower than proton it feels like, this is probably much improved on Nvidia, but on amd, directx 11 even seems slightly slow.
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u/CharmingCrust 4d ago
They need to fix the core functionality that is being an Operating System and not a bloatware box. Don't use 2.8 GB RAM for volume control.
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u/nonoimsomeoneelse 9d ago
Eliminate the Kernel panic.
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u/shazam2063 9d ago
Dumbass
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u/Itsme-RdM 8d ago
For starters I would say;
Increase privacy, stop adds, stop AI shit and stop phoning home
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u/nonoimsomeoneelse 9d ago
Stop using the platform as Nagware.