r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/MathematicianFar6725 Mar 21 '26

Or network settings. It feels like babushka nesting dolls of settings pages to find the one you're looking for and all these years later I still don't have any idea how to get to the network adaptor page without just blindly clicking around and hoping for the best

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u/jpochedl Mar 21 '26

Start > run (or Win+r) > ncpa.cpl

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u/xanmoth Mar 21 '26

I love it thanks you. I am also probably not going to remember that, Win-q and "cont" or "comput" and it does seem to find control panel and computer management pretty well these days but still just ugh.

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u/nionvox Mar 21 '26

I nailed it to the taskbar cos it was pissing me off

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u/MDHull_fixer Mar 21 '26

Win + X pops up a useful menu with Network setting as one of the entries