Windows XP source code has leaked

Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by hnlmorg on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:24PM (#24602259)

It was easy to switch but there is a lot to be said for sane defaults. With each new iteration of Windows I'd find more and more insane defaults (for me at least). It started with file extensions being hidden by default. Then system files too. By the time XP was released I was finding that I had to spend an hour just configuring the system how I liked...and that was before I installed any software.

Users will sometimes reach a point where they say "If I'm having to spend this much time configuring new installs to function how I like, then I might as well install something else that already ships with the defaults I like". And this is why many power users started drifting away from Windows in the decade of 2000 to 2010.

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Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by james-skemp on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:15AM (#24606768)

Windows Server having file extensions turned off by default still drives me crazy. I get it for the desktop versions, but it would be fantastic if server editions had it on, or it saved and picked up the toggle from your AD account/profile.

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Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by Wowfunhappy on Monday September 28, 2020 @12:55AM (#24613097)

I agree generally about the importance of sane defaults, but the theme was just soooo damn easy to switch, and a lot of non-techy people I know did so.

I actually don’t really associate Windows XP with its theme in my memory, because I so rarely saw it in use.

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