Windows XP (2001)'s Microsoft Registeration is optional, unlike now.

I don't think I've ever been so fucking hyped for a calculator. For starters, look how sexy this fucking shit is. Don't even get me started on the way it resizes and adjusts to the screenspace.

Anyway that's baller as fuck on its own right. But this shits about to get real because the new programmer mode is fucking great. Being able to get Hex and Binary conversions of a number as you fucking enter it? Jesus fuck.

Oh but what the fuck is this? nm just a converter for every motherfucking thing in the universe ever. What the fuck is a pint anyway? Who the fuck knows, but now you know how many pints go into a gallon.

I bet you didn't even want to know how many pints there are in a bathtub but I'm going to tell you anyway, because this is fucking Windows Calculator and we don't fuck around. 10/10. top fucking shit.

I figured out that windows 7 is already installed like I just ran explorer.exe

(In case you can't read the text in the image)

This is Windows 8 Release Preview, the latest beta version released to the public and one of the last ones to include the Areo Glass theme (the actual last one was build 8427.) It is really close to the RTM (release to manufacture, retail) release of the system, withe only major differences being the Areo Glass theme, changes to the Basic theme (the main one in Windows 8 RTM), and the Start Screen. The Areo Glass theme is actually included here without needing to install any additional drivers. The reason that Areo Glass was removed from Windows 8's RTM was because it was too heavy on tablets, draining it's battery and slowing the device, making it just another casualty of Microsoft's overfocusing on tablets over desktops.

Came with a 46 page booklet on how install and configure

Tell Me In The Answers!

The ads are bad, the pop ups for anti virus or whatever else are getting worse with each iteration. I keep having to remind myself how to do a backup without signing up for Windows paid online storage system. Settings are harder to find in general. Putting programs like Word and Excel on there that aren’t paid for but are still the .docs first option to open those files, or gaming apps that are pre installed and keep trying to update when i don’t game.

Lots of my work equipment connected by network or USB don’t connect well or at all on newer windows when a laptop with Windows 10 connects just fine.

What do you do to fight this stuff (besides using a different operating system). I always use open office for word but aside for that, it feels like a losing battle. Eventually windows is going to try to get you to pay monthly to use the operating system or something similar. i can just feel it.

I recently learned that each build of Windows 10\11 has a built-in Compact OS feature that compresses the Windows folder without noticeable loss (~1%) of performance.

I've been using this feature on my main PC for work and gaming for about 6 months now and haven't noticed any negative impact on performance.

With current SSD prices, this is very useful =)

Activation: open CMD as Admin and enter:

compact /compactos:always

Deactivation:

compact /compactos:never

Check status:

compact /compactos:query

PS: You do all actions at your own risk, make backup copies of important data.

It's not basic NTFS compression.

Standard NTFS compression: handled by the ntfs.sys driver, sets the file attribute FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED (file names turn blue) and uses the old LZNT1 algorithm.

Compact OS: works through a separate WOF filter driver (wof.sys), sets Reparse Points with the IO_REPARSE_TAG_WOF tag and uses the XPRESS/LZX algorithms.

I have no Wallpaper flair, there might be one, But any auto mods out there, change the flair please

Actually a savage name. I think it's related with Microsoft's Halo franchise, but it should have just been named "Project Spartan"

I feel like not enough windows users are utilizing the awesome features this tool gets you.

It was right there, on the top. The whole time. The WHOLE time. I don't know how to process this.