[poisonborz]

This makes little sense without saying what an "expert mode" is. What is "geek settings turned on?". You can already configure ~everything and more via the windows registry or gpedit.msc. There are thousands of "expert settings" apps and special iso-s for anyone wanting more user friendly tweaking. Any OS that is enterprise-ready does not need any "I'm geek" checkbox.

[mcpackieh]

> What is "geek settings turned on?".

Not hiding file extensions. The worst setting Windows ever had, ostensibly intended for the benefit of noobs but I never understood why.

[HenryBemis]

YMMV - The reverse for me. I hate it when I don't see the extension. And you'd think that a file named File.xls.scr with the icon of the Excel would be seen by a user, but it doesn't.

[bhauer]

> YMMV - The reverse for me. I hate it when I don't see the extension.

Sounds like it's not the reverse for you. You and GP commenter both think hiding file extensions was a silly feature. And I agree.

[jojobas]

That, and hiding system and hidden files.

[layer8]

I think the argument is rather to make Windows simpler (because it’s supposedly too complicated for many non-geeky users), but to retain an “expert mode” for the more “advanced” functions, or a slider as described.

[wongarsu]

Microsoft partially does that since at least Windows 10 by dumbing down and enshittening the Home Edition, while providing "expert settings" like the Group Policy Editor or better Windows Update settings in the Pro Edition and above. The strategy hasn't really proven popular so far

[out_of_protocol]

> You can already configure ~everything

E.g you can't remove these annoying "remind later" things (without disabling integrity protection and patching OS files), and they are everywhere. Enshittification of windows is going strong, there are more and more things you can't configure anymore

[RulerOf]

> Enshittification of windows is going strong

I remember fondly the days when I thought Windows was getting better all the time.

The thing that's funny about that is I suspect it's a different epoch for different people.

[hulitu]

> You can already configure ~everything and more via the windows registry or gpedit.msc.

ok. I want windows borders bigger than 1. Where can i configure this ?

[poisonborz]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics, look for the "BorderWidth" entry

[ChainOfFools]

An optional console view of the kernel boot log and driver configuration stages Etc. all the stuff that you have to find out after the fact by retrieving a log through one of the alternate boot methods like the recovery console. Assuming you can even get to one of those.

Why can't this just be something you can tab over to instead of that stupid blank startup screen with occasional disingenuous, ambiguous feel-good messages on it? Why do Windows crash dump and recovery screens have to be still largely stuck in the cryptic and unhelpfully threadbare state they were in 20 years ago when there is so much more memory available to store say, a scrollable stack trace or even a large text table of meaningful errors or exception states so you don't need to go Googling around for these or checking your notes at 4:08 am on a Monday?

The bane of anyone who's ever had to get a production system back up and running from a non-bootable state and you're sitting there staring at spinning circles and featureless colorblock screens sometimes for minutes on end, wondering just what the hell is going on.