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Mach2 – Windows Feature Control Multi-Tool

94 points by jedieaston 7y ago

dmos62 7y ago
I enjoyed the testimonials. I haven't a Windows machine on hand. Anyone's found interesting features to switch?
- hackerramesh 7y ago
  You can turn on microsoft office ads, even on Wordpad, if seeing ads make you productive. https://winaero.com/blog/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-... (Article found from hackernews a few minutes earlier)
- rzzzt 7y ago
  I saw a mention of this tool when searching for how to disable the expansion of the Start menu's sidebar (where your user icon/power off/logout/etc. buttons are). It was a non-expanding piece of UI before a recent Windows 10 update, and I don't really need a written explanation of what each button does. Edit: it was also a winaero article, https://winaero.com/blog/disable-start-menu-auto-expand-on-mouse-over-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/disable-start-menu-auto-expand-on-m... Also seen in project issues with a completely different feature ID: https://github.com/riverar/mach2/issues/14 https://github.com/riverar/mach2/issues/14 Didn't try to toggle any of them so far.
- withinrafael 7y ago
  I regularly download pre-release builds, their symbols, scan/diff for features, then upload the results to the repository [1]. For some background, highly recommend listening to Alex Ionescu + Gabrielle Viala talk about the undocumented Windows Notification Facility at Blackhat 2018 [2]. A friend of mine, Albacore, is doing the research and building tools around the next version of this system worth checking out too [3]. [1] https://github.com/riverar/mach2/tree/master/features https://github.com/riverar/mach2/tree/master/features [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybmgE95weo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybmgE95weo [3] https://medium.com/@thebookisclosed/visiting-vibranium-velocity-f1ae76253c67 https://medium.com/@thebookisclosed/visiting-vibranium-veloc...
jefurii 7y ago
I bet you could find all sorts of exciting ways to really screw up your system using this tool! I'm sure it has its uses if you're careful.
eska 7y ago
edit: wrong post :)
- mbreedlove 7y ago
  I think you commented on the wrong post.
  - eska 7y ago
    I did, sorry!
kemonocode 7y ago
With that shining endorsement from someone at Microsoft, you know this is the good stuff. That said, I would never mess around with anything like this in a production / non-personal system.
mrtweetyhack 7y ago
"wastes people’s time" that's Microsoft in a nutshell

94 points by jedieaston 7y ago

dmos62 7y ago

I enjoyed the testimonials. I haven't a Windows machine on hand. Anyone's found interesting features to switch?

hackerramesh 7y ago
You can turn on microsoft office ads, even on Wordpad, if seeing ads make you productive. https://winaero.com/blog/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-... (Article found from hackernews a few minutes earlier)
rzzzt 7y ago
I saw a mention of this tool when searching for how to disable the expansion of the Start menu's sidebar (where your user icon/power off/logout/etc. buttons are). It was a non-expanding piece of UI before a recent Windows 10 update, and I don't really need a written explanation of what each button does. Edit: it was also a winaero article, https://winaero.com/blog/disable-start-menu-auto-expand-on-mouse-over-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/disable-start-menu-auto-expand-on-m... Also seen in project issues with a completely different feature ID: https://github.com/riverar/mach2/issues/14 https://github.com/riverar/mach2/issues/14 Didn't try to toggle any of them so far.
withinrafael 7y ago
I regularly download pre-release builds, their symbols, scan/diff for features, then upload the results to the repository [1]. For some background, highly recommend listening to Alex Ionescu + Gabrielle Viala talk about the undocumented Windows Notification Facility at Blackhat 2018 [2]. A friend of mine, Albacore, is doing the research and building tools around the next version of this system worth checking out too [3]. [1] https://github.com/riverar/mach2/tree/master/features https://github.com/riverar/mach2/tree/master/features [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybmgE95weo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybmgE95weo [3] https://medium.com/@thebookisclosed/visiting-vibranium-velocity-f1ae76253c67 https://medium.com/@thebookisclosed/visiting-vibranium-veloc...

jefurii 7y ago

I bet you could find all sorts of exciting ways to really screw up your system using this tool! I'm sure it has its uses if you're careful.

eska 7y ago

edit: wrong post :)

mbreedlove 7y ago
I think you commented on the wrong post.
- eska 7y ago
  I did, sorry!

kemonocode 7y ago

With that shining endorsement from someone at Microsoft, you know this is the good stuff. That said, I would never mess around with anything like this in a production / non-personal system.

mrtweetyhack 7y ago

"wastes people’s time" that's Microsoft in a nutshell