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This is rather impressive and it looks appealing given what Windows looks like now. I came in with low expectations but its full of screenshots that actually sh

This is rather impressive and it looks appealing given what Windows looks like now. I came in with low expectations but its full of screenshots that actually show me why I should care and quite frankly it isn't done for a bunch of projects (even with people that have experience in it).

jazzyjackson 5y ago
Given your "what Windows looks like now" comment, I thought I would pass along what I found to convert Windows 10 Pro to a Windows 2000 look & feel. Mostly I followed this guide [0] to install a few customizations, the most important part of which I paid the $5 for [1] to bring back the ol' reliable "hit the windows key and type the first couple letters of a destination, hit enter" without waiting for a web search to find Bing results for "downloads" To complete the throwback for myself, I also found an install for Sony SonicStage 4.3 circa 2008 and am very pleased to have all the old library features (Artist Link graph navigation, easy playlists and tagging) [2] I'm going to try Directory Opus, I have to rename a bunch of mp3 files since SonicStage predates certain unicode characters... [0] https://github.com/malvinas2/ClassicThemeForWindows10 https://github.com/malvinas2/ClassicThemeForWindows10 [1] https://www.startisback.com/ https://www.startisback.com/ [2] https://archive.org/details/SonicStage4.3USWindows10Unsigned https://archive.org/details/SonicStage4.3USWindows10Unsigned
- zitterbewegung 5y ago
  I dont use Windows anymore other than for work and i have been a mac user for more than I can remember . But looking at reviews of Windows 11 and using Windows 10 I wish I still could use Windows 7. I don’t even need Windows to game with using GeForce now.
- p_l 5y ago
  You can disable web search in start without paying, by modifying the settings through Group Policy (it's in Administrative Templates, windows settings or windows components, find Explorer).
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    I could be mistaken but I still had issues with the search trying too hard to be predictive, instead of a deterministic “these 4 keystrokes will always open the downloads folder” windows 10 search will give some results, and half a second later change the results, such that hitting return will bring me different places depending how long i wait so anyway I appreciate what startisback has done, I think the hierarchical menu of old is a better design than the fuzzy matching that comes standard today

jazzyjackson 5y ago

Given your "what Windows looks like now" comment, I thought I would pass along what I found to convert Windows 10 Pro to a Windows 2000 look & feel. Mostly I followed this guide [0] to install a few customizations, the most important part of which I paid the $5 for [1] to bring back the ol' reliable "hit the windows key and type the first couple letters of a destination, hit enter" without waiting for a web search to find Bing results for "downloads" To complete the throwback for myself, I also found an install for Sony SonicStage 4.3 circa 2008 and am very pleased to have all the old library features (Artist Link graph navigation, easy playlists and tagging) [2] I'm going to try Directory Opus, I have to rename a bunch of mp3 files since SonicStage predates certain unicode characters... [0] https://github.com/malvinas2/ClassicThemeForWindows10 https://github.com/malvinas2/ClassicThemeForWindows10 [1] https://www.startisback.com/ https://www.startisback.com/ [2] https://archive.org/details/SonicStage4.3USWindows10Unsigned https://archive.org/details/SonicStage4.3USWindows10Unsigned

zitterbewegung 5y ago
I dont use Windows anymore other than for work and i have been a mac user for more than I can remember . But looking at reviews of Windows 11 and using Windows 10 I wish I still could use Windows 7. I don’t even need Windows to game with using GeForce now.
p_l 5y ago
You can disable web search in start without paying, by modifying the settings through Group Policy (it's in Administrative Templates, windows settings or windows components, find Explorer).
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  I could be mistaken but I still had issues with the search trying too hard to be predictive, instead of a deterministic “these 4 keystrokes will always open the downloads folder” windows 10 search will give some results, and half a second later change the results, such that hitting return will bring me different places depending how long i wait so anyway I appreciate what startisback has done, I think the hierarchical menu of old is a better design than the fuzzy matching that comes standard today