"God Mode" for Vista/Windows7?

[Darren Dirt]

has anybody tried this?

http://www.computerhope.com/tips/tip180.htm

Enabling Windows GodMode

Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit version) introduced a new hidden feature called GodMode that allows you to view and adjust all settings within Windows. To create a shortcut to the GodMode in Windows Vista (32-bit) or any version of Windows 7 follow the below steps.

Anywhere on your computer create a new folder.
After the folder has been created, copy the below text, rename that folder, and paste the text as the file name.
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Once the above steps have been completed a new shortcut entitled GodMode will be visible. Opening this shortcut will display a Window similar to the below example.

[Mr. Analog]

Nope, does it work?

[Tom]

Nope, does it work?

Yeah, it gives you a folder full of direct shortcuts to a bunch of control panel applets, and dialogs that are normally burried behind a lot of clicking.

[Thorin]

Nope, does it work?

Yeah, it gives you a folder full of direct shortcuts to a bunch of control panel applets, and dialogs that are normally burried behind a lot of clicking.

w00t!  No more searching!  Well, still gotta search through a couple hundred entries in a folder...

I wonder why Microsoft added this - you think it's because the developers were getting sick and tired of using the normal UI?

[Mr. Analog]

I dunno, but it's always telling when you need something like this

[Darren Dirt]

I wonder why Microsoft added this - you think it's because the developers were getting sick and tired of using the normal UI?

it's always telling when you need something like this

step 1: remove almost every handy one-click feature from your OS that billions are stuck using
step 2: wait until a ton of people complain about how you changed things that did NOT need to change (i.e. "fixed" what was not broken")
step 3: ignore those people, after all they are just devs and admins and you're already at RC1
step 4: wait a few years as 3rd parties create a bunch of "hacks" to get your system the way it USED to be
step 5: finally concede that you effed up ... by letting it slip there's a "god mode" that's always been there, now no need to rely on 3rd party hacks! (or at least no more reason to complain)

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

[Lazybones]

Sorry search works faster that scrolling through the monster God mode list.

[Mr. Analog]

In Windows XP how do you restore your computer from an earlier time? Or change your UAC settings or check security status?

Exactly.

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

I love generalizations. Most people are stuck on XP still, probably due to sluggish corporate upgrade programs, in fact 2003 looks a lot like more recent times with the split between Win 2000 and XP very similar to the split between XP and Win7.

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

Sorry search works faster that scrolling through the monster God mode list.

also this ^^^

[Lazybones]

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

No there is not a significant drive to Linux in the desktop.. Despite RANDOM larger companies and orgs that have switched there isn't much momentum. Linux simply does not work well in some environments. Have you tried to use Linux as your sole desktop environment for more than a month? Have you ever tried to get 2 or 3 (current note repo packages are nearly always old) server packages install at once on a linux server?

[Tom]

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

No there is not a significant drive to Linux in the desktop.. Despite RANDOM larger companies and orgs that have switched there isn't much momentum. Linux simply does not work well in some environments. Have you tried to use Linux as your sole desktop environment for more than a month? Have you ever tried to get 2 or 3 (current note repo packages are nearly always old) server packages install at once on a linux server?

Yes and Yes.

[Mr. Analog]

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

No there is not a significant drive to Linux in the desktop.. Despite RANDOM larger companies and orgs that have switched there isn't much momentum. Linux simply does not work well in some environments. Have you tried to use Linux as your sole desktop environment for more than a month? Have you ever tried to get 2 or 3 (current note repo packages are nearly always old) server packages install at once on a linux server?

Yes and Yes.

Using shell commands, amirite? Not really a "desktop" experience then, is it.

Anyway, I feel responsible for all this wailing and gnashing of teeth, all I'm sayin' is that in Vista/Win7 it would have been handy to enable this if you wanted to without creating a shell folder that copies shortcuts to all 270+ tasks available in the Control Panel (which, as Lazy says, are searchable in the Start menu).

I guess if you enjoy scrolling through monolithic lists though this is the bees knees

[Lazybones]

Using the Vista Start menu Search....

(Windows Key) "Change Cu" Enter <-- Minimum characters before hit was highlighted
(Windows Key) "Change U" Enter
(Windows Key) "add r" Enter <-- Minimum characters before hit was highlighted to jump to add remove programs.

Seriously this is EXACTLY what the Ubuntu unit bar is cloning, and has been in Mac OSX (⌘-Return instead of windows key) since 2005.

Quit thumping around menus when you know what things are called just search.

[Darren Dirt]

Quit thumping around menus when you know what things are called

aye, but there's the rub, though, innit guvnah?

[Tom]

:sigh: any wonder why people are moving to Linux or Apple...

No there is not a significant drive to Linux in the desktop.. Despite RANDOM larger companies and orgs that have switched there isn't much momentum. Linux simply does not work well in some environments. Have you tried to use Linux as your sole desktop environment for more than a month? Have you ever tried to get 2 or 3 (current note repo packages are nearly always old) server packages install at once on a linux server?

Yes and Yes.

Using shell commands, amirite? Not really a "desktop" experience then, is it.

Nah, if I was more comfortable with the various package management GUI's I could use those. But otherwise I like me a GUI. I run KDE 4. I get bling.

I've been running KDE+Linux as my primary OS for a good 10 years now.

Quit thumping around menus when you know what things are called

aye, but there's the rub, though, innit guvnah?

Indeed, my biggest problem is not remembering what the heck I'm looking for. One reason I need a gui. I have to see the thing I'm looking for, before I remember

[Mr. Analog]

Oddly enough there are associative keywords for must functions so you don't have to know the exact name, just type in what you're looking for. Windows 7 at least is smart enough to give you a short list of most likely what you were looking for.