Comments on: Access Windows 7/Vista’s “Master Control Panel” http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Talvesh http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html/comment-page-1#comment-26643 Talvesh Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:04:39 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=6177#comment-26643 MS didn't hide any of these items, that are normally found through the control panel options. What this does is place them in a categorized list which some find easier to navigate. This can be faster since each icon will take you directly to the options you are looking for, but that's it. MS didn’t hide any of these items, that are normally found through the control panel options. What this does is place them in a categorized list which some find easier to navigate. This can be faster since each icon will take you directly to the options you are looking for, but that’s it.

]]> By: Twolane http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html/comment-page-1#comment-25657 Twolane Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=6177#comment-25657 I think he meant "keep those of us who are less informed"... I think he meant “keep those of us who are less informed”…

]]> By: AverageUser http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html/comment-page-1#comment-25626 AverageUser Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:37:39 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=6177#comment-25626 Steve said: Although the average user shouldn’t go near this information it is quite useful to have everything together for the power user. Great tip. I'm sorry but I don't agree with that. What good is a defragger if it is hidden away? Why shouldn't an 'average user' have full access to the OS they have paid for? By the looks of it, the hidden master control panel should be useful to all levels of user. Keeping things hidden away doesn't teach anyone anything. To this user, hiding away so many options is a bit of an insult. For someone totally new to computing, yes, the MCP would be too much, but an average Windows user should be able to deal with such a feature reasonably competently, ie without breaking their OS. Why MS feel the need to hide things away like this is beyond me? It only serves to make life more difficult for the people who buy and use the software. An OS isn't as mysterious or esoteric as a proprietary software giant like MS would like people to believe. Thanks for the post. Steve said: Although the average user shouldn’t go near this information it is quite useful to have everything together for the power user. Great tip.

I’m sorry but I don’t agree with that. What good is a defragger if it is hidden away? Why shouldn’t an ‘average user’ have full access to the OS they have paid for? By the looks of it, the hidden master control panel should be useful to all levels of user. Keeping things hidden away doesn’t teach anyone anything. To this user, hiding away so many options is a bit of an insult. For someone totally new to computing, yes, the MCP would be too much, but an average Windows user should be able to deal with such a feature reasonably competently, ie without breaking their OS.

Why MS feel the need to hide things away like this is beyond me? It only serves to make life more difficult for the people who buy and use the software. An OS isn’t as mysterious or esoteric as a proprietary software giant like MS would like people to believe.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Steve http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html/comment-page-1#comment-25599 Steve Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:45:18 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=6177#comment-25599 Keep us less informed? That's intelligent. Although the average user shouldn't go near this information it is quite useful to have everything together for the power user. Great tip. Keep us less informed? That’s intelligent. Although the average user shouldn’t go near this information it is quite useful to have everything together for the power user. Great tip.

]]> By: Theodore Nikolopoulos http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/01/access-windows-7vistas-master-control-panel.html/comment-page-1#comment-25585 Theodore Nikolopoulos Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:33:39 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=6177#comment-25585 Thank you, It would have taken years to come across something this usefull. Please keep us-less informed, of such Windows hidden settings. Thank you,
It would have taken years to come across something this usefull.
Please keep us-less informed, of such Windows hidden settings.

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