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There are numerous things in Windows that I can spend hours tracking down from one release to the next and customize to make it simpler or look like the previous, but I really don't want to spend the time. The other issue with Windows is that over time it collects all kinds of baggage and starts to degrade so I have had to flatten it and restart with fresh build. Now I need to go back and try to figure out how I did all those customizations again?
Lots and lots of wasted time... this is suppose to make us more productive - right?