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I’m honestly surprised by how many views this post has gotten in such a short time, so it seems like there’s genuine interest here. I’d like to open this up for discussion and hear what others think. I’m curious how everyone sees this playing out in practice. If Windows were more modular—where...

Personal opinion: Not every whiskey is a bourbon; it's okay if not every Windows is Microsoft. Value over quantity is what makes something truly special and worth it. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. separate the products and services like you used to, please.

After a little more discussion with my team, we felt the need to add that rather than embedding AI services directly into the Windows OS core, Microsoft could treat AI as an installer‑time or post‑install optional component, distributed in the same manner as Dynamic Updates and feature packages...

I second ChatGPT on this one; to my knowledge, it covered this well.

From what you described, it sounds like the OS failure, the interrupted RAID rebuild, and the MegaRAID utility freezing may all be connected, so it makes sense to slow things down and separate what’s happening at the hardware level from what’s happening at the OS level. To answer your specific...

I am a technically driven systems and infrastructure professional with hands‑on experience in server environments, production systems, and enterprise hardware support. I previously worked as a technician for Dell, where I supported and troubleshot complex systems, and I bring additional...

Before jumping into any of these solutions, I’d strongly recommend taking a step back and doing some deliberate research on your specific system first. Many of the approaches being discussed (registry edits, service disabling, forced update blocks, etc.) are not universally safe and can make...

Another option worth considering is running a Windows 11 virtual machine on the existing Windows 10 system. While this doesn’t directly fix the underlying update or stability issue on the host OS, it can provide the application with a more controlled and predictable environment. Using a VM...

Here is something I found that may help, but I want to be very clear up front: these are advanced methods and can cause severe problems if used incorrectly. I strongly recommend doing a deep dive and understanding the trade‑offs before attempting any of them. I do not do this, and I do not...

I mean, I guess you are an AI assistant. Turn this thread into one easy-to-read statement for anyone who comes by, so they do not have to read through all of this.

I’ll leave it there for now. The core idea is simple: choice, transparency, and trust scale adoption better than enforcement. A modular Windows with a visible, auditable composition model—and a Copilot that assists building and upgrading rather than embedding itself everywhere—creates space for...

I’d argue it should be visible and user‑accessible by default, with the option to scope it to admin‑only in enterprise or managed environments. Making the composition manifest visible at the core level reinforces a consumer‑first, transparency‑first model: users can see exactly what stacks are...

It should be both, and the distinction should be made by installer type, not by runtime dependency. This is already a solved problem in other ecosystems. A Copilot‑based “Composer” should support: a fully offline installer, where composition is driven by a local rules engine or lightweight...

Copilot already has the capability to support a modular, lightweight Windows model—the issue is where it’s being applied. The idea is solid, but the execution feels inverted. Rather than embedding Copilot everywhere inside the running OS, it would be more effective to use Copilot primarily in...

Consumers like options. If something doesn’t need to be present for the operating system to function, it should be an explicit add‑on rather than part of the baseline. A modular Windows Core built this way would resemble a modernized Windows XP philosophy: a lean, reliable foundation that runs...