Tobacco use kills people every year. Bad diet, cancer, and heart disease wreak havoc on the human population of the world. Not to mention the legalization of marijuana, the fad of vaping, the list goes on. But, how many people are traumatized by their personal computer every year? Specifically, does anyone look at how they undergo physical duress because of the operating system that runs their digital lives? To the point, Windows… Just Windows (picture the user pulling out hair now.)
While many have a great user experience with Microsoft and its Windows product, the operating system drives its users crazy because they need to reinstall the operating system to help it run smoothly, change settings every time you update whether automatically or manually, and glitches appear that corrupts data.
Windows covers a lot of bases with a wide array of features, but, considering the companies inability to stay ahead of bugs, maybe too many features for their developers to keep up with.
Windows Is Too Heavy & Microsoft Doesn’t Fix Simple Bugs
Have Windows (fill in the version blank here…)? Then you know updates break your computer setup. You know, the way you run your life, business through your personal computer. The nag screens come up, and you update. Then spend the next few days or a week chasing all the bugs that crawl out of, what was, your obedient computer.
Recently another glitch in the user experience of Windows users. “Customers are reporting “no internet” access in the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) on Windows 10 2004 devices on devices that in fact can ping internet resources or browse web sites with internet browsers.” a windows contigent staff member reported back in July.
Microsoft has known about this issue but haven’t resolved it yet.
— Microsoft.com [1]
Even though it’s not as bad as some of the releases of the past (Windows ME I’m looking at you), this recent edition (2004) has some bugs to squash. “Been having this problem for a week now. Started intermittently but is now all the time. MS Office is unusable” said one user. Another observed, “This issue is relegated to my wireless connection, Ethernet seems to work fine, was able to access the Windows Store and download the most recent Windows 10 updates.”
However a fix is being shared as a solution until Microsoft pushes the patch that fixes this bug.
Workaround Fix For “No Internet” Bug
Brendan Hesse at LifeHacker.com published a workaround last month that users are saying fixes the issue. You can find the fix at the lifehacker.com website.
Hopefully, that will help you if you experience the bug.
It’s a shame that users have to figure out fixes for a developed commercial product. While Windows does serve its customers for the most part, perhaps less could be more. Microsoft could point the way in a new direction of developing software. Instead of throwing buggy software at its customers, Microsoft could be known as a user-centered company. Many of its customers are hoping for a change. The software community and Microsoft specifically need to focus on user experience first.
Notes:
- ^NCSI taskbar icon may report “no internet” on Windows 10 2004 devices that DO have internet access. (2020, August 15). Retrieved from https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4c8654be-d3da-4611-a649-110ca5a7c70a/ncsi-taskbar-icon-may-report-quotno-internetquot-on-windows-10-2004-devices-that-do-have?forum=win10itpronetworking (go back ↩)
