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Windows 7 Has Lots of "God Modes"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-am-god-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Those intrigued by the 'GodMode' in Windows 7 may be interested to know that there are many other similar shortcuts hidden within the operating system — some going back to Vista or before. Steven Sinofsky, Windows division president, said several similar undocumented features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors." Update: 01/07 23:46 GMT by CT : Link updated to source.

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  1. Unfortunately... by Anonymusing · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...theologians have recently determined that God has a "MicrosoftMode". Watch out for the Blue Screen of Death.

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    1. Re:Unfortunately... by slarrg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Noah's already experienced it but God gave us a new colorful interface element and promised it'll never happen again.

    2. Re:Unfortunately... by CAIMLAS · · Score: 3, Funny

      .... oh shit.

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    3. Re:Unfortunately... by severoon · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the user experience design meeting at MS must have gone something like this...

      "Listen, we've developed this feature that lets users manage their systems very conveniently. Access to everything from one place."
      "Wow, that does look good. All in favor of hiding it?"
      (all, in unison) "Aye!"

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    4. Re:Unfortunately... by webmistressrachel · · Score: 3, Funny

      "women still bleed for no freakin' reason" ... the occasion you seem to be referring to is NOT bleeding as you know it at all, it's a monthly cycle of cleaning and renewal. And although it is painful, and ugly, a lot of women still see the menstrual cycle as the gift it is - the ability to create a miracle.

      As for all the other stuff about God vs. Lucifer - you're correct, "He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? Never!"

      At least I know where I stand with the devil, well, I tend to kneel, actually... (use your imagination, boys!)

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    5. Re:Unfortunately... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

      So what you are basically saying is that seniors are very efficient at finding Linux bugs?

      Looks like a good opportunity for crowdsourcing if you ask me...

    6. Re:Unfortunately... by pluther · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...God has a "MicrosoftMode".

      That would explain why he freaked so much about his users interfacing with that Apple a while back...

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    7. Re:Unfortunately... by ppanon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I know what you mean. At less than 18 months, our son was pressing keys at random while sitting on my wife's lap as she used her iMac computer. He managed to get the preferences changed to run an inverted video once, as well as to get it to go into some sort of audio/speech synthesis visually-impaired-support mode. At that age he wasn't that savvy either. Nowadays at nearly 2 years, he's starting to try to play head games with us and it might be believable, but back then no.

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  2. Re:Those strings can't be right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using that will doom you :)

  3. The real question is... by tnk1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does Windows 7 have Quad Damage?

    1. Re:The real question is... by jameskojiro · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only if you dual wield dual core processors...

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    2. Re:The real question is... by H0p313ss · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only if you dual wield dual core processors...

      I prefer to equip my quad core offhand and lay about me like a madman with a USB cable... but to each his own.

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  4. Re:Those strings can't be right by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only if you're playing Heretic.

  5. Re:Direct Copy article... i.e. PLAGIARISM by JWSmythe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess Slashdot is now advocating outright plagiarism by giving it the eyeballs instead of what it rips-off? Do I get three guesses who the "anonymous reader" was that submitted the summary text?

    You do indeed. Go ahead and post them and then I'll copy what you wrote and post it too - it makes it better, apparently.

    You do indeed. Go ahead and post them and then I'll copy what you wrote and post it too - it makes it better, apparently.

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  6. Re:Those strings can't be right by discojohnson · · Score: 3, Funny

    just like idspispopd was not that hard to remember

  7. Re:Another way to trigger god mode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    God mode cheat for Doom(s). Don't worry, it's possible you were busy or 6 at the time.

  8. Stuck in Satan-mode by SanderDJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally they discovered God-modes. All these years I've been working with Win machines stuck in Satan-mode. Now life will be good...