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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. Direct Copy article by furby076 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) The article is a copy/paste of the cnet article (kind of a fail for aviran's place).
    2) More importantly, from the article, I inferred these god mode settings were just (basically) command lines to initiate control panel activities? Not a big deal if that is the case. It is shortcuts of a way I guess. Or is there something more to this?

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    I do not support "The Man". I also do not support your irrational stupidity
  2. Re:Those strings can't be right by EvilRemix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is only one God mode and it is IDDQD.

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    "It's mercy, compassion and forgiveness I lack. Not rationality."
  3. I don't get it.... by cptdondo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If all of the features are in the Control Panel, why do the developers need shortcuts?

    In other words, what's wrong with the Control Panel interface that hinders developers to the point where they have to hack in these types of kludges?

    And, yes, I consider a directory with a "special string" a horrible kludge. Think of all the behind-the-scenes complications that this brings on. Every directory creation/access has to be checked for these modes. How does a godmode directory interact with a random app?

    The mind reels.