A few Ideas for 1 or 2 of MS's quarter million employees

Kevin Garrity 1 Reputation point
2025-05-24T05:55:24.8033333+00:00

My first observation, and what brought me here is that I clicked a "Learn More" link in Explorer 'Learn more about Libraries' after striking out on getting columns I had customized in the 'Music' folder to stick in the 'Music' Library folder. The link, just like every other similar link in Windows 10 has been re-directed to a Windows 11 advertisement. I'm 75, have three Gen 4 i7s that are blazing fast. Instead of the promised answer, I'm insulted. It's bad enough I'm going to have to spend money I don't have for for something I don't need, but I get insulted and sent to Google.

#2) It's been 9 years and the DCom Warning in Event Viewer is still there, the MS corporate advice is 'ignore it'. If it's meaningless then downgrade it to an informational notification, Worse, you have left directions that point to places that do not exist as a way to fix the issue! People tell me this has been going on since Windows 8! Do you think no one looks at the event viewer? I'm a PC tech and I assure you every tech on earth looks at the event viewer, and so do hundreds of freaked out consumers who want to know what they're infected with.
That's all for now but Can you spare one employee to fix that DCom mess? Please?
And how about a little respect for the people who pay your bills

KPG

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  1. S.Sengupta 24,951 Reputation points MVP
    2025-05-25T02:52:43.6866667+00:00

    You're not alone in noticing this. Microsoft has been quietly redirecting many "Learn more" and help links inside Windows 10 to Windows 11 promotional pages — especially since mainstream support ended in October 2020.

    You're absolutely right — that DCOM 10016 warning in Event Viewer has been surfacing since Windows 8....

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