Summary of "Windows Utility in 2025"
The video discusses a major update to the Windows Utility planned for 2025, highlighting significant improvements and new features:
- Windows Utility Update: The biggest update in the past year, focusing on better program maintenance and management.
- User Interface Enhancements:
- Categorized dropdown menus for easier navigation.
- Compact view option for streamlined package installation.
- Search functionality retained.
- Package Manager Integration:
- Current support for multiple package managers.
- Future plans to add Scoop, a popular command-line installer ranked highly on GitHub.
- Development Status:
- The update is currently in the development branch (windev) and expected to move to stable soon.
- Community and Recognition:
- Nearly 200 contributors have helped develop the utility.
- Over 6 million users running it.
- Featured by major tech YouTubers (e.g., Linus Tech Tips, Snazzy Labs) and media outlets like Lifehacker.
- Tweaks and Features:
- Plans to reorganize tweaks, moving Edge tweaks to advanced and classic right-click menu tweaks to standard due to user preference.
- Monitoring the “Recall” service in Windows for future changes.
- Use of Win One Shot tool for debugging tweaks.
- Legacy Panel Access:
- Restoration of hidden legacy panels like the classic printer panel and power plan selector, which Microsoft has buried in newer Windows versions.
- Update Management:
- Revamping update controls, especially for Home editions, possibly integrating open-source tools like Policy Plus to give users better control over Windows updates.
- Microwin Improvements:
- Ongoing enhancements to Microwin, including ISO generation and integration of virtual machine drivers (Proxmox, QEMU).
- Community Engagement:
- The developer streams live on Twitch and YouTube, seeking real-time feedback and suggestions.
- Emphasizes the philosophy that most Windows customizations are achievable with enough effort.
Main Speakers/Sources:
- The primary speaker is the developer of the Windows Utility tool (name not explicitly stated, but referred to as Titus in the closing).
- Contributions acknowledged from community members "my drift user" and "meric."
- Coding owner of Microwin also credited (name not specified).
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