The Program Files, Program Files (x86), and its 8.3 filename equivalent is a mess. They just could have named it Programs and be done with it. The Local, Local Low, and Roaming folders make no sense now that Briefcase is gone. I am not a believer in hiding AppData from the user. ProgramData is a kludge, at best. The false shutdown and delayed start is nothing but bullshit to high-performance computing. Lastly, we have several generations of UI, and we need them all, because Microsoft thinks that an open hardware OS should look like a walled in garden. It cannot. We need system settings and utilities.

Here's a partial list: Explorer file copy locks up if too many files are copied. Bluetooth re-connection: doesn't. Bluetooth file transfer was hobbled. Windows still cannot stop locked programs. No one wanted Microsoft to handle GPU usage. Event log list takes a long time to sort--even on your computer. Briefcase was handy but buggy, and was removed. Out of control file indexing. Excessive CPU/GPU use. Windows takes too long to adjust for any kind privacy--longer than a Linux install. Windows defaults to spying on user/customer. Windows logon errors, which were never present in Windows 10. Windows XP Requirements: https://gamesystemrequirements...

So, how do you stop it.

There is no ends to justify AI's means.

I am getting tired of seeing smearing, haloed (not game) video.

Generally, they are same as gaming machines, but use/have more RAM. My old P15 Gen 2, can use 128 RAM.

I'd guess a story like this takes our minds off of the people who have been stalked by their electronic devices. I'm glad she's safe.

Not killed by evil overlords in [ ] days.

No, I don't think so.

People don't count for much, nowadays.

With laptop computers, stuff like this is a nightmare, such as when a laptop turns itself on, or fails to shut down in your backpack. Our CISC are not ideal for this kind of use; processors like the ancient RCA COSMAC 1802 could be clocked down to a few Hertz; most modern processors cannot. Another fallacy that some people fall into is that they think that computers don't need to be rebooted; they people who wrote Windows's sleep mode think this. On high performance machines, and for system reliability is important, you want to reboot the machine. Our OS's are too bloated, also. A real-time, multiuser, multitasking operating system can run on 512K of memory, as it did with Microware's OS9 Level II. If it existed, a new, bloated version of it--would probably only take a few megabytes, and fit in CMOS/UEFI.

I regret not making my purchase last fall. I live on a fixed income. I've had found myself at the edge of 2 problems:
1.) I need more memory for my OpenFoam Computational fluid dynamics tests on a vehicle body. I've done 12 generations of changes on a vehicle body, but at 64GB, I can only resolve to 10mm, a bit less than 1/2", which uses 50GB of memory--even when using fewer cores.
2.) I cannot afford a laptop workstation/gaming-machine for reverse engineering and coffee shop CAD and a desktop for heavy-lifting. The last notebook, I bought was a Lenovo P15-Gen2, which other than the infuriating heat problem with laptops, has been pretty good. I am still paying it off. LOL!

What I had planned to do: make the computer that you are not supposed to own: a luggable. I had planned to use a MicroATX board, such as a MAG Mortor, and put a full compliment of RAM, in this case 256GB. Then try to fashion some kind of quasi-laptop case, which are like hen's teeth, so I would have to roll--err sheet metal brake my own. Fortunately, Corsair has a new SFX power supply for just such an occasion.
I also thought of buying a used server or workstation such as a Lenovo P-620, or a really old Epyc. I don't need blistering speed, but I need the memory and reliability, the latter of which is a consideration for a computer that needs to crunch for at least a half of a day, all cores, near 100%.

...And so does google, and they are far to wealthy to be touched.