A Vision for Windows 12: Familiar Power Meets Modern Innovation

Thanks. Security improvements would be excellent to help prevent all malware, like automatically preventing anything unauthorized from running, whether it's a script, batch file, app or other type of executable, and each program, especially any browser, e-mail or messaging client, runs in its own isolated app container. Also, a list of authorized apps, programs and safe folders / subfolders could be easily viewed and modified in the Windows Security Smart App Control window. Upon Windows 12 installation, an Evaluation mode could be enabled when needed at any time for automatically authorizing safe apps. When done auditing (e.g. after an hour) the user could set it to On. If needed another day, they could put it in Evaluation mode as needed. Any app not on the list would need UAC to run, until it's added manually or through Evaluation Mode. Enable all Windows Security features including all Exploit Protection and Core Isolation features upon Windows 12 installation, plus enable Data Execution Prevention for all programs and services. Set User Account Control to Always Notify as well (if a user needs to temporarily reduce the UAC level, they still can). Enhanced hardware protection could be included also, such as for USB or other devices with malware on them. Windows 12 would ideally not be affected in such situations, and the user would receive appropriate alerts.

Further, it would be great to enhance Windows 12 Zip so that when unzipping files, the original modified / created dates are maintained in the just unzipped files. Automatically enable energy saving features too. For gaming, DirectX in Windows 12 could enable next-generation graphics equal to real-world environments if possible, while efficiently running to keep the computer cooler whenever that can be done. If the password using the integrated Microsoft VPN is incorrect, you can be prompted to update it and reconnect automatically. Privacy protections could also be enhanced, and a local, private Copilot AI could be enabled, if desired, that only connects to the Internet when needed (saving bandwidth).