I've kept a file called "problems.txt" for the last two years, where I record the many Windows aggravations for posterity (and for when they happen again).

If you begin the txt file with .LOG each time you open the file Notepad will add a timestamp and a new line at the end of the document.

I stopped using Notepad because updates were turning it to shit, now I use SciTE (with a command rigged up to run a .bat to insert time and date on a key combo, which is the one thing I missed from Notepad).

> I dont even know where my failed prints from 6 months ago are stored

Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners > pick any printer > Open print queue. The Print Queue can also then jump between printers.

And you don't need to go into the Settings app to change sound devices. Click the Sound icon in the taskbar, click the icon to the right of the slider with what looks like little sliders and an arrow, choose your device. But even then its pretty easy using the full Settings app. System > Sound > click the circle next to the device you want to change to the default. I don't get how that's materially worse than Control Panel > Sound > Right click > Set as Default Device.

I do know how to right click the printer icon in the tray.

The os should know when new screens are attached or removed and take logical action.

If you have 2 cars in your driveway you have to chose. If one is removed, which one do you use?

Putting things under system or behind a vague icon is not instantly obvious. If i did that i would sell nothing.

That 3 things combined in one icon is wrong is already obvious where you refer to it as the sound icon. The convention is for the banana icon to open the banana menu. You switch to the banana mind set and learn new banana features.