So I recently installed Windows 10 on a couple of machines. My installs went without issue which I was happy about. I assumed they'd go well and sometimes that's half the battle. In life, if you don't assume things are going to go your way then they won't. :-)

At the end of the install process, Microsoft asked me to report any issues and/or suggestions I may have to make the install process better.

I feel like most people (including myself) just skip over these types of inquiries unless there was some sort of major problem. As a society we love to bitch so obviously we're going to take time to do THAT if we run into trouble. But if the install went smoothly we'll generally just fly past that and go on about our day.

I decided to really think about if there was anything that I could tell them and there was one thing.

Before upgrading when I would reboot the OS would remember if I had my laptop's touch pad turned on or off. After upgrading it no longer remembered this setting, so each time I restarted I had to turn the touch pad off again (I prefer using a mouse.) It's a minor deal but it's a deal.

So I explained this to Microsoft not thinking they'd actually respond.

But guess what happened? Today I got a Windows Update that solved the problem.

Nice!

So the lesson is that whether you believe you have influence in the world or not, you ultimately do. And when you exercise said influence you improve the entire world.

And that's pretty badass.