Your one link to demonstrate Microsoft "don't listen" is where the person refuses to report it through the proper channels, gets it reported via an unofficial channel then after Microsoft have listened, doesn't like their answer therefore pretends it didn't happen?
Indeed. Also, I thought for sure that 8.3 file name creation was off by default starting in either Win8 or Win7. Maybe it depends on whether you upgraded from an older version or which SKU you install?
