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Buffer6
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4 years ago

Comment on Windows 11 your experience

So much talk about Windows 11, I thought I'd give it a try and see what all the fuss was about.

It took just over an hour to make the changes. I had to download an updated bios for my motherboard, which made the necessary adjustments without having to go into the bios sections and manually adjust items, and you have to do that first or the bios won't pass the inspection and the Windows 11 won't install.

So I got it up and running.  Now checking it out, after clicking on the Windows Icon in the taskbar

Installed software wasn't showing anymore and no tiles on the desktop, luckily I had made shortcuts for the most used software in Windows 10, so they were showing on the desktop and taskbar after the installation.

I found it difficult to navigate around after being used to Windows 10, and a lot of the useful menu items were missing on right-click on an icon. The transparency effects no longer worked either.

I missed the weather and speedtest on tiles and the current temperature and state of weather on the taskbar.  I played around with Windows 11 for a few hours before deciding to switch back to Windows 10 😃

The only good thing that I found about it was that it seemed quicker when using Windows explorer.

So if you've tried it or are using it, what  are your views on it?

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  • garypjackson's avatar
    garypjackson
    On our wavelength
    4 years ago

    I don't think I'm alone in thinking this is just one time consuming con. Fair enough if you like playing with PCs but I only use it for what I want, and I can't remember anything windows have done or offered since windows 7 that has been anything more than an interfering annoyance..

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      4 years ago

      I was looking forward to being able to run android apps on Windows 11 without having to use the bluestacks android emulator.

      Windows Insiders in the beta channel, who have build 22000.282 or higher, can now set up Windows Subsystem for Android and install a select group of apps from the Amazon app store. 

      The current problem is your PC's region must be set to USA and you also need to have a U.S based Amazon account to use the Amazon Appstore.

      android-apps-on-windows-11-preview 

  • HughJarsse's avatar
    HughJarsse
    Knows their stuff
    4 years ago

    Buffer6,

    Are you on the insiders programme, or developers?

    Just wondering how you managed to get the windows 11 update offered?

    Don't have a 'spare' PC to try it on if I could, sadly at the mo.

    (always use a non important pc for these sort of things, so if it all goes wrong ( as it sometimes does with Microsoft!!) haven't 'lost' anything vital!!)

    Interested more than anything else, basically.  (ie, nosy!)

    • Buffer6's avatar
      Buffer6
      Legend
      4 years ago
      HughJarsse wrote:

      Buffer6,

      Are you on the insiders programme, or developers?

      Just wondering how you managed to get the windows 11 update offered?

      Don't have a 'spare' PC to try it on if I could, sadly at the mo.

      (always use a non important pc for these sort of things, so if it all goes wrong ( as it sometimes does with Microsoft!!) haven't 'lost' anything vital!!)

      Interested more than anything else, basically.  (ie, nosy!)

      Thanks for the reply.  I joined the insiders on Sunday last just to try out the Windows 11 beta, same day after that I just reverted to the old Windows10 again.

      Just using the one PC at the moment.  I used to be in the insiders a few years ago but dropped out, so I know how to revert back again after trying something out.  It was fairly quick to revert back.

      • goslow's avatar
        goslow
        Alessandro Volta
        4 years ago

        A very brave person indeed who does an in-situ Windows upgrade of a beta version and then reverts back again! The final version of W11 appears to be due out tomorrow if all the publicity is to be believed!

        Have not tested it out myself and have no kit which would be capable of running the final version. Have looked at the many reviews of it though and none seemed overly enthusiastic about it.

        I think Windows has had its day now along with MS Office. So many borked regular updates for both rolled out so often and with so little quality control. Will probably start looking at alternatives to W11 for my own setup when that time eventually comes.