Windows 11 ISO Leaks to the Web, New Start Screen, Mac-like Centered Dock, Rounded Edges

[Blueberries]

Weird how these leaks happen every generation and always just before the official launch

I was just holding out hope that they debloated W11, is all

less background processes, smaller install footprint or whatever... Win 11 being "windows 10 without the garbage" would make it popular, fast

I can't wait to find the 50 new registry keys I need to change in this build /s

 

[silentbogo]

Weird how these leaks happen every generation and always just before the official launch

MSDN closed testing. Back in a day I used to sign up and participate in things like that (did it for Vista and 7).

 

[kane nas]

win 11

 

[biffzinker]

win 11

How many bugs could there be if it’s only a new coat of paint for the GUI?

 

[Wirko]

yeah wasting space and looks like filling the space is a new trend for M$, suddenly i miss the old school layout than this one

Low information density. It's not new and it's not coming just from MS, although they have been a major contributor since Win 8. Hey, even in Win 7, one of the most annoying UI changes was larger line spacing in Explorer's file list. (And that wasn't enough, they managed to screw up a few other things too in that same file list).

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

TBH. This Ui smells like it was a Ui designed for mobile devices.

Because they took it from Windows 10X

nope, it better have an option to move start to the left. I hate this centered look.

It does. It's in the options settings.

 

[noel_fs]

Bring back the Windows 7 transparent shiny gloss to the windows/taskbar, looked way better than this current matt flat look we have now days.

glossy is fucking awful makes me want to puke (i do agree w7 theme was godlike) but it isnt nowdays. W10 needs a a rework aiming for material but currently its not but could be much worse so let it be, there is a chance they make something awful. The new icon are absolute garbage, w7 i think still wins in that department nowdays, a little too curvy maybe for today but thats an easy fix.

 

[Gundem]

Busy trying to get 98 running on my Epox

 

[R0H1T]

Wow some of the comments on this threads are hilarious, it's like listening to your grandparents complaining about ye olde XP or win98

Looks like macOS beta (dock) but more primitive

Primitive how?

 

[Lycanwolfen]

Well been testing it in a VM, so far problems I found.

1. Cannot drop and drag icons into the taskbar you have to now right click on the icon and pin it only.
2. Got control panel up in power settings under adavanced Processor control completely gone. - Was able to restore some in regedit
3. Under system and about you have to configure power settings for each app installed.
4. Windows simple notepad is replaced with a windows store version. Also the old version is there but MS wont allow you to use it for text files unless you install there new version from store. Ouch
5. In powershell on provisioned apps you now cannot uninstalled the Desktop app installer which is tied to the store. So in terms they are controling whats installed and not you.
6. Control panel Administrator Tools now renamed to Windows Tools
7. Right click on taskbar Task Manager is now removed. Only access is in Windows tools now.
8. The whole OS is using MS edge webview for its shell and pretty interface. Even if you have chrome as default browsers it all still runs. I don't care what MS says Edge is chromium and google owns the source code. Also with the desktop interface now tied to Edge the virus's are going to rule this OS. - Update on this if you turn off the UAC in the regedit and reboot it stops the webview as its tied to the Store.
9. One Drive is installed by default with no asking if you want it.

Just some of the issues I see already.

In my opinion MS is going back to the old bad business practices that got them in trouble in the first place. Not listening to the consumer forcing products unto your computer and taking away your control more and more. Most of all my systems now run Linux and I am very happy using them because I have the control not a company.

Also now with Edge being intergrated into the OS open up a whole new can of worms with virus's and security reasons. That was MS's biggest mistake was intergrating IE into there OS's.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Well been testing it in a VM, so far problems I found.

1. Cannot drop and drag icons into the taskbar you have to now right click on the icon and pin it only.
2. Got control panel up in power settings under adavanced Processor control completely gone. - Was able to restore some in regedit
3. Under system and about you have to configure power settings for each app installed.
4. Windows simple notepad is replaced with a windows store version. Also the old version is there but MS wont allow you to use it for text files unless you install there new version from store. Ouch
5. In powershell on provisioned apps you now cannot uninstalled the Desktop app installer which is tied to the store. So in terms they are controling whats installed and not you.
6. Control panel Administrator Tools now renamed to Windows Tools
7. Right click on taskbar Task Manager is now removed. Only access is in Windows tools now.
8. The whole OS is using MS edge webview for its shell and pretty interface. Even if you have chrome as default browsers it all still runs. I don't care what MS says Edge is chromium and google owns the source code. Also with the desktop interface now tied to Edge the virus's are going to rule this OS.
9. One Drive is installed by default with no asking if you want it.

Just some of the issues I see already.

Well they have to have something to add back in for 12!.
I am surprised by the details some of you note, not you per say I think those shocking omissions personally more line spacing..
I would expect if you don't set app performance per application it has defaults though?!.

 

[dyonoctis]

I want to see their stats that show many users disabled it after first boot.

The people who disabled it are also the people that they have the fewer data from (telemetry being disabled etc...) I personally don't mind, it's just an inoffensive widget on the taskbar :

 

[redzo]

What a bunch of garbage monopolist greedy scums,

They went from the great start menu(winxp < vista < 7) to that abomination(windows 8.1 start menu) and then getting back to 7 in very small steps with 10.
MS is just a monopoly. They hired hipster managers and UI designers. They don't give a damn about user experience and their userbase.

Then again, what are we talking about: they're pushing updates to 10 and changing it like their is no tomorrow.
Hell, we could be running windows 11 right now. They were actually right when they said "the last version of windows".

The desktop is just an interface, and it's the easiest thing to change, a freaking theme and that is it.
They just don't care: monopoly once again.
those sandy bridge motherboards fail to die: I've got a great idea, boss: a new OS, new OS sales!

 

[Lycanwolfen]

Well they have to have something to add back in for 12!.
I am surprised by the details some of you note, not you per say I think those shocking omissions personally more line spacing..
I would expect if you don't set app performance per application it has defaults though?!.

I'm a network Administrator for many companies around the world. So first thing I test is settings easy access to things. Control and what I know users will complain about. Microsoft never beta tests OS's to Network Administrators or Technician's because we are the one that find all the problems. No they beta test their OS's to complete morons that have no idea how things work. They only see oooo its pretty.

Small Update. I was able to write a sudo command in the powershell to delete the entire OS in one key stroke. Yay that was easy

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I'm a network Administrator for many companies around the world. So first thing I test is settings easy access to things. Control and what I know users will complain about. Microsoft never beta tests OS's to Network Administrators or Technician's because we are the one that find all the problems. No they beta test their OS's to complete morons that have no idea how things work. They only see oooo its pretty.

Small Update. I was able to write a sudo command in the powershell to delete the entire OS in one key stroke. Yay that was easy

It is horrible to see what they've done in some areas , the control panels especially.

 

[Lionheart]

glossy is fucking awful makes me want to puke (i do agree w7 theme was godlike) but it isnt nowdays. W10 needs a a rework aiming for material but currently its not but could be much worse so let it be, there is a chance they make something awful. The new icon are absolute garbage, w7 i think still wins in that department nowdays, a little too curvy maybe for today but thats an easy fix.

"glossy is fucking awful makes me want to puke" As does this part of your comment, relax. But yes Win7 might not look the most modern now days but there's still something about it I like. I like my windows how I like my women, curvy...........

 

[Mussels]

I hate the taskbar look. I hate giant clutter on the screen. What good are bunch of stupid icons that just litter the work space?

I hate the "Type here to search" spot on the task bar on Windows 10. It takes up unnecessary space. But if you hide the search bar it doesn't show up when pressing the Windows Key, like it did under Windows 7.....so you have no quick way to search for programs.

I just like, simple, clean looking and easy to navigate without having a ton of giant images/icons shoved in your face. At times I like to navigate with just the keyboard and even times when I know exactly where a file/program is I need I might launch it from the command prompt instead of clicking my way through half a dozen folders. When I first loaded and used Windows 10 it looked like and felt like someone threw up in the start menu....so cluttered with pinned crap it almost made my eyes bleed. That's about the same way I feel when I see my wife boot up her Mac laptop....giant icons at the bottom, her desktop screen cluttered....I even asked her if she uses all those programs along the taskbar at the bottom and she told me that she doesn't and she also doesn't even know what a few of them are, but just leaves them there.

In w10, the moment you type with the start menu open it brings up a search field


and yeah i've been asked to repair and fix a few macs for friends and the damned OWNERS dont even know how to do basic tasks... ugh

 

[ThrashZone]

Weird how these leaks happen every generation and always just before the official launch


I can't wait to find the 50 new registry keys I need to change in this build /s

Hi,
Well seeing they just dropped 21h1 don't see a new windows until 22h1 or in English 2022 January-June maybe 21h2 though they are that compulsive at times lol

 

[Easy Rhino]

*Laughs in Linux*

 

[Liquid Cool]

I prefer just a simple start menu.



That's why I use linux.

Microsoft is a monopoly and should be regulated. I find it quite disconcerting that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google were recently listed by quite a few members of Congress as monopolies(a little later to the party ?), but Microsoft wasn't on the list. This company...starting with Windows 10 is the biggest offender?

Hell...If linux wasn't there...I'd use OS/2.

,

Liquid Cool

 

[Deleted member 202104]

*Laughs in Linux*

I prefer just a simple start menu.

Same.

I know I'll get used to whatever they vomit up, but Microsoft's 'change for the sake of change' has gotten really old.

 

[TheOne]

Watched some YouTube videos, I like some the UI changes, not a fan of others, indifferent about some, and still pessimistic given it was originally intended for dual screen mobile devices, overall I'm interested to see the RTM version and what kind of performance and stability it will have.

*Laughs in Linux*

Makes you wonder what a laughing penguin sounds like.

 

[TxGrin]

FYI Windows 11 will activate using windows 7 key

 

[Mussels]

Makes you wonder what a laughing penguin sounds like.

 

[Caring1]

*Laughs in Linux*

So what command do you have to type in for that?