Windows 11 General Discussion

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
There's just very little space to click unlike win-7 gives
It's one of many steps backwards on 10 and still on 11 if this doesn't effect you well good for you.
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Think the space got a little bigger just increasing the scale a bit to 125%

 

[windwhirl]

So yeah I really don't care about dark mode @windwhirl if you can point me to a way to kills this nonsense I'd love to try it thanks for the heads up

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Keep in mind this only "half works". For detailed view, it will limit the row select to the name column. So if you click on the space dedicated to the Date Modified/Type/etc., it won't select the file, but list view is still fucked.

So just click to a part of the screen not associated with that file. It's not difficult to easily deselect.

I have rarely had that experience. It's not something to worry too much about..

It's kinda a problem if you have a file with very long name and the folder has many files. Since the length of that file's name will determine the length of every row in that folder. Again, it boils down to personal preferences. I'd rather Microsoft offer the option to turn it off or on rather than unilaterally deciding one way or another is best for everyone.

I'm still pissed about them changing the behavior of the backspace key. I want to go back up the folder hierarchy, not through my explorer history.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Thanks
Details view kills viewing a crapload of movie files, load time would stall a lot more than the much preferred list view does
Guess I could remove all entries but the name section and see what happens, just the long vertical list would be a bummer though :/
Guess I'll have to live with 125% dpi and or just keep using win-7 for main media center.

Thinking if point to select wasn't associated with single click none of this would be an issue
Any ideas there ?

This is how linux handles single click

I was reminded of this in folder options hopefully this will work oddly I've never tried it pretty much how linux handles single click and it works fine
Underline icon titles consistent with my browser

Nope all that does is add underlines :-(

 

[lexluthermiester]

Details view kills viewing a crapload of movie files, load time would stall a lot more than the much preferred list view does

I use details by default and never have any problems... Makes me wonder what everyone's fine-grained settings are..

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep
A way to kill point to select without killing single click sure would solve this in 10 and 11

Likely people just opt for double click and wear out mouse buttons and end up with a nervous condition

Check boxes "I have tried" have it's own issue with long list forgetting something is checked and checking something else and deleting
If not looking and noticing two files on the confirmation popup and the recycle bin disabled :I do this" just say bye bye and go to backup to retrieve when looking for the missing file because it was deleted accidentally

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Likely people just opt for double click and wear out mouse buttons and end up with a nervous condition

I use a "Monster" gaming mouse - it has a high speed clicking button right beside the main button, tapping it once generally double clicks. Love that thing and wish I had one at work.

 

[ThrashZone]

I use a "Monster" gaming mouse - it has a high speed clicking button right beside the main button, tapping it once generally double clicks. Love that thing and wish I had one at work.

Hi,
Yep fire button I've got those to on my redragon 901's definately saves wear on left click gaming
Think the dpi increase will have to suffice though sadly.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Hi,
Yep fire button I've got those to on my redragon 901's definately saves wear on left click gaming
Think the dpi increase will have to suffice though sadly.

Gaming too, by all means. I meant productivity though, as it is easy to use for double click.

 

[lexluthermiester]

A way to kill point to select without killing single click sure would solve this in 10 and 11

Likely people just opt for double click and wear out mouse buttons and end up with a nervous condition

Ah there it is. I will never use single click. Tried using it many years back, drove me fricken bonkers. Never again. Honestly, quit worrying about mouse button wear most button switches are rated for 1million+ click actions. You're just not going to wear it out unless you abuse it. For example, I have a microsoft Optical Mouse from 1998. It was my daily driver for 12 years. It still works perfectly. It is was the budget model of that line at the time.

 

[ThrashZone]

Ah there it is. I will never use single click. Tried using it many years back, drove me fricken bonkers. Never again. Honestly, quit worrying about mouse button wear most button switches are rated for 1million+ click actions. You're just not going to wear it out unless you abuse it. For example, I have a microsoft Optical Mouse from 1998. It was my daily driver for 12 years. It still works perfectly. It is was the budget model of that line at the time.

Hi,
Linux handles single click a lot better
It doesn't use point to select it uses point as a underline only approach.

I'll live with dpi increase 125% doesn't mess up anything that I've noticed so far.

 

[Greenslade]

What do you think about this guys views, i think he has some good points

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Posted it before:

Windows 11 General Discussion

Well, I have Win11 on my ThinkPad E540 which has a 4th gen CPU, and it installed without any problems and no tweaks needed. I got your point though, but maybe laptops are just easier what it comes to the requirements.

www.techpowerup.com

Some say he has good points, some say he's "fearmongering".

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Technically it's really an oem machine they do more to limit stuff than 11 oem just sold you the right to use it sound familiar people say the same about windows licenses

 

[lexluthermiester]

Linux handles single click a lot better

Perhaps, but this thread is about Windows 11.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Might avoid this update

Microsoft warns users: Uninstall Windows 11 KB5012643 if it crashes your apps

Microsoft just fixed the Safe mode issues in Windows 11, but the operating system has apparently hit further problems with the latest cumulative updates. KB5012643, which is an optional update with tons of fixes, is crashing apps that use certain components of the .NET 3.5 framework. If you’ve...

www.windowslatest.com

 

[theFOoL]

Hi,
Might avoid this update

Microsoft warns users: Uninstall Windows 11 KB5012643 if it crashes your apps

Microsoft just fixed the Safe mode issues in Windows 11, but the operating system has apparently hit further problems with the latest cumulative updates. KB5012643, which is an optional update with tons of fixes, is crashing apps that use certain components of the .NET 3.5 framework. If you’ve...

www.windowslatest.com

Good luck M$! You again... Created a bad update

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep try and fix safe mode and bork net framework/ apps in the process

 

[windwhirl]

... Why were there problems in fucking safe mode? It's supposed to be the one thing that still works when everything else fails, for fuck's sake.

*angry sigh

 

[Greenslade]

Hi,
Might avoid this update

Microsoft warns users: Uninstall Windows 11 KB5012643 if it crashes your apps

Microsoft just fixed the Safe mode issues in Windows 11, but the operating system has apparently hit further problems with the latest cumulative updates. KB5012643, which is an optional update with tons of fixes, is crashing apps that use certain components of the .NET 3.5 framework. If you’ve...

www.windowslatest.com

I will give Windows 11 a miss.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hi,
Might avoid this update

Microsoft warns users: Uninstall Windows 11 KB5012643 if it crashes your apps

Microsoft just fixed the Safe mode issues in Windows 11, but the operating system has apparently hit further problems with the latest cumulative updates. KB5012643, which is an optional update with tons of fixes, is crashing apps that use certain components of the .NET 3.5 framework. If you’ve...

www.windowslatest.com

Good luck M$! You again... Created a bad update

Yet another reason to completely disable automatic updates.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yet another reason to completely disable automatic updates.

Hi,
Yep stop fishing for updates this is the type of stuff you'd catch

This was an optional update no telling what it would of been next month or so though.

I will give Windows 11 a miss.

Seeing it was mostly hyped about more security that alone gives the best hint on why to skip it.

 

[windwhirl]

Hi,
Yep stop fishing for updates this is the type of stuff you'd catch

This was an optional update no telling what it would of been next month or so though.


Seeing it was mostly hyped about more security that alone gives the best hint on why to skip it.

Optional updates are meant to be used as evaluation I think. Basically a beta for the update coming next month.

 

[windwhirl]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22616

UPDATE 5/10: We are starting to roll out Cumulative Update Build 22616.100 (KB5014650). This update does not include anything new and is designed to test our servicing pipeline for builds in the Dev and Beta Ch

blogs.windows.com

Not really a lot of remarkable stuff to share since the last time I did this, but a few notes for the future that I'm sure some of you guys will be interested in:

• This seems to be the last build that will ship to Beta channel in sync with Dev channel, so it will likely be the base for the next feature update of Windows 11 (which I suppose will come around September or maybe earlier?). So, anyone in Dev that wants to jump ship to stable, without a clean reinstall, now is the time to jump to Beta channel, and from there make your way to Release channel.
• Microsoft seems to be marching forward with the requirement of internet connection and Microsoft Account for Windows 11 Pro for Windows Insiders builds. Not sure if they will extend it for stable channel or not. But something to keep in mind.
• Support for TKIP/WEP (outdated Wifi security protocols) will not be removed after all. Microsoft says they received feedback about it (who the f*** is still using them?). However, it seems their removal in a future release is still on the table, so maybe with the feature update that'd come around the next year? Honestly, they can't kill them off fast enough.
• Windows Security will now consider having memory integrity disabled as something worth warning the user (so seeing the Windows security icon turned yellow likely means that Memory integrity is disabled)
• Support for SMB1/CIFS (the old file sharing system that came with Windows all the way back from... Windows NT 4.0?) is disabled by default in new installs of Windows 11. If you need it, you'll need to enable the Windows feature for it.

 

[R-T-B]

Support for SMB1/CIFS (the old file sharing system that came with Windows all the way back from... Windows NT 4.0?) is disabled by default in new installs of Windows 11. If you need it, you'll need to enable the Windows feature for it.

Hasn't that been the case for a while even on 10?

 

[windwhirl]

Hasn't that been the case for a while even on 10?

Apparently not.

However, it might be that W10 disables it automatically. IIRC, the OS disables some services a few days after install, if you haven't used them.