Windows 11 General Discussion

FireFox · Oct 5, 2021

Me been lazy.

Installing W11 from the setup/app inside the USB :laugh:

Solaris17 · Oct 5, 2021

Did a fresh install. Didn't feel like upgrading this time since iv had this install since like windows 7.

Didn't encrypt my OS drive by default. Or enable memory integrity.

Enabled memory integrity, and enabled bitlocker on all my drives again.

Spent an hour or so installing my normal apps. (I keep all my configs sync'd in onedrive which is on a second disk)

Steam, origin etc were easy. I use an iSCSI disk and just reconnected to it. The apps took care of re-establishing all my games.

So far so good! Imported my mail rules back into outlook. and other than the setup time it hasnt interrupted much.

Like anything else, I think doing OS upgrades can be pretty easy as long as you plan first. Do the proper setups etc.

If you experience a ton of downtime its entirely your fault given how technology is now.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 5, 2021

Same, fresh install, back up in half hour ish

FireFox · Oct 5, 2021

It will take a month or two before i do a clean install.
One thing i really hate about W11 is the taskbar, too big.

windwhirl · Oct 5, 2021

Solaris17 said:
Did a fresh install. Didn't feel like upgrading this time since iv had this install since like windows 7.

Didn't encrypt my OS drive by default. Or enable memory integrity.

Enabled memory integrity, and enabled bitlocker on all my drives again.

Spent an hour or so installing my normal apps. (I keep all my configs sync'd in onedrive which is on a second disk)

Steam, origin etc were easy. I use an iSCSI disk and just reconnected to it. The apps took care of re-establishing all my games.

So far so good! Imported my mail rules back into outlook. and other than the setup time it hasnt interrupted much.

Like anything else, I think doing OS upgrades can be pretty easy as long as you plan first. Do the proper setups etc.

If you experience a ton of downtime its entirely your fault given how technology is now.

Yep. These days I just back up the entire %Appdata% folder and when I'm done with a clean install I copy back what I need (mainly Foobar2000/Thunderbird/Firefox) and it's pretty much done. Steam is just a few clicks here and there and your library is back in order in minutes.

FireFox said:
It will take a month or two before i do a clean install.
One thing i really hate about W11 is the taskbar, too big.

Probably why they're also enforcing at least a 720p display lol

ThrashZone · Oct 5, 2021

FireFox said:
It will take a month or two before i do a clean install.
One thing i really hate about W11 is the taskbar, too big.

Hi,
Yeah they accommodate for fat fingers using tablets in redmond.
They also think everyone lives in cali time zone lol

11 wise I'll wait for a while.

Metroid · Oct 5, 2021

I found one, if you find more, please post here.

Solaris17 · Oct 5, 2021

Metroid said:
I found one, if you find more, please post here.

Is this an untouched OS?

IMO if you are disabling defaults or using registry tricks any OS comparison is useless.

Metroid · Oct 5, 2021

Solaris17 said:
Is this an untouched OS?

IMO if you are disabling defaults or using registry tricks any OS comparison is useless.

I assume it is, it was posted hour ago.

theFOoL · Oct 5, 2021

I made a WiN11 Go with WiNtoUSB with my HP 8460P on windows 7 and the image was the Beta version of windows 11 and yes I downloaded the image from M$

It actually creates a bypass bc Go Editions aren't a thing? "I don't know how or why but OK"

Ferrum Master · Oct 5, 2021

Metroid said:
I found one, if you find more, please post here.

You should put crap BGM warnings.

Also Minecraft running at only ~100FPS :roll:

lexluthermiester · Oct 5, 2021

FireFox said:
One thing i really hate about W11 is the taskbar, too big.

There are options to shrink it down if you wish. WinAeroTweaker has an option(along with a ton of other very useful tweaks) that let's you set the taskbar size to small.

Download Winaero Tweaker

Winaero Tweaker. The all-in-one app from Winaero. It will include almost all apps released by Winaero along with new tweaks and options. Windows Tweaker

winaero.com

Metroid said:
I found one, if you find more, please post here.

This all looks like margin of error differences to me. Windows 11 is on par with 10 for gaming.

Solaris17 said:
Is this an untouched OS?

IMO if you are disabling defaults or using registry tricks any OS comparison is useless.

Unless the changes made in 11 are also made to 10. However, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. That video matches my experiences. None of the games I've tested run any worse on 11 than they did on 10. A few even run better. Whatever problems they had a few (beta)versions ago seem to have been resolved.

Solaris17 · Oct 5, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Unless that changes made in 11 are also made to 10.

Eh. Even then maybe only if you are comparing features.

from a normal consumer perspective the OSs should be vanilla and un modified.

lexluthermiester · Oct 5, 2021

Solaris17 said:
from a normal consumer perspective the OSs should be vanilla and un modified.

For testing, sure I'll agree there. But for normal daily use? Heck no. Windows in it's default config is a mess of microsoft's flawed way of thinking. While that's been improved in 11, no doubt, it is still in need of adjustments and tweaking to clean things up and customize for each user's specific computing habits and preferences.

Metroid · Oct 5, 2021

Ferrum Master said:
You should put crap BGM warnings.

Also Minecraft running at only ~100FPS

BGM warnings?

lexluthermiester said:
This all looks like margin of error differences to me. Windows 11 is on par with 10 for gaming.

Yeah, I wanted to know because from previous tests, windows 11 was far behind, maybe because it was not the release iso, so tweaking, compiler and other things made very close, equal or a little better x windows 10 but like you said all within the margin of error. I need to see more tests to have a conclusion about it before I move to windows 11 definitely. I want to see more productivity and normal benchmarks, emulation and so on, gaming so far looks all right.

This video is 3 months old but it tell us how windows 11 was, so we can compare to this new released iso, I guess hardware unboxed will do another video about it,

AAF Optimus · Oct 5, 2021

Bypassed TPM & SecureBoot. Installed Succesfully.

Splinterdog · Oct 5, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
There are options to shrink it down if you wish. WinAeroTweaker has an option(along with a ton of other very useful tweaks) that let's you set the taskbar size to small.

Download Winaero Tweaker

Winaero Tweaker. The all-in-one app from Winaero. It will include almost all apps released by Winaero along with new tweaks and options. Windows Tweaker

winaero.com

This all looks like margin of error differences to me. Windows 11 is on par with 10 for gaming.

Unless the changes made in 11 are also made to 10. However, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. That video matches my experiences. None of the games I've tested run any worse on 11 than they did on 10. A few even run better. Whatever problems they had a few (beta)versions ago seem to have been resolved.

This is my taskbar set to small using regedit. I managed to get rid of language but can't find a way of removing the date. Does Winaero do that?

FireFox · Oct 5, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
There are options to shrink it down if you wish. WinAeroTweaker has an option(along with a ton of other very useful tweaks) that let's you set the taskbar size to small.

Kinda $ücks?

Btw, i noticed that using the classic taskbar that WinAeroTweaker let you set it makes Windows too slow

Splinterdog said:
Does Winaero do that?

yes

Shrek · Oct 5, 2021

I just got a very interesting response when Windows 10 updates was checking a Core2 Quad machine without secure boot for Windows 11 compatibility

"
We're working on it
We're doing some extra testing to make sure Windows 11 is ready for certain PCs--yours included.
"

PLAfiller · Oct 5, 2021

I am really really sorry to butt in, but the topic bubbled up to 70+ pages and this question might've been answered already. So, I converted a few minutes ago MBR to GPT and secure boot is enabled. I am only left with "Unsupported CPU" in the healthcheck app. Can I get around it to update "normally" or I have to do fresh install? Most youtube videos address TPM and secure boot, but I don't have that problem. I only need to bypass the CPU stuff.

OK, one more stupid question. I only converted the boot drive, do I have to convert every other drive that's in the PC? or they just work for files?

EDIT: OK, so I created a bootable drive with Media creation tool from the MS website. Did a fresh install today, no warnings, no special consent I am at risk. Updates are running, all good it looks to me.

FireFox · Oct 5, 2021

Splinterdog said:
This is my taskbar set to small using regedit. I managed to get rid of language but can't find a way of removing the date. Does Winaero do that?
View attachment 219620

Or maybe like this

Taskbar complete black and you don't see it :peace:

forgot it, it is woth just if you have/use something like this

windwhirl · Oct 5, 2021

lZKoce said:
I am really really sorry to butt in, but the topic bubbled up to 70+ pages and this question might've been answered already. So, I converted a few minutes ago MBR to GPT and secure boot is enabled. I am only left with "Unsupported CPU" in the healthcheck app. Can I get around it to update "normally" or I have to do fresh install? Most youtube videos address TPM and secure boot, but I don't have that problem. I only need to bypass the CPU stuff.

OK, one more stupid question. I only converted the boot drive, do I have to convert every other drive that's in the PC? or they just work for files?

If your CPU is unsupported, you'll need to go with a clean install and use the corresponding bypass. That I can't help with, as I never had to use the bypass hacks, but I'm sure a few others will pipe in about it.

Also, you only have to convert the boot/system drive. All the other drives, as long as they are not used for the OS or any of its functions, you can keep them as MBR-style drives

lexluthermiester · Oct 5, 2021

FireFox said:
Btw, i noticed that using the classic taskbar that WinAeroTweaker let you set it makes Windows too slow

Don't use the Classic taskbar, just change the size.

Andy Shiekh said:
I just got a very interesting response when Windows 10 updates was checking a Core2 Quad machine without secure boot for Windows 11 compatibility

"
We're working on it
We're doing some extra testing to make sure Windows 11 is ready for certain PCs--yours included.
"

Download and use the ISO.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 5, 2021

Just had a quick google and read re taskbar resize. the reason the date doesn't fit on small taskbar is because Microsoft never intended it to be made smaller so the clock/date does not resize to fit. i would love it smaller myself, but not gonna bother if there is no chance of making the date different.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-11/windows-11-taskbar/m-p/2595748

Solaris17 · Oct 5, 2021

Tigger said:
Just had a quick google and read re taskbar resize. the reason the date doesn't fit on small taskbar is because Microsoft never intended it to be made smaller so the clock/date does not resize to fit. i would love it smaller myself, but not gonna bother if there is no chance of making the date different.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-11/windows-11-taskbar/m-p/2595748

I know in the feedback portal there is a request to get small taskbar with a lot of upvotes hopefully they implement it

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