"Installing Windows 11"
Apr 12, 2024 07:37:23 #
When I started my laptop last night, I saw this pop-up in the bottom right corner: "Installing Windows 11." It was out of the blue - nothing about updating or upgrading. I'll start it today and see what version of Windows I have on it.
Apr 12, 2024 08:05:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
When I started my laptop last night, I saw this pop-up in the bottom right corner: "Installing Windows 11." It was out of the blue - nothing about updating or upgrading. I'll start it today and see what version of Windows I have on it.
Yes it started by itself. When I was still working my laptop had some software in it that made the Win11 installation to fail (I didn't know that at the time) and the laptop kept install Win11 by itself then turned back to Win10 when it failed. Wasted me a lot of time. I had to edit the registry to make it not installing Win11.
When I retired I removed the software. I don't know which ones because I had 3 large software in it. I edit the registry and it upgraded to Win11 just fine.
I sent the laptop back to Lenovo for some warranty repair and it came back restored to Win10. I had to do the upgrade again only to find out the that Nvida video doesn't work only the Intel one work. Sent it back again and it back to Win10. I had to upgrade it to Win11 again. Wasn't bad. It was the reactivation of the Microsoft Office that was painful. It required me to log in to the Microsoft account which I had that I register with the company email. Since I no longer work for the company it's kind of tough.
Apr 12, 2024 08:29:54 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Yes it started by itself. When I was still working... (show quote)
Microsoft could handle its OS better.
Apr 12, 2024 08:59:51 #
You will ALL live and die by it until you " Throw it out the window "... I really don't care WHAT your replies are... I have been to the windows debacle and have gotten out !
Apr 12, 2024 10:19:37 #
RiJoRi
Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
jerryc41 wrote:
Microsoft could handle its OS better.
Folks have been saying that since MS-DOS 1.0!
Apr 13, 2024 09:47:18 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
jerryc41 wrote:
When I started my laptop last night, I saw this pop-up in the bottom right corner: "Installing Windows 11." It was out of the blue - nothing about updating or upgrading. I'll start it today and see what version of Windows I have on it.
Maybe I did one false move, but I "got" Win 11 and frankly, hate it. A real time waster.
Apr 13, 2024 09:47:48 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
jerryc41 wrote:
When I started my laptop last night, I saw this pop-up in the bottom right corner: "Installing Windows 11." It was out of the blue - nothing about updating or upgrading. I'll start it today and see what version of Windows I have on it.
Apr 13, 2024 09:56:28 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Maybe I did one false move, but I "got" Win 11 and frankly, hate it. A real time waster.
There isn't much enthusiasm for Win11. I wonder what they had in mind when developing that. Why couldn't they have decided to make Windows actually better?
Apr 13, 2024 10:27:57 #
All the hype and disgruntlement about Windows 11 has me contemplating saving up my allowances and buying a Mac when Windows 10 stops being supported.
Apr 13, 2024 10:32:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
There isn't much enthusiasm for Win11. I wonder what they had in mind when developing that. Why couldn't they have decided to make Windows actually better?
I have a theory that Win11 was introduced to sell computers. Microsoft gives free upgrade so they don't make money there but I guess the hardware manufacturers paid Microsoft to introduce Windows 11 which to me isn't all that much different from Windows 10 except that it requires much newer computers and it will still be supported after 2025. I mean next year if I worry about cyber security I would have to buy at least 2 new computers.
Apr 13, 2024 10:37:05 #
Mr. SONY
Loc: LI, NY
I don't understand all the negative comments about WIN11.
I've been using it since it came out.
I had a small HP notebook that couldn't upgrade to it from WIN10 for a few months, and then MS fixed that.
It is the most reliable OS from MS I have ever used.
Myself, my computer savvy son or anyone else I know who uses it has no problems with it at all.
What am I missing?
I've been using it since it came out.
I had a small HP notebook that couldn't upgrade to it from WIN10 for a few months, and then MS fixed that.
It is the most reliable OS from MS I have ever used.
Myself, my computer savvy son or anyone else I know who uses it has no problems with it at all.
What am I missing?
Apr 13, 2024 10:42:29 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
Mr. SONY wrote:
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
It all depends upon your workflow. I find it demands extra steps to do the same things as I did in Win 10. And for that I can discern no additional benefits.
Apr 13, 2024 10:46:15 #
Mr. SONY wrote:
I don't understand all the negative comments about WIN11.
I've been using it since it came out.
I had a small HP notebook that couldn't upgrade to it from WIN10 for a few months, and then MS fixed that.
It is the most reliable OS from MS I have ever used.
Myself, my computer savvy son or anyone else I know who uses it has no problems with it at all.
What am I missing?
I've been using it since it came out.
I had a small HP notebook that couldn't upgrade to it from WIN10 for a few months, and then MS fixed that.
It is the most reliable OS from MS I have ever used.
Myself, my computer savvy son or anyone else I know who uses it has no problems with it at all.
What am I missing?
I think what you're missing is that it's different but about the same as Windows 10. Nothing stands out as better or worse. But it requires a much newer computer and thus it force a great number of PC's to be obsolete next year.
Apr 13, 2024 12:38:39 #
JoeBiker
Loc: homebase: Houston, TX
DaveyDitzer wrote:
It all depends upon your workflow. I find it demands extra steps to do the same things as I did in Win 10. And for that I can discern no additional benefits.
I agree, it "performs" fine, I guess... I haven't noticed it being significantly slower (as major windows upgrades seem to be... to make you want to buy faster hardware). But, they move things around to make them harder to access. Things, that used to be one right click away, are now two levels down, or moved into system settings. All that blank space at the left of the task bar, if you don't use widgets. There is probably some 3rd party software somewhere that move it all back to where it was with win10, but I haven't found it yet.
When my hardware gets too old, I load Linux on it (which runs fine on older hardware), but I don't need that many Linux machines and I use Windows as my primary user interface (since too much software isn't available on Linux, or is too much of a hassle to load).
Apr 14, 2024 12:31:29 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
All the hype and disgruntlement about Windows 11 has me contemplating saving up my allowances and buying a Mac when Windows 10 stops being supported.
WHY suffer now.... Get a Mac and pay back monthly with Allowance Dineros...
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