Are you happy with Windows 11

andrew129260 · Jan 6, 2025

I am happy with windows 11 for the most part. I think 10 was better in some ways.

But honestly, I find that windows 11 does have a lot more bugs and issues than other windows versions used to have.

For now, It works for me and I don't need to fuss with it too much.

As for security, While there are issues with tpm, windows 11 is much more secure than any previous windows version by a mile.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

Edwin said:
Performance for sure!
Security..., although, some of the security measures are a bit over the top...,
other than that, most everything else is workable.
They fecked up Explorer something fierce but, we won't go there!

lol Performance? Could you elaborate please. I sure haven't seen much in the way of gains there and I do have units that run legitimate versions of Win 11. Now back in the day of Win 95, Win 98, Win ME there were slight graduations of improvement until they released their Mistake Edition. Following that we see the advent of Win XP. Now that, IMO, was a real game changer. Comparing Win XP to those three predecessors amounted to a huge improvement in performance. That certainly fits my definition of impressive. I don't think we've really seen any improvement of that calibre in the way of performance since Windows 7. As I see it, the real performance improvements that have manifested since then are more hardware related for the most part. As for the security argument *cough* we both know security keys are still being stolen, no thanks to TPM2.

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

Can I get back with my opinion when 12 comes out? Then I might be a little more optimistic about 11.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

RD Mercer said:
Can I get back with my opinion when 12 comes out? Then I might be a little more optimistic about 11.

omgg! ha ha ha

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

I sooo hope Win 12 will be the XP of this series of disasters. I'm not holding my breath but ... Well, a man can dream

DennyZenny · Jan 6, 2025

Currently I am very happy with Windows 11. There are so many little features that I really miss whenever I'm forced to use 10. For example, being able to scroll on the speaker icon to change the volume is a game changer. Also having a native video recorder in Snipping Tool is a lifesaver especially when it comes to Tech support. I appreciate tabs and can't wait for the new improvements to arrive. Finally End Task in the taskbar is amazing!

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

DennyZenny said:
Currently I am very happy with Windows 11. There are so many little features that I really miss whenever I'm forced to use 10. For example, being able to scroll on the speaker icon to change the volume is a game changer. Also having a native video recorder in Snipping Tool is a lifesaver especially when it comes to Tech support. I appreciate tabs and can't wait for the new improvements to arrive. Finally End Task in the taskbar is amazing!

I'm pretty sure those things can be enabled in Windows 10 as well. Snipping Tool has been around for a long time and scrolling the speaker was a Windows 8 option. End Task in taskbar is nothing new either.

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

Scannerman said:
I'm not holding my breath

Please don't! we may be the only realists on this forum anymore.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

RD Mercer said:
Please don't! we may be the only realists on this forum anymore.

Oh, I'm sure there are still a few of us around. As someone alluded to, the reason so many are "happy" with Windows 11 is because most of them are running "tweaked" versions that fly in the face of what Microsoft considers compliant.

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

Scannerman said:
Oh, I'm sure there are still a few of us around. As someone alluded to, the reason so many are "happy" with Windows 11 is because most of them are running "tweaked" versions that fly in the face of what Microsoft considers compliant.

No need to tweak here, I already have a tweaked version, it's called Windows 7.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

RD Mercer said:
No need to tweak here, I already have a tweaked version, it's called Windows 7.

I have a 7-11.

tehvirt · Jan 6, 2025

If im being 100% honest, i'd prefer the windows 7 ui over windows 11.

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

Scannerman said:
I have a 7-11.

cereberus · Jan 6, 2025

Win711 said:
So basically what you're saying is everyone is happy with win11 after they tweak everything back to win7.

I had EP installed but never knew that option was there. Thanks!

Lots of people on reddit don't know it either. I searched the net for hours and the best advice I found was to use a copy app or some hack that allowed the boxes to be checked by default.

This is what I have been going through since March. Little by little I find a solution, but the problems never seem to end.

I would be gutted if my pc looked or felt like tired boring and technically inferior (by a mile) Windows 7. Why people look at it through rose coloured glasses is so sad.

Bree · Jan 6, 2025

Scannerman said:
....As someone alluded to, the reason so many are "happy" with Windows 11 is because most of them are running "tweaked" versions that fly in the face of what Microsoft considers compliant.

No 3rd party "tweaks" for me, not now in W11 or previously in W10....

Bree said:
I never found my Windows 10 to gradually slow down, nor did I ever have any problems with updates. I have never felt any need for a rebuild or a clean install either. I put that down to two things. Not using 3rd-party GUI tweaker, and a regime of regular system files cleanups using the tools MS provides.

In fact my System One in 'My Computers' below is running an OS that started life on my trusty old W7 laptop, took the upgrade to W10 when it was launched, and subsequently every Windows 10 feature update since then up to 2021, that's when I migrated the OS to its new home. There it got the Windows 11 upgrade, followed by the 22H2 and 23H2 feature updates. If it were to show any signs of slowing down under the weight of 'junk' accumulated through serial upgrades it would have done so by now. After more than a decade of upgrades it still feels like a fresh install.

(...plus the 24H2 update since I wrote that.)

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

cereberus said:
I would be gutted if my pc looked or felt like tired boring and technically inferior (by a mile) Windows 7. Why people look at it through rose coloured glasses is so sad.

Maybe I'm missing something, this site looks the same on 7 or 11 on my interscreen.

andrew129260 · Jan 6, 2025

cereberus said:
I would be gutted if my pc looked or felt like tired boring and technically inferior (by a mile) Windows 7. Why people look at it through rose coloured glasses is so sad.

I honestly think the windows Aero experience in windows 7 looks better than the UI in windows 10 or 11 for the taskbar and such. Not everything, but I like the glass look. It feels more modern than the flat boring UI that we have now. But that's just me. Windows 7 was really stable, never had any issues with it.

I think windows 11 is good, but then 24h2 hit and there has been a lot of issues. But I liked windows 7 a lot. Sure some can be nostalgia but I fire it up in a VM every now and then and I still stand behind what I said. It just feels faster and looks good to boot. Windows 11 feels pretty bloated and runs slower than windows 10 on the same hardware.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

andrew129260 said:
I honestly think the windows Aero experience in windows 7 looks better than the UI in windows 10 or 11 for the taskbar and such. Not everything, but I like the glass look. It feels more modern than the flat boring UI that we have now. But that's just me. Windows 7 was really stable, never had any issues with it.

I think windows 11 is good, but then 24h2 hit and there has been a lot of issues. But I liked windows 7 a lot. Sure some can be nostalgia but I fire it up in a VM every now and then and I still stand behind what I said. It just feels faster and looks good to boot. Windows 11 feels pretty bloated and runs slower than windows 10 on the same hardware.

Yes. I miss Aero too. When I boot back to 7 my cursor just glides so smoothly. My apps open so fast. There's none of the hesitation that comes so frequently with Win 11. My PC actually operates like the Octocore that it is. TBH I never did install Windows 10 on this 7-11 unit. Microsoft's custom key logger kind of put me off and I just didn't want to risk it even after a butcher job. The main issue with Win 10 was that so much surgery had to be done simply to keep ownership of your PC. It seems a shame that people have to make all these modifications just to have a decent operating system that isn't rife with bloatware and spyware. But like you already said, when you boot back to Win 7 you can really feel the difference.

RD Mercer · Jan 6, 2025

Scannerman said:
Yes. I miss Aero too. When I boot back to 7 my cursor just glides so smoothly. My apps open so fast. There's none of the hesitation that comes so frequently with Win 11.

I don't get any hesitation, I just get screen freezes, but no problem, my reset button is close by.

Scannerman · Jan 6, 2025

RD Mercer said:
I don't get any hesitation, I just get screen freezes, but no problem, my reset button is close by.

Have no fear. They'll have that fixed in the next critical update where you'll get a critical dose of re-activated One Drive and you'll have to go through all your settings all over again. At least Paint will work 50% of the time without freezing.

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