10 Things You'll Immediately HATE About Windows 11

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[@decoryder]

did you notice the the new tabbed explorer in win11? that alone was worth the update.

[@gregwojan1773]

@@decoryder No! You're absolutely wrong! Only a psycho uses Windows 11's brain-dead implementation of Explorer tabs. 🤣😉🤣😉 Seriously though, no offense intended other than to needle Microsoft about its shitty Windows 11 UI "upgrades". I will also mention that most of the complaints in this video can be addressed by NOT USING THOSE FUCKING RODENTS! The keyboard is your friend... ❤

[@willbrown8433]

« I’m from the future » says the man upgrading to Windows 11 3 years after its release 😂

[@bonerici]

Lololol exactly

[@ikpogs]

😂😂😂😂

[@motionoftheocean7524]

😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@annebokma4637]

Still too soon for sure

[@jacktheripper6716]

Its been 15 years since windows 11 was released and The AI Overlords have taken over...

[@bigshooter461]

Windows 7 was the best, all of the "Improvement" that have come are about collecting data and keeping you out of the controlls, so you are essentially a user of your computer, instead of the operator. These "Updates" and the move toward Cloud Based, Subscription Platform Software have me just wanting to say fuck all that noise. These companies want everyone one at home in their shoebox working for Ai. It would blow you mind to know how much of the everyday applications and programs we use are learning tools for Ai and how much of your everyday activities are collecting data and sending "reports" to help develope "tools" and fix "bugs".

[@Thirsty_Fox]

Should be a pinned comment. If people knew the extent of it...

[@iamionscat9035]

🎵All I want is the perfect computer... 🎵

[@EmoEmu]

You're out of touch I'm out of time But I'm out of my head When you're not around Also tha F outta luck on that wish.

[@charlesnix8314]

LOL

[@elborrego4916]

He must compose and write this song! We need it!

[@SD-ft6gs]

i.e. an upgradable mac circa 2007 MacPro but with modern design and processor! at a reasonable price! (we can only dream...)

[@77dris]

M4 Mac Studio coming this spring/summer.

[@xjet]

I stayed on Windows XP for as long as was humanly possible... Now I use Linux for everything except video editing (Resolve) and that lonely machine will stay on Windows 10 until the day it dies.

[@Kobrar44]

Arch container will do it for resolve

[@wreagfe]

First thing I do with a new Windows OS is to make it look like XP. Going to stay on Win10 as long as possible.

[@FPVwineUK]

@@Kobrar44 I found Resolve a nightmare to get running on Linux, I gave up in the end.

[@AusTechandNature]

Shotcut works on Linux and Windows, actually most windows things run on Linux, but the reality is you can find a replacement anyway, and at least things do not change much between releases, windows has been a pain in the rear for decades, the way they shift things around seems like they make money from tech support. Funny how Linux also runs on any hardware you have practically, not only that but if you want to learn, it is far far far more powerful and capable.

[@MoneyGist]

7:31 You CAN move an Explorer window into another window's tab, you just need to drag the tab, not the longer top border space.

[@blackmamba6938]

I'm not a windows user, but i think the trashcan switching when it's at the top of the screen makes sense. You expect it to be the closest thing to the mouse pointer. When you're at the top of the screen, the menu come out from the top and when you're at the bottom of the screen, the menubar can't extend below the mouse pointer.

[@zagohcap]

The improvement is that old computers can't run Windows 11 and they're forcing everyone to use it and upgrade or buy a new computer! Fun!

[@kensmith5694]

You are misusing the word "upgrade". Upgrade suggests something is better. When it isn't you really should say "downgrade"

[@zagohcap]

@ surely you jest as 11 is up from 10!!!111oneone

[@kensmith5694]

@@zagohcap Windows-98 is a lot higher

[@zagohcap]

@@kensmith5694 I’m personally waiting for Windows 360

[@occipitalexposure5059]

Fix for the file jumping: right click on the desktop, goto View, uncheck align to icon to grid, and uncheck auto arrange

[@cameraconspiracies]

Auto arrange wasn't checked, and without align icon to grid it will look mishapen and uneven.

[@occipitalexposure5059]

@cameraconspiracies Strange, I just toggled the auto arrange and it works on my system. I'll admit that not using align to grid and having uneven spacing would break my soul.

[@RECURSIVE_MATRIX_LOGIC]

6:30 The logic behind the context menu toolbar seems to be positioning it closest to the object, since it contains the assumed most used functions. Therefore, the mouse pointer has to travel the shortest distance.

[@OuterSpacesWales]

Great stuff, as usual! I lol'd a mouthfull of beer when your file disappeared and re-appeared on the left 🤣

[@fraserthomson5766]

My work PC listens to my conversations and suggests suitable adverts while organising Powerpoint presentations on Office365. What a time to be alive.

[@ralphkuhn2291]

New channel Computer Conspiracies

[@crapmalls]

"I tried Linux for a weekend"

[@davidsalvador8989]

He can change from Win to Mac to Linux😂.

[@segundacuenta726]

@@crapmalls He would not go back to Windows Crapfest if he went Linux. Ubuntu Studio is a sweet user friendly option.

[@randallbrander8157]

I was wondering about how to move the taskbar to the left, Thanks for the info. Cheers!

[@through_the_lens_art]

Great episode! I noticed the voice sounds bit muffled last couple of episodes.

[@grabedigger]

I own a M2 Max Mac Studio, its great, I am aware of the GPU constrains, but, knowing that DaVinci Resolve wouldn't open 10bit 422 in Windows is what sold me to buy the Studio.

[@MrUpchukov]

Is that true?

[@TravisAvey84]

Went from m1 mac mini to this m2 studio using resolve and it's flipping amazing!!

[@grabedigger]

@@MrUpchukov unfortunaly. I still I wish I had my PC mostly because I like to play some games. But yeah, at the time, neither my R5 5600X or RTX 3060 had decoders for my R6 vídeo, Resolve wouldn't open 10bit files, only paid version. On MacOS Resolve opens 10bit files natively, the free version.

[@SPECTRA890]

What are on about. I hate windows but obviously opening 10 but 4.2.2 has never been an issue

[@grabedigger]

@@SPECTRA890 If you use Resolve it is

[@ParanormalBanana]

For the tab thing, you just middle click your folder instead of double clicking it so it opens in a new tab. Also, instzad of dragging files from folder to folder, you can simply cut them (CTRL+X) and paste them CTRL+V to the new folder, making it unneeded to have both folders side to side

[@ParanormalBanana]

if you need shortcuts (eg double right click doesn't exist) here are a few: delete key on your keyboard to delete a file shift+delete to permanently delete it CTRL+A to select all files in the folder WIN+arrows to move a window to the side fast (helps with your dragging issue) you can google a lot more and never use your mouse again.

[@johnsojourn9114]

I had the same horrible experience when I upgraded, 6 years ago. To delete: Select the file then press DEL on your keyboard. No more confirmation box, so you're living on the edge man...

[@tw9800]

Also if you click to remove a flash drive etc. now you don't get a message when it is safe to remove the drive. You have to guess how long to wait. Incredibly stupid change.

[@geopomelo1890]

I don't mind the taskbar in the center. I prefer to have my eye sight centered in a neutral position. Especially if I upgrade to a wider monitor, I won't have to glance to the far sides to get information. As for deleting files, I just use the Del key on the keyboard. This shortcut key has been consistent for many years. Shift+Del if you want to permanently delete files and skip the bin.

[@harryniedecken5321]

Consider looking at Linux mint. It is similar to windows without the bs. Runs on most hardware.

[@segundacuenta726]

Yep that one or ubuntu studio would be my choices for people coming from windows. Also giving new life to old computers, amazing how much faster it runs.

[@nukedoom]

The calendar not showing when I click the clock infuriates me. Btw, good content, insta sub

[@occipitalexposure5059]

If you drag the Tab, into the tab section of the second window, it will add the first Window as a Tab into second Window. The key is that you have to click and drag the actual "Tab" portion and not the strip at the top of the window.

[@77dris]

I switched to Apple a decade ago after twelve years on Windows. I'm so glad I did and I could never go back to Windows ever again.

[@Bayonet1809]

MacOS isn't better, it is just bad in different ways.

[@patfisher22]

@@Bayonet1809 Exactly. Long time Mac user, I switched to Windows and am pretty happy with it. It's great if you like powerful software utilities. Now I can't comprehend the Mac. May as well use a Chromebook (which is great in its own way).

[@drone_video9849]

07:15 moving a file from one explorer window to the other, is possible, drag over the tab itself, and that will activate the tab and bring it to the foreground, and allow you to drop the file where you want. (Many of the issues you're talking about here seem to from a very old version of windows 11 - can you make sure you have upgraded to windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.2894).

[@sebastianebbinghaus]

Thumbs up for your videos! I am using all operating systems (linux, mac, Win,..). Mac is a strong contender, especially when you take electricity , re-sale value into account (their displays are also very good, with system wide colormanagement! -I am looking at you :-)!!). Upfront, a Mac looks more expensive, yes, but one has to calculate over the "usage time" as well. This is not such an easy answer as it looks like. -I am not a fan per se of no system, but the use- and the total case. Hugs to Canada!

[@ivandj707]

Yes, switching from PC to Mac is not easy, different system, you have to re-acquire (pay for) your favorite applications, everything in total (hardware and software) can be very expensive, but Windows is trying to drive us away, doing everything it can. I am also thinking about Linux as a possible solution.

[@johnhanus2455]

macOS is way more simpler then Linux

[@ivandj707]

@@johnhanus2455 You're absolutely right, everyone says that when you turn on a Mac everything works, but when it comes to Linux, there's a lot of work and learning to do to get some things working. Linux is just a little bit more budget friendly.

[@BryceShamwow]

I think Resolve works on Linux, too. Linux would be a lot of work to get everything just right, though.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

@@BryceShamwow how many divers do I need? That keeps me dragging my feet. Many yrs ago to upgrade to Win 2000 on a Toshiba (the one w/ 3 loud speakers? don't remember, one xtra bass in the bottom) I had to install 14 drivers in a particular order all required one reboot & some required two.

[@BryceShamwow]

@ Generally with Linux, the drivers are all built-in: if you have an AMD graphics card, you might need to do a bit of work to get the right kernel version with the driver included, but it can be done. That's worst case: usually it's all detected. The thing to try is to download a Linux Mint image (the Mate version is what I use), flash it onto a usb drive (there are instructions on how to do that in Windows on the internet), and then boot off the drive. It will go into a Linux system that lives on the drive and won't install anything unless you deliberately do so (it can't accidentally do it: there are so many confirmations). Then you can test out all the hardware to see if anything's missing. Try a web browser, try viewing a video on youtube, try bluetooth if you use it, recording audio, etc. On my machines (Thinkpads) everything works.

[@RoamingRamble]

we have windows 11 on several laptops and its not bad it work fast and efficiently , it does what it should do you can turn off the weather and other stuff simply one time adjustment .

[@ErikBongers]

The trashcan is at the same spot...relative to your mouse. So, visual memory is replaced with muscle memory (or relative location memory, if you will).

[@chrisguli2865]

The most significant issue with Win 11 has to do with privacy, which can not only be a security/privacy issue, but also drain your PCs resources in the background. Go to Settings...(the gear icon on Start menu) ....Privacy & Security...Activity History....TURN IT OFF! If it was on make sure to clear history too. Also in the General section, turn off all the marketing BS options. There's more but this is a good start. Win 11 is one big spyware app, and we can only mitigate the intrusion to a point. Just give them the minimum permission as possible.

[@ShadesOClarity]

Since Windows 10, I put Classic Shell on to set the start button and the menus in old-school mode. The thing that pissed me off the most about Windows 11 was taking away the "play all" feature to listen to a whole album of mp3s. Windows upgrades/versions can really be a proverbial pain in the bitch.

[@leica0001]

What really made me insane about Windows 11 was suddenly disallowing us to have vertical taskbars.

[@ShadesOClarity]

@@leica0001 When I first saw Windows 10 I bugged the hell out on that ugly "blocky" desktop full of "apps." I screwed around with that until I discovered Classic Shell. I never really set the taskbar vertically but I could see how it would upset somebody that found it useful. Another thing is the damned updates that stall your computer out anytime you have something important to do. I think I just shut that shit off and killed One Drive. I don't do cloud storage.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

I keep legacy mode for certain stuff if possible. Some tiny C programs stopped running since time of win8, but ok on a tablet which operates on 32 bits.

[@ShadesOClarity]

@@user-pg5rt7ju4f I think it's cool to see inside his folder of that has all those punching arms, black eyes and Cripple Hammer. I wonder what program he created them in. @cameraconspiracies What program did you create your animated objects in?

[@1OLDGUY1950]

Many of the things you mentioned were originally picked and changed on other computers by you,as time went by. It appears your W11 'upgrade' is a vanilla install, I certainly don't want such a headache.

[@BogdanPaun1976]

For print screen software, go to settings, type print screen, you will have only one result, and disable "Use print screen key to open screen capture"

[@jmac4999]

You can also just select what you want to delete and press the delete key on your keyboard. There’s handy keyboard shortcuts for a lot of stuff. I only use Windows 11 at work but I haven’t had any issues whatsoever. I’m using Linux for my home PC. That has a big learning curve because you have to use the command terminal for a lot of stuff. It’s satisfying to learn though. I’ll probably go MacOS for my next computer.

[@ParanormalBanana]

Fix for the renaming files: Stardock Fences. I've had this issue with all versions of windows where sometimes all icons just change places, so I have been installing this programfor a long time and it works.

[@nrice3623]

This was amazing! 😂 My experience too having just upgraded to 11. Thanks for the taskbar tip!!

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

Windows 11 is what made me move to Arch Linux, so glad I did now lol

[@pandapoIygon]

you can move the current file explorer tab window to another one but only works when you click it correctly where the name of the tab is

[@mellamoJean]

As in any web browser you can middle Clic on the folder and opens on a new tab in the same window in windows xplorer, I use that all the time. And as you said, you can combine tabs from different windows in one window just drag it from the name, and can detach tabs too.

[@Omega_Mark]

Windows 11 is new Windows Vista. They always flip-flop their releases with the good and the bad. Now we have to endure the bad Windows :(.

[@darthgardner]

And out of Vista came windows 7 which was very good it was just revamped vista in many ways, so lets hope windows 12 cuts the BS requirements and gives us some sanity.

[@robertgosz4281]

We don't have to. So many other options nowadays.

[@80211Denver]

Vista, Windows Me, Windows 8. They have a long history of hit/miss. Lines get blurred as they release major service pack like updates to 10/11. 11 is not what it was 2 years ago. Easy to form an opinion but hold without realizing how much the system has changed now. Marketing from MS should be...... changed

[@ShyStudios]

vista was great, people didn't like it for other more complicated reasons on release but in reality it was fine. You should use windows 8 as a bad example because absolutely no one used 8 till the non tile version came out. M$ isn't gonna back down with 11, they know that no matter how bad they make it people will just take it.

[@kensmith5694]

What do you need to do on the computer. I am typing this on a machine running Linux Mint. I can watch cat videos. I can play solitaire. I can make a text document and do emails and spreadsheets and etc. For me it has been a solution to the windows madness.

[@ParanormalBanana]

for the folder switching thing, you don't need to move the folder, you can switch by dragging the file to the taskbar icon for the folder instead. takes a sec tho.

[@pandapoIygon]

the window shake to close every othere window did work on windows 7, 8 and 10 too

[@MrWiseinheart]

And the splitting windows in to halves and quarters .

[@PremierPrep]

May I recommend the idea of switching to Linux? It's the hardware options and price of a PC and the software stability and cleanliness of a Mac. I run my whole video production company on a Linux pipeline!

[@MikeC2K10]

What if I told you the shaking window thing and the arrange windows side-by-side thing was in Windows 10 all along?

[@TheAbsenceOfNow]

Thanks! Didn't know about the shaking thing in Windows 10 up until now. I wonder what other features I've missed.

[@Digmen1]

A great video Casey I have been a Windows guy since 3.11 (I was on DOS before that) Apple is always much dearer, and hard to upgrade and less independent software. I have two machines in Windows 10 and just bought a low end laptop with Windows 11 on it. I agree there is nothing new in Windows 11, its basically just a cosmetic upgrade(downgrade) There is no reason to upgrade, except to get used to it as Windows 12 will be out later. I like the way you pointed out all of the stuff that was missing and how you had to spend time trying to find them.

[@80211Denver]

Things I change to lessen the blow (I'm a systems admin, deal with many people who hate change) In the start menu, you can drag icons on top of other icons and create groups, you can name the group. "video editing tools" "office" etc also, right click in the start menu "start settings" you may prefer to change how much real estate is pinned items, "suggested" (fuck you ms I know what i want) desktop icons moving: right click desktop, view -check that "auto align" is not checked. Windows Explorer: One neat thing is it has tabs now. that address your drag issues. Get out of the habit of opening many explorer windows -navigate in each tab to location (right click, open folder in new tab if you like) drag between tabs. But you still want to make a few changes to get it back to "normal" Open windows explorer (you call it "my computer"). in the toolbar, hit the three dots ... options, view tab "Decrease space between items" -tightens things back up uncheck "hide file extension" I want to know what kind of file that is. it's important uncheck "show check boxes" I know how to use control/shift to select things.. under navigation -check everything. This gives you a better relative view in explorer on the left side... you know where you are. THIS IS HUGE: fix the right click menu!! You will like this one most of all Google "Windows 11 right click explorer menu - Show More as Default" There is a registry hack.. it puts back the windows 10 right click.. no more dumb icons (you need to restart after making the reg hack to get it applied) Can't help with volume or icon bars I shared your dis-like... hung onto 10 for a while but I have to change. windows 10 support dies in october. The more I use 11, the more I like it. I like that I can rename audio devices etc... it's getting better.

[@HobbyistPCs]

i need to save this video just to refer back to this comment when i finally upgrade to Win 11 this weekend lol cheers! Now i just need to figure out how to disable OneDrive and not have to repeat the process after EVERY major update

[@flyingping]

So what does the world do with those 900 Million computers that can't update to Win 11? Nasty pill to swallow!

[@BryceShamwow]

@@flyingping In a better world, Microsoft would lose copyright on all Windows source code and be forced to release all of it to the world for free so others can make Windows-compatible OSes and then they'd be forced to compete on merit, and go out of business.

[@flyingping]

@@BryceShamwow AI is watching you.... Ck your 6

[@BryceShamwow]

@ KZbin's Al sure is.

[@NorthernWhisper]

You might have a better time with your computer if you get StartIsBack. It makes your windows machine look and feel like older OS. I have my computer look and feel like windows 7 and it is great! :D

[@DreQueary]

logs into windows Start menu: "2 people stabbed to death in local bar" 😭

[@Hammersmash3dFace]

After 3 years, little has obviously changed. Despite some progress, as mentioned in the video about cameras, I feel that some of it is going back again. I recently had a conversation with someone who was looking for a replacement for their Logitech Squeezebox Radio. Over 20 years of Squeezebox and there is NOTHING comparable or even better today. Almost the only option is to build something with the Raspberry Pi. Cheers to the opensource community!

[@chrisi621]

I had windows 11 for like an hour. Said, "fuck this". And rolled back to windows 10. Ill stay on windows 10 til it stops working. Hell. I was on windows 7 for years after it "died". Didn't even use windows 8. Went from 7 to 10.

[@tomegadrakon]

This is the way. Always skip a generation.

[@PrimalShutter]

Same, what forced me into 10 about three years ago was the better ryzen performance

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

win 2000 ( =nt 4/5 ?) was stable ; vista was trash.

[@Tatiacha]

me too grumbling the whole time every change they make means more clicks to do the same task.

[@netgrok]

Everyone who is vaguely sane skipped Windows 8, but to be fair, Windows 8 tried a lot of good ideas for Windows 10, so it helped by letting the fanatic always-the-best types debug it for us.

[@janisporietis]

First of all, I'm sorry for your loss... When I got my new laptop it shipped with Win 11, but I went the extra mile and pulled out the m.2 with it, bought a new m.2 and installed Win 10. They say that the latest Intel chips are optimized for Win 11, but can you really feel the difference...I don't think so. It's probably some rare use case. I'm also sorry that you missed out on the shake feature on Win 10, it was always there, but I've only used it by accident. The sort of fix for the issue where one window is on top of the other and you want to drag something from one to the other is drag the file out of the window down to the taskbar windows explorer, it will show the two windows you have open. Then drag the file over the window you want the file, but get this, don't let it go :D because that only makes the bottom window forward, so then you can finally keep dragging that file to the window and drop it there. I don't know if any of this made any sense, because it's actually very simple, but difficult to describe. For how I use the windows, it makes sense, but it may not be for everybody. Also, don't forget to use the Win+E shortcut to bring up the Windows Explorer. I've found that extremly handy.

[@phynx2006]

Windows 11 is not that bad, just a little learning curve. Take a deep breath and relax ☺ Sure glad to see your understanding and not complaining too much. A Mac would have been a lot worse. I must say I have to agree with you Windows 10 is better 👍❤

[@michaelkellykelly]

I've got another infuriator for you: When you go full screen/cinema mode in DaVinci Resolve THE TASKBAR DOESNT DISAPPEAR ANYMORE!!! So I now have it as auto-hide, which is really annoying, as I constantly seem to be playing hide and seek with it.

[@AtemDivinado]

Microsoft really likes the H1B1's !

[@crapmalls]

New windows is like a bad haircut. Youll be fine in 3 weeks

[@Eat_More_Possum]

@@crapmalls Because it takes three weeks to disable all the annoyances.

[@christop_bader]

You need Explorer Patcher my man, I have it on all my systems and it brings back win-10 functionality to the Context Menus, the Taskbar, the Start Menu and the Explorer Ribbon in file explorer

[@ilya6355]

Probably you can roll back to windows 10, look in update settings. win 10 would try to force 11 update, but you can block it with inControl app and still receive relevant updates for 10. Plan to stay on 10 until end of life (currently October 25, but maybe longer if there would be a way to get updates)

[@iamionscat9035]

You should make a video and request best essential programs for Windows. Request viewers post their top essentials free and open source in the comments. You want engagement, that's going to do it - you will get a TON of people.

[@mellamoJean]

And as an alternative option use/teach Winget to install those apps, is much easier and quicker then searching on the web,

[@thehowlingterror]

One reason why I reluctantly switched to the dark side was all the advertisements in Windows. 1 year later and I'm pretty much unto speed with Mac OS. The M2 pro Mac mini (32gb ram) munches through video and audio projects, but most of all it's almost silent...and small. Of course Tim will drop an update at some point and not tell anyone thus rendering some software unusable until the devs fix it but so far so okay. I'm sure a man of your intelligence will soon get Win11 how you want it. Keep on keeping on.

[@Mark-gw9vm]

In Windows 10, I had my windows taskbar running vertically on the side of the screen rather than at the bottom. Can't do that in Windows 11 - had to install another program to override the bottom only taskbar as you can't even change it to vertical by dragging or in settings or in the registry.

[@DOSStorm]

I think the rename moving thing is auto arrange. Right click on the desktop, and under view turn off "auto arrange icons".

[@cameraconspiracies]

Nope.

[@HairyPantaloons]

@@cameraconspiracies Right click desktop -> Personalize -> Start. Uncheck the option which says "Show recommended files in Start, recent files in File Explorer, and items in Jump Lists" It will fix the icon moving when renamed but you lose the recent files list in explorer if you use that.

[@cameraconspiracies]

@@HairyPantaloons That doesn't fix anything, it was already unchecked.

[@HairyPantaloons]

@@cameraconspiracies Strange. I tested by turning it on and off and was able to replicate the problem. Also about 20 people saying it fixed it for them on the forum I found it on. Aren't computers fun?

[@yillanayo6628]

@@HairyPantaloons Oh thank you, that worked for me. Till now that was the only annoyance I couldn't fix.

[@AtemDivinado]

The worst thing about windows 11 is they removed the talking purple gorilla.

[@KhmericanSJ]

I bought a MacBook Pro, but I still go back to Windows because I am not used to its user interface, which I find very confusing. I know Windows 11 is not great, but I can still get my work done without any hassle, unlike with the MacBook. It seems my kids enjoy using his MacBook air

[@kipcior8453]

Install Windhawk and you can solve problems by mods there. Another great thing is Linkbar. And the most important program is Total Commander, because working with files in every Windows was always shit.

[@ChillBuilds]

I use Ubuntu on my daily system now. I absolutely hate the sketchy spyware that's in Windows 11. Oh, and you should see the screenshot function in that. It's beautiful.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

yes. time I revived the win10 machine that has forgotten my finger prints.

[@segundacuenta726]

I tried Ubuntu Studio a while ago and it was so much faster and cleaner than Windows. You can even try it from a pendrive without installing, it's crazy.

[@kensmith5694]

I use Linux Mint. I find I like it better

[@ParanormalBanana]

For the "show more options" I know there is a way to disable that and let it show more forever, but I can't remember what it was (I have done it on my compûter as soon as I got win11) But i'm pretty sure it wasn't some program, just a line to change in the registry or something

[@Brootahlizer]

Hi Casey, Love your show. Do you want to do a throwback review of the Nikon D3300? You’d have to buy it off me first (good deal on Kijiji).

[@Raven777777777777777]

This video is exactly reason why im still on Win 10 and as far as im concerned im not "upgrading" to Win 11 anytime soon. Even tryed Linux Mint to get away from Windows but so far it cannot do what i want it to do as there is no support for software i use. I feel like Microsoft is updating all the wrong things. Another thing that i have a problem with is Windows Recall. It is a giant security risk and so many people claim that it only works with AI but it was already proven that it works without it and last time i checked security on those files was non existent as all you needed to do was to rename file extension to .jpg to open it. I dont know if they have fixed it since that was proven to work without AI and at this point i dont think i care anymore. Windows Recall will always be a security risk in my mind at this point.

[@AmitZinmanVideo]

Funny thing, there used to be a thing called File Manager, and it was great. There was also Norton Commander, was also great and had everything you need. Since then, MS have been tweaking Windows Explorerer, making it just a little bit more difficult to use every time.

[@Mario583a]

File Manager is still a thing to this day as WinFile.

[@BikeStuffPDX]

@@Mario583a Yes, you can still download and install it and see how some UI choices made back then are better than what we have now

[@NoTrail]

I feel your pain and agree with it all.

[@schmoofadoop]

Hold shift and then right click and you get the old context menu back

[@jacobstone4real]

Windows is trying to be Apple and it’s not working for them lol

[@RichWithTech]

They're doing the whole "let's copy things but not include the things people actually want" thing that tech companies do (looking Samsung deleting expandable storage and 3.5mm from their flagships)

[@bbell3979]

i don't envy you man. everytime i use windows i have to search the web how to use it, on a mac. you missed a giant opportunity to sliiide over to mac but chose doubly unwise by doubling down on new os. macs just work, everything is simple. their finder system & file structure hierarchy is searchable and easy to navigate. i'm sure you'll get one eventually, but i understand goi9ng with what you knew. i'm sure it's pretty simple to re-install ur old os. btw, the quickest way i delete a file is 'command+delete', command+z to undo. should be universal across platforms, no? i find keyboard shortcuts are usually quickest way/least energy spent on navigating routine tasks on any program;} peace

[@basspig]

The inability to move the taskbar to the left vertical edge of the screen absolutely kills Windows 11 for me. I would have upgraded or not for that lack of a feature.

[@Emerald_City_]

This intro is legendary. The highlight of the video. Played it twice. But let's now be clear once and for all times: all the UI changes in Windows since v.7 are cosmetic, to mask the advancing spying functions of the OS. In Win10 with a completely clean and fresh machine, I click on *Windows key* and then *Power* to be able to choose from restart it or Shut down. And it takes 2 times 3 seconds before you can make the choice... 6 seconds for the first and most ever basic function of the machine... We all need to run away from that piece of a joke, the software crap they call MS OS.

[@SuburbanBeard]

no the calendar is back and forth, if you dont click it enough it still shows notifications first. that is horrible

[@jockneyranger]

You would’ve learned Mac in half the time it took to re-learn this….just saying.

[@ArthropodSpidey]

He's not very smart.

[@kensmith5694]

The same applies for Linux Mint but in many ways it is an easier switch that to Mac.

[@TheOddboy86]

I'm loving the PC based reviews.

[@hardymedia]

Keep a new macOS 15 and a new Windows 11 computer on your desk and see which one you use more. Been writing software since the 1980s and if I had to use Windows primarily I would have gotten into a different industry.

[@Rhunadan]

Kasey, what's the background music called? Do you license it for KZbin use? Cheers.

[@cameraconspiracies]

vegetablepolice.bandcamp.com/

[@robinharris4826]

I fixed windows 11... trashed it and installed Linux.... sweeeeeeeeet!

[@kensmith5694]

I switched before Win-10

[@PeterbFree]

Windows is hell? no... who would ever have seen that coming...

[@blakesmith2282]

Fix for not having to search for "This PC": Right click on the folder icon that comes up when you open "This PC" and check "Pin to Taskbar" I believe at one point this was default as well and I got use to it. So now it's one of the first things I do

[@Mario583a]

Or, even better yet, go into Personalization > Start > Folders and select File Explorer. Do note that you will need to go into the options […] of your File Explorer and change how File Explorer opens.

[@Jambo1999]

Resetting preferences is why they want the upgrade. Just like apps, another chance for them to get what they want.

[@apriori8413]

NOTHING is better in Win11, takes now three clicks for every click in Win10. I consider that an act of terrorism.

[@ChocoLater1]

Another inbred comment

[@netgrok]

Wait until MS brings full AI voice control with AI and see if you still hate 3 clicks... You will have nostalgia for good old 10 clicks days!

[@ryancarper595]

@@ChocoLater1 Actually Inbreeds go round commenting the same thing on everyone else's comment.

[@Mario583a]

@@netgrok Isn't that called controlling the computer with you own voice that basically every machine has?

[@terriplays1726]

I used Windows, Ubuntu and macOS in somewhat equal amounts in the last year. They all have their pros and cons. Windows now has a lot of cons, like ads and lots of unnecessary bloat. The settings being distributed all over the place is a constant nightmare. But the subsystem for linux improved a lot of things for me, as did powershell. And window management is genuinely good on windows, who would have thought. MacOS has poor windows management, at least without third party apps. I prefer it for the unix base while being able to run commercial software. Best of both worlds in that sense. Ubuntu actually has a bunch of clever design choices, but besides obvious problems with a lot of commercial software I also found it just unstable. The Linux kernel may be stable, but the GUI glitched out regularly for me. My last OS upgrade also failed and resulted in an entire weekend wasted.

[@chuba1]

Am I the only one, or have you guys noticed that file explorer sometimes is laggy af? and sometimes it just crashes

[@jonbarnard7186]

I don't see what the big deal is. 10 minutes of tweaking, and it's no different from Windows 10. I resisted switching forever, but once I did it was a big non-event. A bigger issue is Microsoft not supporting Windows 10 after October.

[@Tatiacha]

when you are a person with 10s of thousands of files and do a lot of work with them daily right clicking to delete and rename is automatic. When you right click and those words are not there and there are icons at the top or bottom instead, your brain literally shuts down for a moment every time! It would likely take months to retrain my brain after 20 plus years of that auto right click. 75% or so of people have very few actual files. They are fine with the change quickly probably never having right clicked in their life unless and IT tech told them to over the phone. It's the same reason they are ok with everything being on the cloud, the less than 50 files they have are fine. I have terabytes of files syncing with the cloud is a nightmare even if it were free. I had a friend last year having an issue she had been using windows 15 years I least. I told her right click then.... she was AMAZED to find out there was a whole right click menu!!

[@jonbarnard7186]

@@Tatiacha Well since the 24h2 update, the words are back in the context menu. Prior to that, yes, it was a pain. They are gradually making it like 10 again.

[@Atomicfog]

@@Tatiacha While I agree with most of the issues in this video, and what you said might right -- what I don't get is why anyone is right clicking to delete files when you can just press delete on the keyboard. Is that just something I didn't realize people do? Like I get someone who is computer illiterate would drag stuff to the recycle bin, but then I though anyone who knew how to use a computer well would just press delete, and not open a whole right click menu just to delete something, lol. Granted, I'll admit -- there are probably hotkeys I don't use that I probably should learn about, but I thought delete was more ubiquitously known as the default way for regular users to get rid of files rather than right clicking.

[@Tatiacha]

@@Atomicfog for me it is because I am sitting back with my mouse in a position that feels good to my bad back and my arms are short enough that the delete button is just out of reach.

[@Atomicfog]

@ Ah, alright, gotcha. I've kind of been in that position before. Yeah, the option should definitely be easily accessible either way.

[@AusTechandNature]

Windows has always been a pain, I still use it but also used Linux for years which does not change such things. Also re delete, just hit delete on keyboard, easier than 5 clicks

[@RandumbTech]

Pretty much everything you mentioned are things that I feel equally annoyed by. They are making changes to benefit THEM not us. Keep up the good fight!!

[@samcoppens3023]

"We're on the fuji HX2s by the way" 24 hours later: "I sold all my fuji gear"

[@depike30]

Just don't forget to turn off automatic color correction - it's also a new windows 11 thing - it was a headache till I figured out why I can't calibrate my monitor

[@JaredHoyman]

We’ll have so much more to talk about once you move to Mac. We’ll cry over tea on how abusive pc was but then rejoice because we are now with Mac. FOREVER!!!

[@Scottie_McNaughty]

As bad as Windows 11 is, my system is so much more powerful & faster than the highest end Mac, & only cost me 6k to build it... The closest Mac equivalent (with less storage & RAM) is over $11,000 PLUS I built it, & optimized it specifically for photography (which you can't do with a Mac) With that 5k I saved I could get a new camera or a lens or two. But yeah, the new Windows is almost as bad as the Apple OS... Worst case scenario, I'll move to Linux. I don't want to spend extra money on a Mac too have a less powerful system PS I was a Mac user for years. Apple innovation died with Steve Jobs

[@JaredHoyman]

@@Scottie_McNaughtyyou must have left before the m series. My M2 Max blew away my 3080 rtx with ryzen 9 12 core gpu when rendering 8k in Davinci resolve.

[@Scottie_McNaughty]

@JaredHoyman You could have upgraded your build for less to beat the M2 Disclaimer, I use Adobe Premiere, so I'm not 100% positive if Ryzen is better. I just know with Adobe Intel works best, with a 4090... So I'm not positive the upgrade for Resolve I sometimes edit on one at my friend's. She's a photographer who's starting out & I'm training her. Her husband makes good money & they're Apple addicts... I'll give you this, the computers are way better than their garbage phones... And I do like that the Mac OS does what it's supposed to out of the box... I hate the tinkering period of Windows I do know my build is a beast in Lightroom compared to hers, but haven't used Premier on it. But I know how to build based on my workflow, so I can promise it's better I do HATE Windows though. I just hate Macs even more... BUT with the new partnership with Nvidia I think the next line of Macs may be the ones to show up custom PCs

[@JaredHoyman]

@@Scottie_McNaughty I left adobe and pc all in the same year. I would say that Resolve and apple go together perfectly. I'm not sure how Premiere runs on a mac, but I agree that it is optimized for intel and cuda cores. The fact that I'm rendering just as fast if not faster on a macbook with resolve and that I have zero fan noise compared to my 1000 watt power supply running my crazy pc system was reason enough for me to jump. Its nice having the same cpu/gpu performance plugged in just as much when unplugged. PC and Mac are both cults. We just have to choose the cult that fits our needs best. We can still be friends.

[@Scottie_McNaughty]

@@JaredHoyman I do have to admit, Apple used some kind of cooling wizard magic. I don't know how they do it. Their systems are so quiet

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Haha, good video man😂 No way i will ever use Windows 11. Glad i play around with Linux since decades. I considered to use tiny11 or something, but who knows which update will break it. This is the most ridicilous situation we ever lived through with the MS scam schemes. Technically, this is zero progress over Win10.

[@mel_camino]

Every other operating system seems to be a bad one. Microsoft is giving us all battered wife syndrome.

[@ariesmight6978]

Now you know what every person. Who is employed in the public service sector experiences.

[@matt-e8m2x]

Is it better than windows 8?..I’m still on the fence.

[@johnhanus2455]

Windows 8? hahahhaha

[@matt-e8m2x]

Oh yeah!!! I still got fully licensed copy on floppy discs. Waste not want not.

[@DougguoD]

0:00 Oh, I've seen the complaints 😼 Hey, why I'm here 😄 iApple isn't the only alternative 👀😱 OK, from a NOT Windows 11 person, this is the funniest dis I've seen. The others have been too annoyed to enjoy the many moments 👏🏽 2:42 So this is probably as bad as any malware one could get by not "upgrading" 👀😂 3:09 Fixes you say, well Windows 10 😇 with "policies" of course 😼

[@jamiefenner9443]

create a dual-boot setup ; install win10 in the new partition ; You should be able to use the same product-ID that the Win11 installation uses. Let Win10 update itself but it stays Win10 forever. Enjoy the speed.

[@RyanREAX]

For deleting fast.. click the file you want to delete, put your fat finger on the DEL key on the keyboard.. and press it

[@mikeo1141]

And for this they want me to buy a brand new computer with upgraded hardware.

[@JohnsCameraWorks]

When I tried Windows 11 several years ago and found it wanted to treat my PC like it was a cell phone I moved to an M4 MacBook Air. Haven't looked back.