What's happening with Windows 11?

[@udaysingh9_11]

You know what amazes me? We pay for windows. yet we have to use windows like we are getting it for free.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

You pay for windows?

[@hrr597]

Who tf pays for Windows these days ? 😂

[@yorimirus]

@@hrr597Every time you buy a laptop, you are paying for a licence key. Sometimes you find laptops with no OS preinstalled and they are cheaper than the versions with an OS. Lenovo legions are like this.

[@millyyeasmin7904]

​@@hrr597you are paying for it the moment you buy a pre built or a laptop

[@matthewrease2376]

Using Windows is bad enough - you pay for it?

[@ehudv9276]

Its not windows that is broken, its microsoft

[@motoryzen]

Windows is a result or reflection of Microsoft's actions. It doesn't matter if it's the tool or the creator of the tool. The tool is what the people in general those who choose to use it use so either way it's still an accurate statement to say that Windows is trash and that it is a broken tool

[@ehudv9276]

​@@motoryzen true. well, maybe I should've said "Windows is broken because Microsoft is broken" :)

[@jayjonesii4049]

That's so true, the fact that Microsoft knew Windows 11 was jacked up and they still want us to use it. 😮 Are you serious, Microsoft?

[@ehudv9276]

@@jayjonesii4049 the software-as-a-service model just completely ruined the sw industry. now they want you to make monthly payments AND give them your personal information.

[@ototurmanidze5578]

​@motoryzen i hope matter of time if win 11 will be better or will be mixed win win 10 update so win 10 becomes somehow better which should be done before presenting it in 2021 but win 12 should be come best

[@Pyrazahn]

2:30 Windows 95 already had themes to fully customize the color and font of every UI item. So the problem are not the legacy applications but the fact that microsoft removed the ability to style them.

[@dabrams84]

Yep it's ridiculous.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

The dialog to adjust this was labyrinthine. It's not that it was particularly badly designed. It's that there were so many options you could change and it had to fit on a 640x480 screen with space left over so you could see the effects of your changes.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@dycedargselderbrother5353 Yea, but back then search was usable and god mode folders were a thing. Also the worst part today, is they keep changing the location of everything constantly.

[@j7ndominica051]

You couldn't adjust all 3D colors. It automatically calculated the intermediate shades. If you dragged the slider, you couldn't return the original color, and you couldn't make a high contrast scheme from scratch without editing the registry. Some applications do come with decent looking skinnable menus that are similar to native ones. Mostly media players, like MPC-HC (all GUI hacked dark grey), or AIMP4 with dark menus (flickering without accelerated GDI). Also recent Total Commander.

[@olbluelips]

I miss the windows classic styles. There were so many by default to choose from too

[@lemonadesnake]

0:55 these are actually "ghost" apps. they start installing once you click on them, or take you to a store page so you can download them. i hate these, because they trick people into thinking they are actually installed

[@jeevejavari8461]

Great distinction to make

[@timmmm5012]

i think it's to bring people back to using native apps instead of a browser

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Thanks for pointing it out, it's still annoying that they're there

[@PH7NTOM]

@@dreaper5813 linux master race ftw

[@aDumbHorse]

@@dreaper5813only (man)children care about muh OS wars and how “Linux grew 0.0000001% after 500 years, winblows is done for!!” arguments and I say this as a Linux user. I do agree that people complaining about Windows yet still continue using it are part of the problem though.

[@StenIsaksson]

It's ok for Microsoft to update the settings stuff from the control panel. But when the stuff in the legacy control panel works better than the new stuff, I rather use the legacy control panel.

[@zloyboy8]

Anytime they update a menu panel, I always hate it. They hide most of the useful things behind who knows where, specifically for debugging issues. I can't remember when was the last time, but I remember how infuriating it is to try and find anything.

[@MegaLokopo]

Anyone who prefers the new settings menu has never actually used windows for anything more than running chrome. Having more than one menu open at a time is far more useful than having a dark mode.

[@NameUserOf]

In the new settings you can only add 2 DNS addresses, i needed 3. So i've fired up old control panel and did it. Interestingly enough, if you add something in the new settings you won't see changes in the old ones. In the control panel DNS was blank even though i've set it in the new settings and it worked. Windows is a mess of OS.

[@Number6_]

Win 7sp1 still works great and you don't need all that blot ware and hiding of menu's Steni !

[@Super70000]

@@MegaLokopo i prefer the new settings menu and i am an advanced user

[@adeptiworks]

Windows is becoming harder and harder to use for non tech-savvy people, like my parents. They can't rename a file anymore because they can't decypher those cryptic icons in the new context menu, they often are interrupted by random ad popups and windows that Edge and some other programs randomly present, and there are probably some other things that I can't remember right now, it's just tough.

[@YountFilm]

I can't stand wordless pictograph icons. Every brand has different versions meaning the same thing.

[@SamSilvestro]

@@YountFilm I've noticed this too-- I suspect it makes "internationalizing" the product much simpler for them

[@TerryMoore-kq7rc]

hey yea i completely agree with you there too complicated too much unneeded shit on there (bloatware) i personally think the best ever os was windows7 64bit of course pro and enterprise none of this home crap

[@Karamelaki]

Exactly These are bad! Interface is horrible in windows 11!!! I consider myself well versed but it’s confusing

[@catherinepoloynis]

It's disorganized. It's not beyond us, it's just deconstructed and inefficient if one has a purpose for it other than to shop, watch videos or play games.

[@hemangkorane1797]

End of support is literally the last thing any user thinks. There's still millions of people using windows 7 and xp without any issue. People don't change PC just because windows won't receive more updates. Hell, many of them don't update at all and use older versions of windows 10 which are already end of support.

[@princevegeta7044]

​@dreaper5813 But can you run crisis?

[@SMGJohn]

@dreaper5813 Great thing about Linux is that tech illiterate have no idea how to use it so it will forever remain an OS for nerds and high maintenance people.

[@SMGJohn]

@dreaper5813 Essentially you are trying to sell Linux to people who could get away with a Chromebook. Good work

[@SMGJohn]

@dreaper5813 ChromeOS can be installed on anything, your argument makes literally no sense to me specially considering ZorinOS contains tracking which makes me think you have a genuine agenda going on here.

[@SMGJohn]

@dreaper5813 You cannot play games easily on Linux period without Steam. Most people do not use their computers for games either, shocking revelation I know. The entire point of Linux cult is Linux is so safe and whatnot, yet you specifically recommend Zorin which is ironic when even Ubuntu has less tracking. Quite frankly, Windows 11 can run on dual core Pentium from 2006 with a bit of tweak on the ISO so your point is lost on me

[@progste]

I'm still using 10 and honestly see no reason to move to 11. If anything the more I see the more I want to leave windows behind.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Switched to Linux 2 years ago, definitely worth it, FOSS programs work fine and basically all my Steam games run without issues, and the rare problems I do have are getting fixed faster and faster

[@charginginprogresss]

10 sucks

[@progste]

@@charginginprogresss yeah almost as much as 11!

[@federalbureauofinvestigation4]

I started using windows 10 ltsc. Much better than win 10 home and i don't have to worry about support.

[@enkephalin.]

10 LTSC user here, Working very fine, smooth and stable, No bloat (telemetry still remains though), and all games work really fine. I wanna use Linux but this laptop isn't 100% mine and my entire home thinks Linux is some obscure unstable thing.

[@Max2kFR]

What I hate in W11 is that when you want to use Windows Search as calculator, sometimes it works, sometimes you get some random web results

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

It does that with everything. The worst is when it produces completely different results based on the number of characters I type. I'll start typing something like "my thing". By the time I get to "my t" it'll show me what I want. But before pressing Enter it'll be "my thi", which turns it into a web search or will launch some completely unrelated app. Even when I pause it doesn't figure it out. I actually have to delete characters to get it to resolve to the correct thing.

[@wloonie]

Do yourself a favour and disable web search altogether. There's a web browser for that.

[@xgf122]

Honestly Control Panel was much more better than Settings menu.

[@Milkiaosu]

your probably still in windows 7 bro

[@xgf122]

@@Milkiaosu ??? no I am not and I'm not your bro

[@tell5g]

Don't install windows 11 Bro stay with windows 7 ​@@xgf122

[@ripgitssac-fao7524]

Agree xgf I love that you can have multi windows of ctrl panel. Also adding domain printers is so much easier.

[@a.p5193]

Used my sister laptop for a moment, and i literally googling just to find some basic setting. Even linux is more easier to use these day..

[@simon-ricardokuhn1713]

I'm stunned by how broken Explorer in 11 is. Explorer windows randomly steals the focus without any user input (if they're not minimized) and when browsing folders with lots of files, sometimes it automatically scrolls to the top. This never happened with any Windows versions before. And it's still not fixed. These bugs are really rage-inducing.

[@isa_L]

im in 22H2 February 13 update, and explorer is not stealing focus for me, but it did in the latest March 12 update, and Explorer crashed for no reason sometimes, so i use restore point to remove the update. people in ElevenForum suggested that we should avoid KB5034848 (Feb 29) and KB5035853 (Mar 12) because it has BSoD issue and Explorer crash, And i use Wushowhide.diagcab to block specific update.

[@dabrams84]

There's is a Windows podcast and they discussed that the leadership changed over development recently so we might get improvements.

[@isa_L]

wait till you see February 29 KB5034848 and and March 12 KB5035853 update, you won't see any improvement because Explorer Stopped working and BSoD when you force restart or shutdown.

[@zeenxdownz]

Never seen that before, sounds terrible.

[@D0HERRITT]

Oh, you are also having the weird issue where explorer windows just randomly moves on top of everything else? I thought I was the only one with that... Also, the Win11 settings app sometimes will not reappear after you minimize it, forcing you to close the app & reopen it to see it pop up again. Has anyone else noticed this too? I use the settings app a lot & just got to the point where I have it minimized to taskbar when not in use but then I remember this happens...

[@Psyden5757]

Windows copilot doesn't actually "run" in your pc, it's more of a cloud app, it's processed on microsoft's servers Having local processing for something as massive as a chatbot like copilot in people's machines just doesn't make sense, and the new AI cores in the latest cpu's won't help that much, because you need way more than just processing, you need lots of storage and tons of ram.

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Got it! Hopefully they can make it faster because it's not great to use at this moment

[@YouHaveTrouble]

@@SurfsharkAcademy They realistically can't. Basically most of winddos users use it and that's a tremendous load for something that already takes up insane amount of resources. Was doomed to fail before it was implemented.

[@RegisBodnar]

It seemed ok in the browser, just now, but I'm sure that's VERY connection dependent!

[@MegaLokopo]

There are local chat bots you can run, and they run very well.

[@kaseyboles30]

Which means Microsoft gets to farm what you type in. Some One sees something don't like they could spin as criminal, they call the police on you. Like that parent who sent a photo of a rash on their child's bottom to their pediatrician to know if it was series and wound up with police and cps and the whole nine yards up in his face.

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

I actually like the old windows ui. It feels more ridged and responsive than the large clunky windows 10 / 11 ui. In fact, I actually developed a ptogram that used that ui, rather than a modern looking ui, all because I love is so much more than large buttons that take up a ton of space. If I could, I would replace every single windows 10 app with the older ui. And no, I don't think it's nostalgia, as I still use the older ui every single day.

[@A1stardan]

In windows 7 when you searched for something, it'd search on the hdd only. It was very nice and comfortable. In 10, 11 no matter what I type, it always searches online, if I wanted to search something online, I'll just go to a browser you know

[@RamiCrafy]

True

[@SimonVaIe]

I at least can turn that off. Don't know if the setting is available everywhere though. You could also turn web search off in the registry editor though.

[@aylivex]

I can't agree more! And search was so fast in Windows 7! In Windows 10 and 11, search is so broken.

[@jayjonesii4049]

I know, it's ridiculous.

[@TulgaD5]

3 years in and still can't put the task bar to the side without 3rd party software

[@TulgaD5]

​​@@dreaper5813I can't switch to Linux like that in my situation. I wished, but even with wine etc. not possible.

[@motoryzen]

​@dreaper5813 I would not recommend KD plasma only for the fact that it still has stability issues that has yet to resolve in more than 5 years of development. However Linux Mint cinnamon has proven to be more stable

[@motoryzen]

@dreaper5813 Cinnamon did not come out with Wayland. Wayland is available with the Cinnamon Desktop option of Mint ONLY..as a beta or Alpha... Clem and his team said it themselves. It is NOT ready for prime time and is still in experimental stages. If you want to use wayland where chances are it is in a more mature stable state, seek another Distro and D.E.. There is still much that does not work correctly or at all in the Wayland sphere. It depends on your individual needs/use-case-scenario as to whether or not it is for you at this time.

[@TulgaD5]

reader-tested no, I mean like this: www.groovypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/4-taskbar-left.jpg

[@motoryzen]

reader-tested it doesn't matter if it's to the left side right side or the top of the screen the point is Microsoft with each new version of Windows since guaranteed 7 onwards has been removing features or making them more difficult to find that once were easy to implement by the end user for no Justified reasons and all and often no explanations

[@iCrab]

After 12 years since Windows 8, you still have 2 settings app, i mean WTF ???

[@NazmusLabs]

to be fair, most of the settings are in the main modern settings app. You barely ever need to use the classic control panel. in contrast with almost everything was in the classic control panel - and the modern settings app was mostly useless. May Allah (S.W.T.) bestow upon you His Blessings and Guidance; Ameen.

[@V3ntilator]

@@NazmusLabs Device Manager is still best in the old control panel.

[@rano12321]

Yes because there are always 2 types of people who use windows and Microsoft has to cater to both of them, one wants everything to be modern and consistent and other don't want to let go the old menus, just take a look around in this comment section, it took like 3 seconds to find the 2 types of people.

[@lucaslothbrook5388]

Learn regedit and you can customize a alot of stuff. I have custom icons for all my windows apps as well. Those settings are still in the og control panel.

[@Skelterbane69]

@@rano12321 Well, then just force both to use one of the options. That's what microsoft does best anyways.

[@macmill8149]

You can't change power plans to high performance or power saver without the mobility centre because apparently they have hidden those menus unless you create them yourself so...that's one use for it.

[@mrcomment6035]

The irony, when Windows Copilot lists UI Inconsistency as a Windows con is immeasurable, considering you previously mentioned the broken dark theme 🤣

[@Mario583a]

Copilot fetches results from the internet mind you, it has no biases.

[@ErrorRaffyline0]

You can still run office on a local account! Just select "sign in for this app only" when prompted whether to log in across services.

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

True! Thanks for pointing that out

[@KiltedGreen]

As a mac User I find the never ending interface inconsistency of Windows really irritating. When Apple update macOS, they update ALL of it. Every last bit. Dark mode worked everywhere. All windows all use the same interface and it is consistent everywhere. On Windows,depending on where you go, it as though you have Windows 11, 10, 9, 8 and maybe earlier all lumped together and then given a coat of thin Windows 11 paint so they hope you don’t notice. Microsoft basically don’t care about the interface that much.

[@TheForce_Productions]

Of course not, their businesses is to sell users marketing telemetry to third party scammers, not to bring you a cute and useful OS and/or interface.

[@JohnSmith-f5g]

Meanwhile I'm using Linux Mint on my gaming laptop and gaming desktop. Every game I've tested out of my 180+ on Steam, ~10 on GOG and other games have all worked. Discord works, Firefox works, update whenever I want and continue to use my PC while it updates, uses less RAM, less HDD space, More customization, better backups with Timeshift etc.. There's literally no reason to use Windows anymore unless it's because you don't want to take a couple hours to learn Linux, or if you use some trash software like any of the Adobe products (I used them for work and in college and yes they're all trash and worse than some free software such as GIMP, which has extensions you can download to make it even better).

[@YountFilm]

What do you use in place of Adobe?

[@iplyrunescape305]

​@@YountFilm video editing = Kdenlive/DaVinci Resolve Photoshop = GIMP (image manipulation)/ Krita (drawing) Animate = OpenToonz Illustrator = Inkscape Etc

[@Colonel-Rayy]

Why does everyone talk about linux gaming working well when whenever i try it most games dont even run and the ones that do have terrible performance lol

[@roklaca3138]

If you are on AMD gpu, forget nvidia...no dlss, no raytracing, no nothing..

[@iplyrunescape305]

@@Colonel-Rayy did you turn proton on in steam?

[@cassiuscartland]

7:19 it is still technically possible to get Windows 11 running without TPM 2.0, but many users arent gonna know what any of that means and will just assume their computer is old.

[@MrMozkoZrout]

That is basically what he said in the video

[@NazmusLabs]

all of the work around to install windows 11 without TPM no longer work on version 24H2! There’s only one workaround that currently works… and if Microsoft patches that it’s game over 💀 May Allah (S.W.T.) bestow upon you His Blessings and Guidance; Ameen.

[@randomdude1053]

Yeah I’ve done it a simple registry edit

[@isa_L]

it's not just TPM now, you need processor with SSE4A or SSE4.2 support to run windows 11, and they have no real use of this SSE thing. just a way to remove you from processor older than 4th gen intel or Early AMD FX

[@ThunderClawShocktrix]

to be fair AMD FX is a very slow CPU and 4th gen core is 10 years old now honestly i dont expect to be able to run new windows OS on 10 year old computer

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

Thanks to Windows 11, moved to Linux and never looking back

[@akeem2983]

Absolutely! I also had upraded to Linux around the time when Windows 11 came out, mostly because of several disgusting anti-consumer practices introduced in it. But what's more important - this made me find out that Linux fits my workflow much better than any version of Windows

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

@cvoidboyI use Fedora 39 KDE spin

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

@cvoidboyI chose Fedora 39 KDE spin, haven't had any issues with it and all my games and apps works great

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

@cvoidboyKZbin keeps deleting my comments for some reason.... But one last attempt for me to reply. I am using Fedora KDE

[@Dubulcle]

​@cvoidboy no

[@oceanwave145]

They don't even fix the dark theme

[@lucaslothbrook5388]

You can switch to a Contrast Theme and are given a lot more options for colors. Like the menu background. Youre limited in a couple things but the trade off works out I think.

[@markozivkovic8895]

Man i miss Clippy...

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Same

[@thesun___]

It was ahead of its time though.

[@carminator12]

Moved away from Windows to Linux for years now and I don't expect Win12 to change my mind. 🐧

[@Yatukih_001]

I hope that there will be a shift to a password based future so people are not forced to sign with a PIN as that should be a choice.

[@danceswithchihuahuas7092]

I’m sorry, but the old windows control is superior in every way to the settings menu in modern windows

[@tabalugadragon3555]

I agree, except I'm not sorry

[@thesun___]

I'm sorry, but Windows Powershell is superior in every way to the settings menu in modern Windows.

[@honeybee45678]

do yall even use an operating system? i use text mode XD

[@lemonadesnake]

1:23 this is very similar to how in certain european versions of windows, you can select what browser you want to install over edge, such as google chrome, firefox, opera etc.

[@tcscomment]

Since Win7/8 (on certain EU releases), there was an option to select your browser and your search engine

[@xpforevergaming8609]

I was able to uninstall Edge on W11, but there's still Edge runtime and Edge webview left that you cannot uninstall (at least not natively).

[@windowsuser321]

That's because the European Union has politicians who aren't 300 years old like the ones that we have here in the States, and actually understand how the hell technology works

[@trrjecto4459]

KDE Plasma 6 arrived at the perfect time, have 1 and half year to get in silly perfection with user feedback.

[@sweetsweetkhajoor]

ngl kde plasma need more work, because rn wayland is buggy as hell and kde itself takes more resources than windows (not ram but cpu)

[@trrjecto4459]

​@@sweetsweetkhajoor Take a look at the latest release

[@Gramini]

@@sweetsweetkhajoor Plasma works fine on my very low-end kinda old laptop, whereas the pre-installed Windows (10) really had problems with CPU usage. Maybe it depends on the system?

[@sweetsweetkhajoor]

@@Gramini my dads pc had a pentium and 4 gb ram i tried to run kde plasma, and firefox wouldnt even open (its that slow), but xfce works perfectly, even if i use it with kwin

[@user42344]

KDE is so ugly... It is the definition of programmer art

[@elijahignacio]

windows is one heck of a mess

[@idk-nc3pg]

The worst part for me is that some apps and games still lag or crash unlike in win 10

[@thomasblitter]

My whole computer freezes and turns off in some games, never had this problem in windows 10

[@Zack_Wester]

2:20 the problem whit stuff like the Phone Dialer program us that a lot of apps piggybacks on it. like I think Teams or one of them uses the Phone Dialer or at least function of it to run (call numbers). delete that and 300+ software might break overnight. the Pinpal game I think that was a license issue why its no longer in it (it was not made by Microsoft they just got a license for the first "level"). same whit purple palace game.

[@Gramini]

Space Cadet Pinball has a reverse-engineered clone available under MIT license though. They _could_ ship that one theoretically.

[@Zack_Wester]

@@Gramini the question on that is if the MIT license allow it.

[@Gramini]

@@Zack_Wester I don't see why it wouldn't. It's a very short license text that allows a lot of things.

[@CnCDune]

2:12 not true. I had to rip some DLLs from an old W7 hard drive just to get War for Cybertron (2010) and Fall of Cybertron (2012) running on W10. Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge (2000 & 2001) started having problems since Vista, requiring third-party, fan-made patches to even *run* in such cases. And compatibility for them and other games has only gotten worse over the years with every new Windows version. There's a reason why CnC DDraw supports many games from those days.

[@Gramini]

I did not have any problems with RA2 (+ Yuri's Revenge) under my old Win 7 system. Other than that you're right that oldies are hit-or-miss.

[@Tetr0id]

So funny thing, I actually have noticed copilot got a HUGE speed update recently from what I can see. I don't know when this was recorded but yeah, just to know

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

If you don't want bloatware I suggest to use Linux there's a lot of people switching to Linux Mint Cinnamon I'm running on Garuda Linux system with Windows 10 dual boot to future proof my computer.

[@zeenxdownz]

can I ask how Linux future proofs your computer?

[@hellrieda2]

​@@zeenxdownzif he doesnt want to use win11 for example in that case it can be future proofing

[@hellrieda2]

I would suggest learning how to use kvm/qemu with single gpu passthrough instead of running dual boot and if someone desides to go dualboot you need to disable secureboot and on windows side fastboot otherwise you will run into problems

[@JesusWillSaveYou]

You know Windows 11 is doing bad when Microsoft themselves recently have seemed to removed the TPM requirement for Windows 11. They now offer Windows 11 as a free update if you have a legitemiate copy of Windows 10 installed. Got the notification when my updates were checked and as of this comment, all of a sudden my PC "meets the minimum requirments for Windows 11" even though it didn't since the release of Windows 11. Still sticking with Windows 10 for now.

[@mhult5873]

So, how does the users fix all the issues in Windows 11? For me the most prioritized thing would be to 1. Get to the "more options" menu directly when clicking right mouse button. 2. The user privacy, telemetry removed. And still being able to use office. 3. And then all the bloat - removed.

[@respectmathias]

The funny thing is samsung does the ninite style app install on their budget devices, so companies can pay to be there and pay to be checkmarked, but the user can uncheck them

[@DrudgeSkeleton]

Windows 11 is what happens when a company has a monopoly for 20+ years

[@yusufalfiansyah851]

6:07 damn i thought it was sponsored video but i remember it's a Surfshark channel

[@douglab222]

Lol I have been messing around with Linux since 1996, but made the move over full time in 2012 when windows 8 came out. I never looked back.

[@RedVRCC]

Winaero tweaker is a nice utility too and has a "disable telemetry" slider that disables most of the really invasive ones with a single click, plus you can disable the ads built in and even make some cool customizations, such as adding back old themes, adding options to context menus, and ironically disabling copilot entirely.

[@MF2_ETaube]

He forgot to mention, when you debloat the system, it's stability extremely suffers, to the point where it pushed me to move my laptop to linux, even if I was extremely against for my laptop being on linux. Let me tell you recently I debloated Fedora aswell, and what do you know it works flawlessly and the stability is the exact same as when it had some thing that I didn't need.

[@BaronLickilicky]

Love the idea of leaning into the nostalgia element of Windows... like you said, Bliss wallpaper and classic games like Minesweeper, Pinball and of course, SkiFree!

[@yanasitta]

Windows is dying because it's killing itself.

[@lucaslothbrook5388]

You can 100% change that white background. If you use a Contrast Theme, you can customize your own Dark Mode. You can edit a lot of colors in the Contrast Themes but not everything like previous windows generations. I do know that in Win11 you can switch your appearance to Legacy, so like pre-XP. You might be able to modify the UI colors futher with that enabled but I'm not motivated enough to try, I like my Dark Theme. Also you can edit the registry and change the right click menu. I have it so there is not a 'show more..' button it opens the full menu. Also you can add paths in the registry to programs you use often and have shortcuts in the right-click menu. Editing the registy lets you do a lot, like removing the Edge search from the start menu, so annoying... my start menu searches locally only.

[@YoshiToshi2]

But why we need to do that? Why it isn’t just works as expected? Why people need to know about “register” to apply dark theme fully?

[@forgotten893]

6:02 is a bit misleading. I have been using Local Accounts since Windows 8, and I have never had to sign in to my Microsoft Account and convert my Local Account just to access Office, Game Pass, or OneDrive.

[@Lusc1nt]

8:07 search can also be fixed with Everything

[@Mario583a]

Or with proper Windows Indexing tinkering.

[@Daniel_VolumeDown]

You actually can have local account and login only to certain apps like office

[@Mario583a]

Not to mention Windows and no, I am not talking about though convoluted methods to go about.

[@latvian_fallen_angel]

8:05 windows 7 was the best at this because it showed every file. I used windows 7 until 2021. Now on windows 10 and soon need to go to 11 what is even worse... Like how can you make it worse and worse why doesn't it search folders on pc

[@react_06]

That is why my love for Linux is so unconditional.

[@64bitVanny]

Same + We use Arch BTW.

[@CnCDune]

Can it run old windows games out of the box, without requiring the user to fiddle around with settings?

[@surv5k]

​from my experience, wine does a good job with old windows games. it was able to run stuff that not even windows 10 or 11 could run without tinkering​@@CnCDune

[@endermaster08]

@@VanderA. We've had games (look at the steam deck), and we also have libreoffice which does damn near everything word can

[@lucio-ohs8828]

@@CnCDune i've heard that wine actually has better compatibility than windows for some old games. older games are usually the ones that work best because they don't have stuff like invasive DRM or anticheat that might break linux compatibility

[@vaggelis_best]

5:52 You are wrong!!! You can freely use all those services with a local account and it's not even like every Microsoft app requires you to re-login. It's seamless, just more private.

[@admiralcarrot756]

one day when Linux gaming is mature enough, I might switch to Linux entirely just for this reason

[@AMidgetWalrus]

What games do you play? At this point, Linux works for gaming for everything except games purposefully blocked by the manufacturer(Typically via stuff like kernel level Anticheat only designed for Windows)

[@admiralcarrot756]

@@AMidgetWalrus Luckily most of my games are usually older titles such as Dark Souls series and Elden Ring, I also play my childhood games from 2000s era, not all of them work flawlessly on Linux atm so I better wait longer for Wine or Proton to get even matured.

[@Omega-mr1jg]

i mean, it most likely will all work for you. i think using excuses like that is regressive, games that currently work with linux will only get better but the games that may not work might also never work without proper support with how advanced it is right now just switch to it if you can, see how it feels. if you dont like it, you may never like it in the future anyway@@admiralcarrot756

[@AMidgetWalrus]

@@admiralcarrot756 Im genuinely surprised to hear some games are still not working. Switched over a bit pre Steam Deck and the improvements in the last few years have been crazy

[@basilcat3111]

@dreaper5813What happened to KDE Neon? I heard Plasma 6 broke it a lot. Is everything still stable on your side? I've been using openSUSE for the past 2 years.

[@michiel.niesen]

5:54 Wrong, there is a difference between logging in with a local account on windows or using a microsoft account for app. They aren't the same kind of account. You can have a local account and login into office, microsoft store etc via your microsoft account. However I agree to some points made like the context menu (right click menu in explorer), the aggressive hardware requirements, etc. I currently have a PC capable of running windows 11, but for the previously mentioned reasons, and others, I blocked the windows 11 update via windows update registry keys.

[@meme.supplier1]

No one is talking about how well you snuck in the sponsor lmao 😭😭

[@matthewrease2376]

Because... it's... it's not a sponsor? Did you see who uploaded this video??

[@Mr.Reality]

@@matthewrease2376 Hey Chatgpt can your sponsor yourself? Chatgpt: Yes, you can sponsor yourself in various contexts: Business: Entrepreneurs can fund their own ventures or participate in events. Immigration: Some countries offer self-sponsorship visas for highly skilled individuals (e.g., US EB-1A, UK Tier 1, Canada Self-employed Persons Program). Personal Projects: You can fund and promote your own personal projects like books or films. Academic Grants: Some grants and scholarships allow individuals to apply on their own behalf.

[@Mr.Reality]

@@matthewrease2376 Not that it matters because the sponsor wasn't even good. I can smell them 3 sentences ahead. And skip past them.

[@AJRFans]

It's crazy to think that people used to hate Windows 10, and now everyone loves using it since it has updated alot.

[@Warp2090]

The screensaver application is useful since OLED monitors require them

[@20NBA01]

Just configure windows to turn your monitor off instead of showing a screensaver

[@wvistalover]

What's wrong with screen savers?​@@20NBA01

[@AstoundingAmelia]

​@@20NBA01that only works if you have a monitor that wakes Quickly, i have a monitor that takes eons to wake up

[@Gramini]

Do those display have a problem when being turned off or what's the problem?

[@Leandruhh]

7:34 You got linux on your 2008 laptop? I got Windows 11 on my 2008 laptop and it actually runs surprisingly smooth

[@fswrwdsdsdas]

2:18 yes, some companies or governments still use the old phone dialer

[@BlackTownie999]

So do scammers

[@Mario583a]

Or people with dialup modems.

[@Mario583a]

@@BlackTownie999I don't think scammers even know of this program's existence as they mostly use VOIP services.

[@nbrown5907]

Where do you get your images? I have none of those apps come pre-installed on either of my Windows 11 machines. Maybe you have an OEM image.

[@Gramini]

Those apps were also there on my Win11 test-install (iso sourced from Microsoft). However, those things are only proxies that get installed when you click on them.

[@Snorlaxiian]

1:18 the ability to let customers decide what they want? riiight.... 😂that's not how these psychopaths operate

[@mohammedsaud7817]

0:21 Did Bro Just Predict Atom OS??

[@ImRan_Ma1ik]

One of the hated things is alphabetical drawer apps (start menu alphabetical list view is so ugly)

[@browtf614]

to bypass win 11 you have to download the iso step 2 find a usb step3 install rufus step4 in rufus select the iso by then its creating a bootable path step 5 when its done plug the usb and start the setup

[@ruzzo9350]

2 Days ago recieved my new mini pc that had windows 11 as fabric, and until now my experience with this version has been... Slow and problem filled. I can't even install a WINDOWS program without recieving a ''Windows could not-'' message.

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

Minipcs are better with linux

[@hsmreu]

install a microwin iso maybe

[@TheInsane104]

Check whether your pc still supports Windows 10 drivers, and if it does, wipe that device and install 10 LTSC 2021 (will get updates until 2032) in its place.

[@QuestionTheTruth]

I have started to notice a bunch of stuff that I actually hate about Windows, that already exists in Linux. Wasn't Windows supposed to be on top with the newest features?

[@pivot9965]

5:50 i dont have used microsoft account for like 3 years but i have to deal with an other prorblem... every 3-5 days i get a huge screen when i open my pc that tells me to make an account to back up everythink and there is no option to turn it off.. only to make it go away for 3 days. Like why? p.s once this screen bugged all my windows and i had to format my pc to work again.

[@JorgeJrAguillon]

I think they would do that until everything goes cloud only.

[@JorgeJrAguillon]

I also had the same problem! Was really annoying 😑

[@dabrams84]

There is a setting that will turn off this message. Something to do with finishing setting up I think.

[@_GLXC]

It's good to see at least some of these are also problems on Windows 10. It makes me feel a little better about eventually needing to update to windows 11.

[@alux3552]

No matter how many people ask for these, Microsoft just never listens.

[@Foxconnpc]

Yeah like not being able to set a smaller taskbar. I do enjoy 30% of my 1080p screen being taken away at all times.

[@Because-Linux]

I love putting the taskbar on the side of the screen in KDE Plasma And the fact that Imma have tpmuse windows for my future job,...Yeah....Id be really annoying. I am VERY particular about the way my stuff works. So much so, I am even considering ROMing my 23+. Its a personal issue, but I don't care to fix it.

[@unknownname8186]

3:21 one thing i did about this menu is search how to set it so that i always have show more options when right clicking, microsoft actualy gives you a command for it on their sites so i forgive them for that one

[@motoryzen]

And they should not have required a bunch of backlash to get Microsoft's attention in the first place to tell them how dumb and I did was to condense that right click contacts list menu thus forcing you the end user to have to do work to have to restore what shouldn't have been messed with to begin with This is why Linux will always be better. Because in the end we're almost regardless of the individual Linux operating system AKA distro, this kind of crap doesn't happen.

[@MegaLokopo]

Do you even use windows? The old settings menu even though it is stuck in light mode is still much better than the new one, why can I only open one menu at a time with the new system. I would rather have only the old menu because as ugly as it is and was, it is and was always so much more functional than the new settings menu.

[@mackstewart4203]

The amount of people opening multiple control panel items at a time is probably like 0.00001% which is why it wasn’t brought to new settings app I really like the new app, it’s organised well, very functional and pretty, you basically never need to see Control Panel these days

[@MegaLokopo]

@@mackstewart4203 it wasn't brought because the people who use it are also the people who turn off telemetry. But it is a feature that is harder not to add than to add, and it is much easier to diagnose issues when you can look at more than one screen at a time. Because fine it is pretty, but there is never enough info on any given screen. If I am diagnosing audio issues on my Bluetooth headphones I can think of at least ten pages where the issue might be and you can't tell me it's not easier to diagnose the issue by having multiple windows open.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@mackstewart4203 I know for a fact the number is double digits. I work in IT for a large company. Almost everyone uses settings the way I described.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@mackstewart4203 i have to see it every single time i use bluetooth audio. Aka everyday.

[@lonelystarslibrary9326]

I got a script that turns the new rightclick menu off entirely and always shows the "more often"

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Same, though I use a registry hack

[@Mario583a]

It's called: Shift + Right-Click.

[@Gramini]

@@Mario583a but that requires a keyboard key, which might be annoying when you're using the mouse.

[@lonelystarslibrary9326]

@@SurfsharkAcademy That's probably smarter, i should do that ^^

[@ferando]

I thought it was another annoying surfshark sponsor but then I realized it's literally surfshark's channel

[@roki2009kk]

0:45 windows 8 had only these.No bloatware like tiktok and whats up

[@motoryzen]

Windows 8s telemetry.." am I a joke to you?" 😂

[@roki2009kk]

@@motoryzen express settings in oobe had the telemetry turned off by default 😳

[@Codyslx]

The start me upps are literally not pre-installed tho. It's an ad that will only install the app once you click it. Literally all you had to do was unpin the apps.

[@melodylyrics4154]

True

[@mbazoka]

Oh that's great, that means you only get ADVERTISEMENTS with a paid product. That's totally better!

[@JamiroquailX]

This OS is a complete disaster, why is my sound crashing and i have to sign out all the time to get apps to restart! what is going on????

[@motoryzen]

Oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no remember Linux is the only operating system World in which people experience sound problems everything just works in windows, right?😂

[@JamiroquailX]

Ok come on filks like still! how do you create something this bad. I can find jno fix for any of this.

[@JamiroquailX]

Another update , more uselss inability to develop an OS

[@JamiroquailX]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@kotoblokong]

flash bang build in window 11🤣🤣🤣

[@disguisedpuppy]

I sometimes forget that this is a VPN company

[@MrRorosao]

If you install windows as location "world" it come without any ms store bloatware

[@timothygibney159]

I just came from another video on how 2009 was the height of desktop operating systems. Window 7, gnome 2 with comprise, and Macosx Snow leopard where its peaks were. Windows 10 still has a cell phone on its start menu and weird VR stuff like the translucent full screen calculator optimized for its headsets?? Windows 11 fixes this but breaks other stuff like its taskbar.

[@djab20001]

Microsoft copilot being slow have nothing to do with the computer, because the actual AI run on the cloud.

[@Riz_]

Don't like what they have done to the right click menu. Don't like how you have to select everything you want to unhide in the system tray. There should be an option to have everything unhidden in the system tray from the start. Finally why can't we have an export settings option so our new PC can be set up exactly like our old one?

[@pierreollivier5196]

What surprises me is how anyone is capable to put up with such crap, I use Linux or MacOS, and those are so much better for anything, I used to have windows and I still have it in dual boot on my laptop but every time I use it it’s such a joke, they keep finding new ways of making windows even worse. It’s ok to have a few wrong updates or ideas here and there, but really Windows feels like a summer intern project, it’s so bad, so slow, and they even find ways to bluescreen, in 2024, that’s ridiculous I never experienced such things on MacOS or Linux. If it wasn’t for gaming windows would have died anyway.

[@motoryzen]

Very well put and I could not agree more that's why I could not be happier when I switched to Linux Mint cinnamon on July 28th 2020 100% and have been using it since late 2010 anyways

[@darkwolf41nite53]

I have copilot on my iPhone but I may move to Linux but I’ll see if I can get rid of the bloat ware or do a clean install an choose what I want in windows 11

[@lePirateMan]

Microsoft making switching to linux an easy decision

[@svenvancoller6427]

Recently degraded to windows 10 ltsc after multiple issues messy control panel, start menu, trouble shooting menu, bloat ware finally feature updates breaking windows 11 and the number of runnng background processes 140 at boot using nearly 4GB of ram.

[@di57inct]

7 is the absolute king

[@kyioriq]

2:52 i actually put a registry key just to remove this menu, it actually sucks horribly

[@pandaxgaming7082]

You are very amazing but you are very underrated too you should be on trending

[@SomeInternetGuy]

Personally my only problems with Windows 11 is the bloatware and I have to jump through hoops to get some old games to work. Also because I was in the insiders program I'm forced to have text at the bottom that says experimental build.

[@Icriticrandomthings]

IMO, WIndows 11 isn't really that bad compared to what people are complaining about, although I still prefer Windows 10 than 11. Most of the complaints I've heard/read are just a bunch of personal preferences and "eww, I don't like this new one, I prefer the old one", kind of thing. I do agree that some features on Windows 11 kinda annoys me and that shouldn't be there imo, but then again, it's a matter of personal preferences, and those changes comes along with upgrading to a newer OS. It's not like we're all forced to upgrade to Windows 11, it's 100% our decision that we upgraded to it. Atleast before you move to a newer OS, you could've atleast researched what features are changed, removed, etc. instead of upgrading to a newer OS without an idea what to expect and complain later on about the changes.

[@hsmreu]

We are (partially) forced to use windows 11. Most modern day laptops have windows 11 preinstalled and their drivers won't work with 10. (My case) Yes, windows 11 is not that bad. It was forced upon me, but it feels like if it's more friendly with the user, specially for a laptop. I just believe certain things were fine or better on windows 10 and they changed it when no one really requested or needed it. For example, the start menu. The taskbar on 11 looks really nice but, because of the functionality that has been lost, the appearance does not compensate it. I prefer the old context menu, why not letting the user decide which context menu to use? Even when using the registry trick that forces the old context menu, for some reason, it sometimes takes up to 5 seconds to show up after you try to summon it. Same thing that happens if you click the "show more options" button on the modern context menu. Windows 11 is fine, but man, I wish I had some of the stuff I used on 10.

[@fswrwdsdsdas]

Well can we blame Microsoft? They have to make an os everybody likes and prefers and if they keep the menu's the same for too long we also want an update so for me, I don't blame Microsoft

[@fswrwdsdsdas]

@dreaper5813 looks like another angry linux user

[@Etchedinbone]

@dreaper5813 Linux is a total disaster when it comes to music recording and production hardware and software. I tried it and absolutely hated it. What a mess.

[@Etchedinbone]

@dreaper5813 Cope with what? Cope with the fact that important music producing software does not work properly on Linux? Gaming issues with Linux as well. Im not a window fan, but all my software works on windows unlike Linux. Until software companies and Linux work out these issues with the OS, it will never ever be on top. Sad but true. As a long time computer user and builder, and a computer user who DOES have Linux on my other machine, I know what Im talking about. And believe me if they would sort all that software issues out I would be a dedicated Linux user for sure. Learn how to spell. Learn how to be a decent human being, and learn about the things you are talking about before running your mouth. The only sad little fanboi I see here is you, linux noob. Go back to trolling and surfing the internet.

[@xKrown]

The start menu search is for programs not files, use the file explorer for files.

[@jeffreydurham2566]

Sound like a lot of good reasons to use Linux.

[@danielyang4947]

I tried Windows 11 3 times but it has browser black out problem. and "Move to " and "Refresh" is still missing. Unable to display some of languages on the side Details Pane. Now I'm back to Win10.

[@Richiecandylover]

I hate that VPN connections don’t show up under network in Task Manager in Windows 11 - sometimes use that to make sure it’s working properly

[@oscarfiala2104]

This is Microsoft great conspiracy to get people to switch to Linux. Microsoft relies on linux servers, so it’s only logical they would want people to maintain their software free of charge.

[@innerdiscarchive]

real

[@arubberroomwithrats]

this take dumb ash ngl

[@oscarfiala2104]

@@arubberroomwithrats it is really meant as a joke. My actual opinion is that giving casual users what they want isn’t profitable. But giving what corporations want, that’s where their focus is.

[@arubberroomwithrats]

@@oscarfiala2104 oh k i get it now

[@alvinchan5934]

The visual bug of Underline Keyboard Access (making bold lines on button selection) that does not go away no matter what U do.

[@SecretlySeven]

Bro literally rambles for 13 minutes about how his life wouldn't suck if he switched to Linux.

[@MrMozkoZrout]

He hinted that he's a gamer tho, i actually believe that many people would switch if it wasn't for game. The two areas in which windows dominates is Office work and Gaming.

[@SecretlySeven]

@@MrMozkoZrout Yeah that's history now. Steamdeck changed everything. If it's on Steam it plays on Linux. Something like Nobara comes preconfigured so anyone can be gaming out of the box even if they know nothing about Linux. It's nothing like it was even a year ago.

[@MrMozkoZrout]

@@SecretlySeven weeell not really. Some tinkering is still necessary, you will encounter bigger or smaller problems pretty often and the selection of the games that u can actually play is still pretty limited.

[@SecretlySeven]

@@MrMozkoZrout not true. At all. I have zero issues. Zero. And have encountered no issues with any games. Stop listening to windows fanboys that don’t know anyhow.

[@MrMozkoZrout]

@@SecretlySevendude I personally work with Linux and I have friends who are like open source fanatics. And it's freaking everytime stuff like we want to play CS2 and one of the friends can't hear any game audio cause Fedora is using some sort newer audio tech that's not Pulse audio and he needs to configure it cause some update broke it. The other friend is ok except his microphone gets randomly louder and nobody knows why. Each time we want to buy and play a game together these friends need to check ProtonDB and see if the fake will even run for them. And yeah when u aren't playing only the most well known popular games then you'd be surprised how limited u Are. Some games may run but have issues u need to troubleshoot and then it's a gamble when u buy a game like this cause u don't know if you'll get it to work. Many games don't play nice with antichest software and u Are at the mercy of the game Devs to enable the support for Linux. Like I play Hunt Showdown the most lately and for the longest times my friends couldn't play with me cause the game uses easy anticheat and it took the Devs some time before they started supporting Linux. Oh and of course when one of my friends bought the game he had an issue with GPU drivers. Cause Linux and GPU drivers for laptop GPUs is simply a nightmare. And I mean encountering stuff like that is just common on Linux. Yeah in most cases we get it to work but it'd frustrating and it's stuff that just doesn't happen on windows. Guess you play just a few well optimised games or offline games only but u can consider yourself lucky if you have no issues.