Windows 11 - what went wrong?

Neil_Jones

Grey_Critic said:

Can we have what we want not what Bill Gates thinks we want.

Bill Gates doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft, and hasn't done since 2008.  Jacked it in to go and follow in Andrew Carnegie's footsteps of Philanthropy.

fenlander_uk

Grey_Critic said:

I want an operating system just like my wifes phone. SOME basics and the ability to add if/when needed. One of my laptops I use for my paid work with just email and MS Office. There are a couple of programmes I have added but everything I do not need is either removed or disabled.

So long as you remain wedded to MS Office, you will need to pay obeisance in some sort to Microsoft. If you can break that tie, there are alternative operating systems (and office applications) available. Clue: they're NOT Windows. 

OnlyTheBestWillDo

prowla said:

Deleted_User said:

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Really can't understand why the above is so difficult?

Dunno - I can't install it on my PC.

I doubt that is true unless it has a really poor spec.

prowla

I've been waiting for the Aero effects to reappear and was on the Beta/Insider program; all was looking good.

Sadly though they decided to disallow my PC and VMs, so it's immaterial.

The improvement isn't worth me spending several hundred pounds on a new PC.

poppellerant

forgotmyname said:

Wonder how long it will take me to get Windows 11 to look exactly like Windows 98SE?  

Yep, still stuck in my time bubble and refuse to let Microsoft change the look of my desktop.  I Still use
Quick Launch on the taskbar not pinned items.

Am I officially an old dinosaur?  

I still use Quick Launch too and use StartIsBack to achieve a half-decent Start menu on Windows 10.  You can still use Quick Launch on Windows 11, thanks to StartAllBack.

forgotmyname

Classis Start Menu and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.

Useful stuff like scroll wheel volume control and making the show desktop tiny thin band into something wider and more usable.

I also had a day in Powershell removing junk like MyPhone etc....

Just gone to my start menu and spotted PC Health check has installed itself today...   Windows really is a VIRUS!!!
Im going to disable updates again if they start this rubbish...  Wonder how many people will wake up and find windows
11 auto installed on a PC left running overnight or whilst away from the PC?

[Deleted User]

Grey_Critic said:

When I bought a new mobile phone for my wife it was full of junk she did not want and I had to spend time removing/disabling/hiding these things. All she want is to make telephone calls - and not many of those - It has taken her THREE YEARS to use the £20 credit I put on.

I want an operating system just like my wifes phone. SOME basics and the ability to add if/when needed. One of my laptops I use for my paid work with just email and MS Office. There are a couple of programmes I have added but everything I do not need is either removed or disabled.

Can we have what we want not what Bill Gates thinks we want.

"we" or just you?

Not everyone uses phones in the way your wife does or computers like you and many people appreciate all the added extras and you shouldn't judge a product on a niche case when there are better alternatives available for that niche case.

So I'd suggest you have purchased the wrong products rather you than being forced to have apps you don't want. There are plenty of phone models that just do calls and texts - and they are much cheaper as well.

The are other operating systems - Linux for example - in fact so many flavours of Linux there is bound to be one you like - maybe Linux Lite which is designed to be familiar to Windows users but contains just the most basic applications.

I do wonder why people repeatedly buy Windows and then complain about it but never venture into trying all the alternatives to compare it against?

t8769

Thanks for the info.

I'll have a look at Classis Start Menu and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.

Win 7start menu was the best, as far as I'm concerned, though Win10 menu wasn't so bad.

Win11 is the worst, with right click disable , and Toolbars in the Taskbar, Windows has gone back 20 years in navigation.

How did you disable updates?

I didn't know 11 could be installed without permission. My PC asked me if I wanted it.