Moving settings etc from current Windows 10 computer to new Windows 11 computer

Emmia

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

MartusJK said:

gefnew said:

How to Transfer Files from PC to PC on Windows 11 (5 Quick Ways) - EaseUS

thanks for that, yes I do have EaseUS installed and have used it a bit for backups in the past, but Ive always been a little wary of its Chinese ownership, and having wording like "transferring files from PC to C on Windows 11 can definitely prove to be one of the excellent options for most of the expectations" doesnt exactly inspire confidence! But its something to consider

So you're worried about Microsoft having some of your data (to the point of workarounds), but you're willing to use Chinese owned software which may be giving that same data (and potentially more) to the Chinese government?

We should be worried about anyone having our data and minimising the amount and who has it as much as possible. 

Indeed, but I was mostly trying to point out the conflict/inconsistency in the two positions...

mrochester

Emmia said:

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

MartusJK said:

gefnew said:

How to Transfer Files from PC to PC on Windows 11 (5 Quick Ways) - EaseUS

thanks for that, yes I do have EaseUS installed and have used it a bit for backups in the past, but Ive always been a little wary of its Chinese ownership, and having wording like "transferring files from PC to C on Windows 11 can definitely prove to be one of the excellent options for most of the expectations" doesnt exactly inspire confidence! But its something to consider

So you're worried about Microsoft having some of your data (to the point of workarounds), but you're willing to use Chinese owned software which may be giving that same data (and potentially more) to the Chinese government?

We should be worried about anyone having our data and minimising the amount and who has it as much as possible. 

Indeed, but I was mostly trying to point out the conflict/inconsistency in the two positions...

I don’t think it’s helpful to point that out. Should the person therefore just give in and sign in with a Microsoft account to avoid the conflicting position?  

Emmia

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

MartusJK said:

gefnew said:

How to Transfer Files from PC to PC on Windows 11 (5 Quick Ways) - EaseUS

thanks for that, yes I do have EaseUS installed and have used it a bit for backups in the past, but Ive always been a little wary of its Chinese ownership, and having wording like "transferring files from PC to C on Windows 11 can definitely prove to be one of the excellent options for most of the expectations" doesnt exactly inspire confidence! But its something to consider

So you're worried about Microsoft having some of your data (to the point of workarounds), but you're willing to use Chinese owned software which may be giving that same data (and potentially more) to the Chinese government?

We should be worried about anyone having our data and minimising the amount and who has it as much as possible. 

Indeed, but I was mostly trying to point out the conflict/inconsistency in the two positions...

I don’t think it’s helpful to point that out. Should the person therefore just give in and sign in with a Microsoft account to avoid the conflicting position?  

The OP is clearly online as they're posting on here  Moving to Windows 11 will (as has been pointed out on this thread) mean that Microsoft will probably be exhorting them to register for a Windows account more actively - they've resisted so far, but the resistance is going to be increasingly difficult/annoying.

Personally I worry less about Microsoft (I have Windows 11 and 3 different Microsoft logins) than dodgy chinese software... but others probably have different views.

I'll duck out now.

mrochester

Emmia said:

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

mrochester said:

Emmia said:

MartusJK said:

gefnew said:

How to Transfer Files from PC to PC on Windows 11 (5 Quick Ways) - EaseUS

thanks for that, yes I do have EaseUS installed and have used it a bit for backups in the past, but Ive always been a little wary of its Chinese ownership, and having wording like "transferring files from PC to C on Windows 11 can definitely prove to be one of the excellent options for most of the expectations" doesnt exactly inspire confidence! But its something to consider

So you're worried about Microsoft having some of your data (to the point of workarounds), but you're willing to use Chinese owned software which may be giving that same data (and potentially more) to the Chinese government?

We should be worried about anyone having our data and minimising the amount and who has it as much as possible. 

Indeed, but I was mostly trying to point out the conflict/inconsistency in the two positions...

I don’t think it’s helpful to point that out. Should the person therefore just give in and sign in with a Microsoft account to avoid the conflicting position?  

They OP is clearly online as they're posting on here, moving to Windows 11 will (as has been pointed out on this thread) mean that Microsoft will probably be exhorting them to register for a Windows account more actively - they've resisted so far, but the resistance is going to be increasingly difficult/annoying.

Personally I worry less about Microsoft (I have Windows 11 and 3 different Microsoft logins) than dodgy chinese software... but others probably have different views.

I worry about all of them and try and minimise the number of places that has my data, and how much they have. I think stopping Microsoft having that data unnecessarily is as good a start as any, same with google, Facebook etc.