Windows 11

My legion 5 webcam's went bad but then started working again and then later it failed again so basically i wont be able to login my laptop with Windows 11. Also what about desktops will they have to have webcams too? Also most laptops dont support Windows Hello..

Windows 10 was the first step of it especially with added telemetry and other privacy settings and now they went for the Jugular by making a more restrictive OS than Windows 10.

 

Here's the strategy, at first fully open and free, lowest prices at a loss, kill everyone else off or other options setting up an effective monopoly THEN close the trap door. Locked out/disenfranchised unless you comply. One of many strategies to get us here and frightening whats coming next, shivers. I'm seeing this with requiring phone number verification for everything now even basic email, stupid specialty sites etc etc before your un and password/email address was fine, not anymore. IP tracking all over. It's all for your "security" as defined by the "legit" mafia that all this is. Kinda like mob bosses provide "protection" but it's from THEM and their dogs effectively. Even the so called benign Craigslist which isn't benign nor non profit, if you use a vpn they block you same goes all over the place. It's really sophisticated scammers that benefit from all this, not honest people. Web of death.

 

Chine lead on. The rest will come after Of course Microsoft want this tech. Very useful for everything. And they have to offer what their customers (Government, not you) ask for.

Tencent Will Use Facial Recognition in China to Prevent Late Night Gaming Sessions pcmag.com

Minors are only allowed to play games for 90 minutes per day and not after 10 p.m. in China.

As Gizmodo reports, the new system is called "Midnight Patrol," and it requires gamers to have their face scanned while sitting at a computer if they intend to play games use their computers. Their face is then matched to a registered profile, which includes their real name and age, a system Tencent introduced in 2018. If the person is a minor, then a hard limit is set on how long they can play and when.

Although this sounds like an extreme move by Tencent, it seems necessary to comply with the very strict rules around gaming the Chinese government introduced in 2019 (it was also limited in 2018 to save children's eyesight). As Digital Trends reports, minors can only play games for 90 minutes per week day, and 180 minutes on weekend days or holidays. The other hard limit is no gaming being allowed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. each day.

Of course, children will try and think of ways to bypass the system, but Tencent has thought of that. If facial recognition isn't used, it defaults to marking the gamer as a minor. I'm sure a few people will attempt to use a mask or photo of an adult to try and fool the system, but whether that works depends on how good Tencent's tech is. Yep, masks ain't only for Corona virus

It will come for dektops as well. First we take Manhatan laptops then we take......

 

China's government is totally evil and rotten from the core. This is very wrong and an unacceptable way to treat its own citizens, but very minor compared to the tyranny and daily reign of terror they exact on the Uyghurs and what they did to the rest of the world with the COVID-19 Wuhan Virus.

 

This is only the beginning.... Microsoft is keen on delivering on this (Privacy will become watered down due this company). Regarding Win 11

Win 11 driver from AMD, normal GeForce driver from Nvidia
In terms of performance, Windows 11 is almost identical to Windows 10. Some games run a little faster than under the old version, while others run a little slower or at the same speed. This applies to both the GeForce RTX 3080 and the Radeon RX 6800 XT and thus probably also to all other current graphics card models.

With a Radeon, however, it makes sense for performance reasons to use the driver supplied with Windows 11, since the freely available Adrenalin 21.6.2 apparently contains fewer optimizations for Microsoft's latest development. There are no problems with the adrenaline either, but the speed is sometimes a little worse. With a GeForce, however, you should always use the latest downloadable driver. Because the Nvidia driver that comes with Windows 11 is currently simply old.

Windows 11 benchmarks: Radeon RX and GeForce RTX in the Insider Preview in the test

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Edit. More disgusting from the Redmond HQ


Windows 11 Makes It Harder to Change Your Default Browser - reviewgeek

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Nothing has really changed with Win 11 vs Win 10

Reports are now coming in that the Windows 11 driver update tool is giving users a real headache.

The Windows driver update tool seems to have a mind of its own and it is now messing with hardware drivers that were already updated to the latest version.

Disable Windows 11’s driver update to avoid downgrading your GPU windowsreport.com

 

Tencent...


Tencent's always been a joke to me, they seem much more like a political power that's masking themselves as a company so that they can slowly rot every other company they touch. It truly saddens me to see that Tencent is starting to dominate the west, but that's how the world works. At some point, people will snap out of their haze and realize how strange and evil Tencent has become, and they will revolt. I'm just here hoping this happens as soon as possible before they start messing with more mainstream companies here in the west. It would be a shame if they got even closer to Microsoft as I truly think Windows is a good OS, and the people who are changing/running it are bad.

 

Windows LTSC could be based on Win10 only, a breath of fresh air, M$ Techcommunity update blog post.

To hell with this dumpster fire anti Win32 Win11 ugly POS made for tablets and phones and more M$ shovelware telemetry (I never thought I would root for Win10 OS ever...but here I am M$ could denigrate an OS so bad that I have to choose the lesser evil)

BUT unfortunately there's a catch. Windows 10 LTSC 2019 1809 is 10 year lifecycle, the update will be there until 2029 (Extended, Mainstream is 2024). While the LTSC from now on will only have a 5 year lifecycle, not sure about the extended support gotta wait until M$ releases the ISO and lays out the policies. So that means LTSC 2020 will have only 2025, the same year Win10 Client editions are EOLed.

Will there be another LTSC in 2023 ? I think not even M$ knows, if there's an adoption of Win11 in Enterprise and an LTSC on Win11 then maybe not, if not maybe there will be another LTSC on Win10.

Also no idea on the Enterprise IoT versions. I'm not sure on how much they are similar to the usual Enterprise version.

 

Looks like they jumped to 20000.65. That's what Windows Update just gave me.

 

I wonder if it will be even a possibility to revert back to anything if you buy a new pc that they will preload with W11? I was reading an article that says you have 10 days or so to revert to w10 if you "upgrade" to 11 but what if that's the only thing ever put on there? I'm assuming you can wipe it and install w10 or w7(with workarounds sadly). I guess the previous experience with w8/w7 and w10 would answer that but I thankfully never went through that.

 

Yep, they slowly try thighten the loopeholes And of course you have to expect that they will try close all holes so you can't install Win 11 on old hardware when the released OS is ready for yoo. Buy new computers/Surface-book this fall and you're good to go with Win 11 when it is ready, LOOL

You can no longer get the old start menu in Windows 11 windowsreport.com

• After the release of Windows 11, users started altering UI elements using some registry hacks.
• The most popular tweak involved the start menu, which people reverted to the way it looks on Windows 10.
• However, build 22000.65 of the new operating system will no longer allow anyone to modify the Start menu with these hacks.

Most users, especially the ones using this method, are not happy at all with Microsoft's choice.

 

This should really tell Microsoft something: that Windows users don't want the interface to change.

No need to do anything flashy, just improve the OS internals. That'll make people happy since people always like better performance.

 

Don't be so sure about that. 45% of the Windows users don't mind the new Apple look.


https://www.windowscentral.com/do-you-want-windows-10-start-menu-back-windows-11

How you think so? Why do you think some push out this? Because people always like better performance? Nope

Would you increase your productivity with your hands raised as this every single day from 08.00-16.00? The doctor will be the next You'll spend more time at the doctor than with your slimy Touch-book.


The new variant is equipped with a 13.3-inch screen, which can now also process inputs with the finger. The LarkBook is still not a classic convertible because the maximum opening angle is around 180 ° and the keyboard cannot be folded behind the display.


LarkBook: The notebook gets a touchscreen version

 

I'm a bit disoriented(disorientated for intls lol) here, did @Mr. Fox say that win11 is better(faster) than ltsc? If so maybe no win11 LTSC? Another thing you guys are enthusiasts, most cpu/gpu are way overpowered for what most normies do so I guess the "look" is more important aka rottenapple looks good to them ugh Of course the software makers add a bunch of garbage to "improve" their newest which requires more oomf, doesn't add much that people actually use though. I've not noticed much in heavy cad programs that is a huge improvement for the GB's extra space and latest cpu/gpu in their "recommended" lists.

 

It depends on what your are measuring, but there is almost no difference. So, no it's not faster, but also only like 0.1% slower than LTSC across all tests, so within a tiny margin of error and close enough to honestly call it a draw. So, Windows 11 gained back most of the performance sacrificed/lost in the 19XX throu 2XXX versions of the cancer.

They just went full bat$hat retard on the GUI ugliness this time. Not as disgusting as W8.X was, but definitely a downgrade on the GUI.

 

one very annoying thing I found about the GUI of Windows 11 is. Let's say you have WinRAR installed. If you were to right click on a file or a ZIP file, you don't see the WinRAR context menu options you just see the regular built in ZIP handler like Extract All. It takes another step to see the WinRAR/other right click entries, you have to click on more options at the bottom of the context menu then the full right click context menu appears which has WinRAR / other stuff if we were dealing with another program. You see why I did what I did in my Sig (ie. Mac, yes again, another try, Linux is just not for me)

 

exactly, what the heck are they thinking...no start menu? macintosh 11?

 

The most creative use of vulgarity would not be tolerable in this community, and would also not be adequate to express the degree of wrath that should be poured out on them for the dumbing down, loss of features and impaired functionality in Windows 11. I am thankful they took back some of the ground they lost in terms of performance, but their incompetence in screwing up the interface really shows what hopeless losers they are. Those stupid collapsible right-click context menus makes we wish I could stab each of the person(s) responsible for it with a dull #2 pencil in both of their butt cheeks.

 

At least McDonald's OS can pull it off right without a Start Menu

 

for me id just use a fork....cause this windows is done

 

Remember when Windows was still "Windows"? Life was a much better place You turn on your computer and start using it rather than having to spend hours every day trying to find tweaks to disable this, change that, block this, and block that.... Windows XP FTW!

 

I'd just not own a computer any more if I had to use Cupertino Clown Posse trash. I put that on the same level of messed up as selling the soul of your first-born to Satan.

 

but yeah I was refering to the middle lower icons on the home page...it looks like a apple rip off...honestly windows is < apple as of today

 

I wonder how long you'll stay in Apple paradise this time. I'll give you 4 months, bruh. Max 5. As long Microsoft don't screw up Win 10 as a Win 11 clone you can use it until 2025, if not longer. Double up with Apple aka castrated proprietary HW and Apple OS ain't my thing.

 

That is because the idiots in Redmond aspire to be more like the public restroom toilet scum of the technology industry. They have lost sight of the fact that being not like crApple is why they have dominated the industry. The world has voted no against crApple's trash over and over again with the wallets of millions and millions of Windows users for decades, yet they are too stinking stupid to figure out the reason for their past success. They are making a conscious effort at failure by deliberately creating an undesirable and disgusting computing experience that is very similar to the rubbish offered by their incompetent rivals.

 

@Mr. Fox @JRE84 @Papusan

When customers order computers from us, most of them choose the Windows Clean Install Service. If I spot that, I call them and say sir, the days of manufacturers putting bloatware on a computer are long gone. Whatever utilities are there are actually stuff you may want for the functionality of the computer, all the bloatware comes from Microsoft so even on a clean install, you'd get all the Candy Crush, Mickey Mouse, Disney Land, Cortana, etc BS so save your money and lemme cancel the clean install for you!

 

Very true. Also, not to mention the fact that most modern turdbooks have such screwed up and castrated firmware that they can only function partially when carrying a massive payload of resource-leeching OEM bloatware. People that object to bloat shouldn't be throwing their money away buying laptops.

 

I think Mr. fox hit it on the head....they don't know why they were successful


this is like a lambo getting a 2020 version with a honda civic body/wut the heck..it is literally so dumb im at a loss for words....maybe a a petition? fire microsofts management cut the fishes head off and the body dies.....then and only then can they get back to business

 

Agreed, I helped my brother buy an MSI GF65 thin when it was on a good sale, and my god the amount of OEM bloat mixed with MSI's ****ty software was terrible. I cleaned it up for him, but this is just sad. People who are new to performance computers are going to expect that kind of crap, even though its a lot better in reality, but some will never know as they aren't as sweaty or knowledgeable as us

 

Yep. Msi is one of the worst I have seen. @Falkentyne Microsoft still have a way to go to try beat it.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...cussions-lounge.794968/page-688#post-10533942

 

You can petition all you want. The management are all-in on this strategy, they (Sattya M. + lieutenants, excuse any spelling mistakes) killed the old Windows. Any strategy changes would only be possible over their dead bodies.

 

At this point I think that's what we would prefer anyhow. I think it's too late for the current regime to find any salvation or forgiveness. Skunks don't change their stripes. They can't be trusted to do the right thing in the future. Burn the witches.

 

Well, I was excited to see MSi's new Delta and Alpha with full AMD combo but I'm concerned about longevity and thermal performance.

 

Huh well I'm not planning on win11 anytime soon, still just too lazy/invested keeping this preloaded 2004 home version(don't hate me), that's what gets most people really, all the programs/settings etc that would need to be resetup in a fresh install, this works now mindset. Not even sure about gaming on LTSC but I've got the xbox app standalone setup, not sure if I'd have to get a M$ account to install it on an LTSC fresh install or not.

Oh btw saw this interesting set of articles when debating whether to continue to do business of any kind through the atrocious amazon(won't be doing it, good won out)

‎ https://stallman.org/microsoft.html

 

Remarkable similarities in their character flaws.

https://stallman.org/apple.html

 

Microsoft introduces new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11
July 12, 2021
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/07/12/microsoft-introduces-new-keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-11/

 

Interesting. All shortcuts to "features" I have no use for. I don't care for snapping and have disabled that feature on every version of Windows that has had it. Making it more "advanced" only makes it more annoying to me, but I realize there are probably some people that use it. As long as I can disable the stuff that I don't care about and tweak the things that I do, then it's all good.

The "News and Interests" feed in particular is especially unloved. While there is some level of customization available, all of the news and interests are topics that Micro$lop wants me to see. It is all about supporting their world view, skewed perspectives from sources I hold in contempt, pushing the agenda(s) they support; rather than news and interests from sources that matter to me, based on my world view and supporting agenda(s) that matter to me. I tried to customize it enough to make it useful to me and ultimately decided that is was a worthless garbage feature that needs to be disabled.

I also find notifications mostly annoying on computers and phones. I disable notifications completely on my computers and I disable the vast majority of them on my phones.

Seems like Windows 10-11 are focused on offering lots of bun, with very little beef...

 

Yep, didn't take long time before they started screw up Win 11, LOOL

Allegedly, Windows 11 takes a high toll on laptop batteries windowsreport.com

Although there are many that confirm this problem, the first build of the future operating system didn’t seem to trigger a similar reaction.


Regarding new features bro Fox. Microsoft don't trust the users choices, hence they will add alerts for almost everything. Change a settings Microsot don't like and they will try teach you

Windows 11 comes with a new recommendations feature for settings, services windowslatest.com - July 13, 2021

Windows 11 offers a lot of compelling features, including a new Start menu, notification center, and improved Windows Settings app. However, some of its default settings may not provide you with the best performance and it’s likely that you’ll play with the default configurations.

If you make unrecommended modifications to Windows 11, a new notification will now appear within the Settings app suggesting you to revert the changes.

 

Thank you. Sort of.

I fixed their typo.

Credit when it is due: I agree with this one.

Well... now we know they are bunch of totally @^*!%$?/|*# losers.

 

This is a step in the right direction. It is so difficult to understand how anyone could be anything less than pleased with the idea that WaaS might be dying. It never should have existed in the first place. It is unfortunate that it took so long, and so much damage was caused in the process.

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...-microsoft-ends-windows-as-a-service.amp.html

 

Well the Sordum/Winaero/third party firewalls and other hacks pretty much negated the WAAS aspects imo. Seems like the largest problems come with just accepting every MS directive like most small business or non computer savvy people do. I remember a small business with win10 a couple years ago that would have to reset and have a tech come in once a month to just get rid of the BSOD's, update loops etc etc And I can't even begin to mention what older people who are not tech savvy/accept everything, go through, the amount of spam/bugs/etc etc and lost files on my gparents old computer was incredible. Having older equipment doesn't help,nor being on a local server system etc

What would be really scary is if you could ONLY have a login screen and the whole system was in the cloud at all times, no control whatsoever. Of course M$ etc would love that and are working towards it in other contexts. Here's your lifetime assigned kiosk, comrade!!

 

Well the WaaS is still their official slogan at M$. Probably the cost for them was too much to manage all that bugfest disasters even with Insider ring guinea pigs. Plus this would let them cost some cost too on their non existent disastrous garbage QA pile of junk. Only silver lining from the Win11 was their change of SAC to AC, Semi Annual BS to Annual Update cadence. Moreover they also changed the EOL expiration policy too. With SAC releases the Win10 were EOLed after 18months, probably the WHQL and etc Drivers won't be optimized well for those expired versions of Windows 10, not sure how LTSC is impacted here. Anyways the new policy for Win11 RTM Annual Channel releases is now 36 months, it's 2x that of old policy. As for LTSC on Win10 20H2 is not yet out but it's pegged at 2025, 5 year tops support. They recently changed it for new LTSC releases. New Win11 LTSC probably won't come out this year, too many drastic changes in Win11 that will bork the enterprise applications esp with the Shell32 aspects of Taskbar and Explorer.

Moving on this is the future...

Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365

Literally encouraging, complete portable use and throw trash (Tablets, Phones and Browsers no wonder ChromeOS junk skyrocketed to perpetrate the dumb OS browser to kids) to control the OS and we may think it's just corporations, but the reason Win32 is still alive is due to Enterprises accross the world and Gaming. They could easily take it to Cloud and say this is where now we have on Win32, they want Enterprises to test this first. I bet eventually once it's ultra normalized Military will also use the same despite their concerns. And ultimately consumer will be fed, it's inevitable.

It won't be Verge if they wouldn't conclude right ? "Powerful PC computing" since when M$ cared about "Powerful" "PC" "Computing" ?? Windows 10 is not PC, Surface is not Powerful, Computing is not GaaS, WaaS, DaaS, News and other bloat isn't. UWP isn't. Dumb Verge just like their PC building POS disaster video which reflects the state our world is in, if anyone wants to chuckle here's that....



They never abandoned WaaS, now it's DaaS, it was writing on the wall. So until the Silicon lithography exists for mass production we can control the OS past that. It's over. The sad part is people kicked off Apple in the past due to their extremely closed nature and anti repair. They still do even now...Rossman always explained it as we all know esp that Intersil IC which Apple banned on retail market sale which is crucial for all Mac trashbooks. Their OS is closed, blackbox over the top propaganda for "Privacy" recently Apple was sending out notification to one of their customer about her email being monitored by Fed. And how Apple cares so much for the welfare of people and planet esp, when they release new disposable trash phones, and whole market followed. Everyone is now wanting to be Apple. Remove the 3.5mm jack to make money on Wireless Audio, make an app for that and make an ecosystem surrounding it. Pixel, Samsung, OnePlus to name a few. M$ also joining the ranks lately since Win10 with UWP nonsense and Ultra spyware bloatware garbage and tons of that GaaS Ecosystem lockdown with Xbox TrashPass and other crap.


Downhill is all I see, people are too domesticated to stand up against the corporations to be precise Desensitization. Look how many use Win10 despite it's pathetic garbage nature of Anti Personal Computer concept literally same for every single Apple product infact it started from there only. Now we have people doing Soyjak level of excitement for Windows 11.

 

Many of the bugs are caused by irrational change for the sake of change. They would be better off, and so would we, if they left the OS alone and stopped changing things and focused exclusively on security updates and bug fixes. There would be fewer bugs to fix as well.

 

Rather than focusing on building a real OS that works, this is Microsoft's priority right now:

Microsoft has brand new emoji coming to Windows 11 and Microsoft 365



I guess they must compete with Apple....

 

New Build Alert! Windows 11 Build 22000.71 Is Out with Updated Taskbar Previews & Context Menus

Microsoft work hard to push you to the Microsoft Store.

• We’re introducing a new entertainment widget! The entertainment widget allows you to see new and featured movie titles available in the Microsoft Store. Selecting a movie will direct you to the Microsoft Store to see more information about that title. Just open widgets and click or tap on the “Add widgets” button and choose the entertainment widget.

And look at this long beauty.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.71: Fixes

• Taskbar:
  • We fixed an issue where if you drag app icons on the Taskbar to rearrange them, it was making the apps launch or minimize when you released the icon.
  • Using a long press with touch on an app icon in the Taskbar to open the jump list should now work.
  • After right-clicking the Start icon in the Taskbar, clicking somewhere else should now dismiss the menu more reliably.
  • Shift + Right-click on an app icon in the Taskbar will now bring up the window menu like it used to and not the jump list.
  • We’ve addressed an issue that was making your mouse move slowly when hovering over the Taskbar previews.
  • We’ve included the fix for an issue when using multiple Desktops where an app icon in the taskbar might give the appearance of multiple windows being open when that wasn’t the case on that Desktop.
  • When using the Amharic IME you should no longer see an unexpected X next to the IME icon in the taskbar.
  • The issue where if you click on the input indicator on the Taskbar and it would unexpectedly highlighted Quick Settings has been fixed.
  • When you hover over Task View, the preview flyout for your Desktops will no longer pop back up after using Esc to dismiss them.
  • We made a fix to address an issue where explorer.exe might crash after hovering over the Task View icon in the Taskbar.
  • We fixed an issue where the selected date in the calendar flyout was out of sync with the date in the Taskbar.
  • We made an update to address a scenario resulting in some Insiders not seeing the lunar calendar text in the calendar flyout when enabled in Settings.
  • This flight addressed an issue that could unexpectedly make the Taskbar background transparent.
  • Right-clicking the focus assist icon in the taskbar should now show a context menu.
  • The issue from the previous flight where icons in the taskbar corner were getting crushed against the top of the Taskbar has been addressed.
  • The tooltip for the location in use icon in the Taskbar should no longer appear blank sometimes.
• Settings:
  • We fixed an issue making Settings crash on launch periodically.
  • Using the volume mixer sliders in Sound Settings should be more responsive now, as well as the page responsiveness as a whole.
  • We fixed an issue resulting in Disk and Volumes Settings’ change size option being clipped.
  • There was a non-functional verify link under Backup Settings – this has been fixed.
  • The Power and Battery Settings page should no longer be reporting that battery saver is engaged in it’s not.
  • The Power and Battery Settings page should also now not crash when launched from Quick Settings.
  • We fixed a grammatical error in the Sign-in Settings text.
  • The “I forgot my PIN” link was unexpectedly missing in Sign-in Settings when a PIN was set up and has now been returned.
  • The issue where the Move option under Apps & Features in Settings wasn’t working reliably should be addressed in this build.
  • We’ve mitigated a problem where some of the colors in Settings weren’t updating after switching between dark and light mode, leaving unreadable text.
  • We’ve done some work to help improve the performance of Settings when switching between light and dark mode.
  • We addressed an issue where some of the elements of the Themes page in Settings would end up crowded together when the window size was small.
  • We resolved an issue where the Pen menu toggle under Taskbar Settings was not in sync with the actual state of the feature.
  • Changes made to “Dismiss notification after this amount of time” in Accessibility Settings should now persist.
  • Some of the icons you could enable in Taskbar Settings were erroneously labeled Windows Explorer even though that’s not what they were – this should now be fixed.
  • The Connect text in Quick Settings has been updated to say Cast.
• File Explorer:
  • Clicking the command bar button twice should now close any dropdown that appeared.
  • The new command bar should now appear when “Open folders in a separate process” is enabled under File Explorer Options > View.
  • This build addresses an issue where right clicking a file and selecting Open With > Choose another app might launch the file in the default app rather than opening the Open With dialog.
  • Fixed an issue the desktop and File Explorer context menu would stop launching.
• Search:
  • We fixed an issue where the option to verify your account in Search wasn’t working.
  • Hovering over the Search icon on a secondary monitor will now show the flyout on the correct monitor.
  • Search should now work if you open Start and start typing after having gone to the apps list and back.
• Widgets:
  • When using the Outlook client with a Microsoft account, Calendar, and To Do updates should sync faster down to the widgets.
  • We addressed an issue where if you added multiple widgets quickly from the widgets settings, it could result in some of the widgets not being visible on the board.
  • We fixed a bug where widgets could all become stuck in a loading state (blank squares in the window).
  • The traffic widget should now follow the Windows mode (light or dark).
  • The title of the sports widget should no longer mismatch with the content of the widget.
• Other:
  • This build addresses an issue where ALT + Tab was getting stuck open sometimes after you released the keys and had to be manually dismissed.
  • We made a fix for an issue where Narrator focus wasn’t ending up on the emoji panel after using the keyboard shortcut to open it.
  • Magnifier’s lens view has been updated so the lens now has rounded corners.
  • We found an issue that was noticeably impacting Start launch reliability for some Insiders, and have addressed it with this flight.
  • We’ve updated the “Most Used” text in the Start menu’s app list so it should no longer be getting clipped.
  • Using the semantic zoom in Start’s app list should no longer result in the list being pushed down and to the right off the edge of the window.
  • We fixed an issue where if you pressed WIN + Z you would need to press Tab before you could use the arrow key to navigate through the snap layouts.
  • We addressed an issue where an acrylic area could get left on the screen after repeatedly snapping and unsnapping a window with touch.
  • We’ve done some work to mitigate an unexpected flash when moving a snapped window with touch.
  • We made a change to help window borders have a little more contrast when “Show accent color on title bars and windows borders” was turned off.

Windows 11 Preview: Known issues

• [REMINDER] When upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 or when installing an update to Windows 11, some features may be deprecated or removed. See details here.
• Start:
  • In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the Taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it.
  • Based on feedback, we are working on adding access keys to WIN + X so that you can do things like “WIN + X M” to launch Device Manager. Insiders may see this functionality in this build, however we are currently investigating an issue in which sometimes the option is unexpectedly unavailable.
• Taskbar:
  • There is an issue in this build where Explorer.exe will crash when the date and time button on the Taskbar is clicked to access new notifications with Focus Assist turned off. The workaround for this is to enable Focus assist to priority or alarms mode. Note that when focus assist is turned on, notification popups won’t appear, but they will be in the notification center when opened.
  • The Taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods.
  • Taskbar previews may draw partially offscreen.
• Settings:
  • When launching the Settings app, a brief green flash may appear.
  • When using Quick Settings to modify Accessibility settings, the settings UI may not save the selected state.
  • The button to rename your PC doesn’t work in this build. If needed, this can be done using sysdm.cpl.
  • Settings will crash when clicking “Facial recognition (Windows Hello)” under Sign-in Settings if Windows Hello is already set up.
  • Reset this PC and Go back buttons in Settings > System > Recovery do not function. Reset and roll back can be accessed from the Windows Recovery Environment by selecting System > Recovery > Advanced startup, and pressing Restart now. Once in Windows Recovery, choose Troubleshoot.
    • Choose Reset this PC to perform a reset.
    • Choose Advanced options > Uninstall Updates > Uninstall latest feature update to perform a rollback.
• File Explorer:
  • Explorer.exe crashes in a loop for Insiders using the Turkish display language when battery charge is at 100%.
  • When right clicking the desktop or File Explorer, the resulting context menu and submenus may appear partially off screen.
  • Clicking a desktop icon or context menu entry may result in the wrong item being selected.
• Search:
  • After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again.
  • When you hover your mouse over the Search icon on the Taskbar, recent searches may not be displayed. To work around the issue, restart your PC.
  • Search panel might appear as black and not display any content below the search box.
• Widgets:
  • Widgets board may appear empty. To work around the issue, you can sign out and then sign back in again.
  • Launching links from the widgets board may not invoke apps to the foreground.
  • Widgets may be displayed in the wrong size on external monitors. If you encounter this, you can launch the widgets via touch or WIN + W shortcut on your actual PC display first and then launch on your secondary monitors.
• Store:
  • The install button might not be functional yet in some limited scenarios.
  • Rating and reviews are not available for some apps.
• Windows Security:
  • Device Security is unexpectedly saying “Standard hardware security not supported” for Insiders with supported hardware.
  • “Automatic sample submission” is unexpectedly turned off when you restart your PC.
• Localization:
  • There is an issue where some Insiders may be some missing translations from their user experience for a small subset of languages running the latest Insider Preview builds. To confirm if you have been impacted, please visit this Answers forum post and follow the steps for remediation.

And they said they have worked hard on this piece of buggy ads trash of a OS in over a year.... I really hope the Corona pandemic is soon over. For each new day it will be worse.... For the Windows users.

Windows 11: Inside the dramatic redesign tomsguide.com

'Softer, friendlier, and less intimidating': Here's the thinking behind the Windows 11 redesign

"Much as it has with everything, the pandemic influenced Windows 11," reads the Microsoft Design team post. "Over the past year, the boundaries between work and life have been redefined. In this new version of Windows, the ability to organize your activities is something that we paid close attention to

 

I see fixes in the list for several bugs I have encountered, so I will have to grab the update for the crash test dummy.

 

Why don't we have a "Hate" button (as opposed to "Like" button) for garbage like this? An "Ooops, I vomited in my mouth a little bit" button would be even better for this one, LOL.

 

To be fair, they include a decent puke emoticon with Skype, so fingers crossed!

 

That's a good one. We need a button like that for the forum. That way we can all see who enjoys consuming garbage and who it causes to puke.

 

Nothing blew up. Yet.

 

Jesus christ, what the hell is going on? I feel like I've been put in a damn fever dream! My generation is really starting to influence everything for the worse. When you simplify things, there is less to control, and MS is doing exactly this because they don't want us to have control. We need some sort of complexity in things so that everything can go smoothly, and that's how it is whether you like it or not.

My generation is more focused on accessibility and dumbing things down for the sake of making it easier for "less advantaged people" to use than making something that's legitimately good, even if its a bit complex or hard to use. And I'm just going to say it, as someone with moderate aspergers, this mindset makes me so angry as it is now starting to effect my every day life for the worse, even though its aimed at people who are "like me."

I'll stop my rant, but I really hope MS doesn't fully go down this route, and if they do, we better let all hell loose in hopes for a change.