Windows 11

Necr0lancer said:
Paperjace said what I was going to say. As for the virus checker, Windows Defender, which comes with Windows 10, is more than sufficient in catching any viruses. You don't need anything else. (Maybe MalwareBytes but meh)
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Will Defender still get updated on 10 though?
 
Looks like Defender Antivirus will continue to get updates until October 2028, but that doesn't mean it'll catch everything.

Also, the article I linked below is about Defender for Endpoint, which is a specialized version for businesses. That's why the second bullet point says "customers without Defender" -- its referring to Defender for Endpoint. Kind of confusing. The "built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus" is the version for standard non-business Windows 10.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...-what-defender-customers-need-to-know/4461349

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The video cited in this post walks you through keeping win 10 running for another year using the official pathway for that, while still using a local login. It's very clear and pretty simple, worked perfectly for me.

I believe it also says that if you've gone that official route, according to Microsoft, Windows 10 and Defender will still be getting security updates for that time.

Not a permanent solution, but kicks the can down the road a bit.
 
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I "Restart" the "explorer" task about every other day to keep the program search working (WindowsKey start typing - should show you search results... after a while that stops working)
 
Ok my time to complain. File Explorer.

On my work computer, I had several folders for Quick Access on the left side (Navigation Pane) of File Explorer. I would just click the folder on the left and it would take me right there. Like the Downloads/Documents/Music/Video folders. The other day I was booping around in the Options and Properties and one of the options removed that Quick Access section from the Navigation Pane. I just dealt with it.

This morning, I wanted to bring it back because its convenient for me. Went through all the options and properties and it wasn't appearing. Finally, I discovered if you right click on the empty space in the Navigation Pane and uncheck "Show All Folders" the Quick Access section comes back. What the fuck man. That doesn't make any sense.
 
Ckopnuo said:
Por que? digo que hay linux distros y windows distros y entre linux distros no hay ningun windows y por eso no es posibile utuluzar fm/axe-edit en linux, pero me gustaria tener esta posibilidad.
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He mentioned earlier in this thread or another Linux thread that the programs he and his team use to program for Axe Edit and Axe FX doesn't work on Linux. Its impossible for Fractal to program on Linux. Also, I think with the many Linux distributions, it would be difficult for Axe Edit and other utilities to work on all the distributions especially with their small team. With Mac OS and Windows, there are fewer distributions.

Mencionó anteriormente en este hilo u otro hilo de Linux que los programas que él y su equipo usan para programar para Ax Edit y Ax FX no funcionan en Linux. Es imposible que Fractal programe en Linux. Además, creo que con tantas distribuciones de Linux, sería difícil para Ax Edit y otras utilidades trabajar en todas las distribuciones, especialmente con su pequeño equipo. Con Mac OS y Windows, hay menos distribuciones.
 
I decided to reinstall W 11 Pro on a relatively new PC, on which I have a license for Win 10 and I'm updating to 11.
After yesterday's crash, Win 11 updates don't work either.
The internal sound card, Start menu and a bunch of other icons and settings don't work either.
I found the Cr..Strike file in the search menu, but it wasn't in the directory and couldn't be deleted.
I'm reinstalling on Win 10 and updating to Win 11.
By the way, even in such a remote place as Bratislava - Pressburg, the system crashed at the airport.
Don't despair, it's happened before.
Crying won't help, it needs to be solved, I'll have some red wine and definitely a cigarette and I'll solve it, I hope I can reinstall it. :)
 
JiveTurkey said:
I like most of Windows 11 (ducks). Pivot back to the Control Panel mentality, dump the Microsoft Store direction and throw Copilot in the dumpster.
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Windows 11 is fine, certainly way better than Mac OS.

Control Panel or not, who cares. Same with the store and copilot, none of these hurt.

So much fuss about nothing every time a new windows version is released, with infinite whining and end-of-the-world yelling. Groundhog Day lasting freaking decades.
 
FractalAudio said:
FFS. File Explorer keeps randomly adding stuff to my Quick Access section and there's no way to turn this off. Apparently there used to be but the instructions don't work for me.

What a steaming pile of platypus excrement.
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https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-frequent-folders-in-quick-access-in-windows-11.6858/

I've done a whole bunch of mods to my Windows 11, it is almost identical to how my Windows 10 was.

ExplorerPatcher helps a lot.
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

DNS Block List to block spying via hosts.
https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists

O&O ShutUp10++
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

All the above are essential to me.
 
vangrieg said:
Control Panel or not, who cares. Same with the store and copilot, none of these hurt.

So much fuss about nothing every time a new windows version is released, with infinite whining and end-of-the-world yelling. Groundhog Day lasting freaking decades.
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You don’t care about privacy? Ownership of you or your data? It gets worse with each new OS update. Between computer OSes, tablets and cell phones, there are companies who know who you are, what you look like, where you live, where you are right now, who your friends are, what your triggers are, what your politics are, what you buy, what your camera is looking at right now (which probably includes you), and what your microphone is hearing right now (which includes you, anyone nearby, what you’re listening to, what you’re doing — think about that next time you’re making love with your pants thrown over a chair and your phone in the pocket :oops:). If none of that bothers you, take the blue pill and go on about your life. :)

Remember when spyware was a big threat and anti-spyware apps were all the rage? You don’t hear about spyware anymore. Because today, the OS is spyware. Can’t have those pesky anti-spyware apps inconveniencing our owners.
 
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Rex said:
You don’t care about privacy? Ownership of you or your data? It gets worse with each new OS update.
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I do, but as someone whose day job is related to processing “big data”, I have a more nuanced view of all this.

It’s a different topic though from control panel and window border size. Bigger than this forum thread. I’ll just say that in the list of my data related worries, Microsoft is way down near the bottom.

But it’s a good thing that there’s pushback against companies using data freely.
 
Peavey Herman said:
Well, at least now we know what happened to ya... 🤡🤡🤡
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Yeah, come join us on the dark side and welcome our bot overlords lol

My job has little to do with personal data, more like IoT, telemetry and such, but knowing a thing or two about how all this works and what state it’s all in makes me much less concerned than most folks.

I’ll be much more concerned when Facebook learns to stop showing me absolutely irrelevant ads. Or when Spotify starts to understand what kind of music I like. Right now it’s all kinda ridiculously inadequate.

Not that abusing personal data can’t harm you or course, but since I’m not a US citizen and don’t live in the US, whatever a US company may know about me doesn’t bother me too much as long as this data is out of reach for my government (and for the most part it is). If Microsoft makes a few bucks from knowing something about me - well, whatever, don’t care really, it’s not like I lose anything from that.
 
vangrieg said:
My job has little to do with personal data, more like IoT, telemetry and such, but knowing a thing or two about how all this works and what state it’s all in makes me much less concerned than most folks.
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The infrastructure for total-coverage surveillance is already in place, but they haven't worked out all the kinks in coordinating it yet. So nothing to worry about, eh? ;)
 
Rex said:
they haven't worked out all the kinks in coordinating it yet
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Who are “they”?

When I was in Texas a few weeks ago, an Uber driver explained to me that it’s all a globalist conspiracy, they’ll put chips into us to control the population, the Holy War is already here. Also those pesky foreigners are devil sneaky bastards. Since I was a foreigner I’m also an evil sneaky bastard, I guess. She heard it from her pastor, read about it on the internet, and also checked the Bible where all the pieces fit, so it must be true.

And you suggest that I should worry about some half baked attempts at total surveillance in Windows 11 at the time when we’re all doomed anyway?

There are things to worry about, things that can and should be done, but a) we’re not allowed to talk about politics in this forum, b) I’m a national of a country where I have no voice, and as an expat I don’t have a voice anywhere, and c) out of all things that should concern anyone wrt this topic, Microsoft and Windows is one of the least important things.
 
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vangrieg said:
Who are “they”?
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The ones who built the surveillance infrastructure. The cell phone makers and cell system providers. The Big Data companies who ingest this stuff. The Apples and Microsofts who extend the infrastructure to the desktop world.

vangrieg said:
When I was in Texas a few weeks ago, an Uber driver explained to me that it’s all a globalist conspiracy, they’ll put chips into us to control the population, the Holy War is already here. Also those pesky foreigners are devil sneaky bastards. Since I was a foreigner I’m also an evil sneaky bastard, I guess. She heard it from her pastor, read about it on the internet, and also checked the Bible where all the pieces fit, so it must be true.

And you suggest that I should worry about some half baked attempts at total surveillance in Windows 11 at the time when we’re all doomed anyway?
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Right. An Uber driver told you about an edge-case conspiracy theory. Why should you worry about anything else?
 
Rex said:
The cell phone makers and cell system providers. The Big Data companies who ingest this stuff. The Apples and Microsofts who extend the infrastructure to the desktop world.
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Most of this stuff is quite benign though. Cell operators need to know how people are moving to plan their network better. Microsoft needs telemetry data to understand how their systems perform in real life. And so on.

The less benign usage is to try to sell stuff to you. To that I shrug - whatever.

The definitely bad part is when data is sold to folks with much worse intentions or to do actual surveillance. But this is going into the territory of politics. Surveillance cameras can prevent crime or to prosecute and harass innocent people (or political opponents). This is the case with any technology, but the solution isn’t in the realm of technology.

And without any of this stuff, there are a lot of intrusive practices which I’d worry about more than what windows may have. One of our clients in the US demands background checks on not just their employees but also contractors, they wanted me to sign an agreement to let them dig into my life which kind a shocked me a bit. Such intrusion would be illegal in most countries, it was also illegal in the country where I was at the time, so they got nothing. But that’s were I’d focus my concerns, not Windows.
 
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