*** Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread ***

[Deleted member 77746]

Microsoft's just making it up as they go along.
They haven't got a clue what to remove and add, they logging and experimenting all over the world before actioning something to see if it's used.

100% convinced this is what they are doing.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Made me think, perhaps I should look at another form of password management..

Bitwarden/Vaultwarden / Authy.

 

[Trig]

Did that particular browser have sync enabled and were you signed in?

Yeah signed in and syncing, one of the other machines I checked it also binned them but I logged out on my iPad and then logged back in again and it synced them from that back into my account.

 

[Trig]

Bitwarden/Vaultwarden / Authy.

Presumably Edge/Browser extensions available, iOS variants available?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Presumably Edge/Browser extensions available, iOS variants available?

Correct.

Bitwarden - Free/Pro - Paid Cloud Version
Vault Warden - Pro = Free = SelfHosted

Authy - Has app for Windows + Android + iOS for 2FA/MFA.

 

[UberTiger]

+1 For Bitwarden. Fully cross platform. Completely free too, with option for $10 a year for a few perks like checking your passwords against leaks.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

+1 For Bitwarden. Fully cross platform. Completely free too, with option for $10 a year for a few perks like checking your passwords against leaks.

I've never once had to type a password within the last 3 years. I also have passwords up to 64 chars now.

 

[UberTiger]

I still use a pin on the browser extension, leaving the vault unlocked all the time still concerns me. Not sure how much better a pin is...but makes me feel a smidge more comfortable about it

 

[Trig]

Any of them had any leaks or concerns?
Will using one of them stop Edge saving passwords, as that checked for leaks anyway..

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I still use a pin on the browser extension, leaving the vault unlocked all the time still concerns me. Not sure how much better a pin is...but makes me feel a smidge more comfortable about it

I got a PIN as well set with a 15 min timeout.

 

[UberTiger]

Any of them had any leaks or concerns?
Will using one of them stop Edge saving passwords, as that checked for leaks anyway..

Bitwarden is completely open source and most people who left LastPass after their hacks the last couple of years seemed to have migrated across.

No major issues that I'm aware of. Some people prefer 1Password as I think maybe their UI is sometimes a tad better, but they're a a fair bit more money each year.

Once you setup your account, import all your passwords from edge, then just turn off password saving in edge and use the browser extention for the new password manager.

 

[BananaDunka]

Hmm first time noticing this, Windows Defender stuck in the BG using 2 threads (10% total CPU utilisation) for some reason. I go to check Task Manager and see:

Could just be a one off, Steam did update Cyberpunk moments earlier but that was 6GB only so nothing major and would take seconds, unless Defender for some reason was scanning the full install which would make more sense as to what was being observed I guess....

 

[Rroff]

Resource Monitor will show what files are being accessed by what processes - occasionally I've found Windows Defender/Malware Protection Engine getting into an infinite loop using 1-2 cores when definitions haven't updated properly and the only way to sort it is to manually reset definitions from the command line and then only if you have older ones to drop back to.

 

[BananaDunka]

I'll keep an eye on it, never happened before far as I know!

 

[doodah]

Whilst I can't categorically pin this on Windows 11 yet, I have never had to reinstall Windows as of as this. After a recent update, my boot gets stuck on the spinning wheel. A couple of restarts forces it to automatic repair but the screen goes blank and it does nothing. Any ideas ?

W11, CH6, 1TB nVME

 

[BananaDunka]

After more recent Windows Updates that are bigger than the usual, the next restart does tend to sit on the spinning logo longer than expected, seems Windows is doing stuff in the BG - Have you waited a bit longer that one time? Multiple manual restarts will initiate a system repair which is normal behaviour anyway.

 

[doodah]

After more recent Windows Updates that are bigger than the usual, the next restart does tend to sit on the spinning logo longer than expected, seems Windows is doing stuff in the BG - Have you waited a bit longer that one time? Multiple manual restarts will initiate a system repair which is normal behaviour anyway.

I have given it at least an hour last night I think which to me seems reasonable. Going to reseat RAM, GPU and nVME when I get home. Just worried automatic repair doesn't seem to be doing anything either, just pray I can get into Repair Mode/Tool. Already ordered a new nVME as it was a suspected cause for another recent issue and needed a bigger one any way.

 

[BananaDunka]

An hour ia sdefo too long and anything more than a few mins would be giving me second thoughts.

When was the last time you scanned the NVMe for issues using something like CrystalDiskInfo? Also if you get into it again and WIndows loads normally, run an sfc /scannow in a command prompt window to scan for system errors and see what it reports back.?

 

[doodah]

An hour ia sdefo too long and anything more than a few mins would be giving me second thoughts.

When was the last time you scanned the NVMe for issues using something like CrystalDiskInfo? Also if you get into it again and WIndows loads normally, run an sfc /scannow in a command prompt window to scan for system errors and see what it reports back.?

Thanks. I think it was you who responded in one of my previous general hardware threads a few months ago (thanks), and the nVME passed all tests back then.

 

[ChrisD.]

Yeah, sounds like an NVMe issue, Windows is good at showing up bad ones.