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

Almost right. It seems it's one of my SSDs, unplugged all my internal drives and it worked again. Started to get worried as I couldn't get far even with the new nVME. After a fresh install I realised I didn't backup my Davinci Resolve database file, popped the old nVME back in - worked fine :p. I could send the new one back but it's nice having 2TB.
 
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Anyone else not install programs such as Geforce Experience/Armory Crate etc and try and keep their windows 11 'fresh' as possible after a fresh install? I know programs such as Armory crate had negative feedback couple years ago and was considered bloatware and ran a lot of processes in the background, but unsure what the latest opinions are. Or am I being fussy for no reason?

For me Win 11 feels bloaty, less snappy compared to win 10. I've changed a few animation settings to help with this though.
 
No I idea what armory is but geforce experience is fine and has been for years. It doesn't run actively in the BG and you should really only using shadowplay parts as and when needed during games anyway.

Zero impact to resources and windows 11 looks and feels fast, if not more so than windows 10.
 
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mrk said:
No I idea what armory is but geforce experience is fine and has been for years. It doesn't run actively in the BG and you should really only using shadowplay parts as and when needed during games anyway.

Zero impact to resources and windows 11 looks and feels fast, if not more so than windows 10.
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I've not long stumbled across your vid since I posted 30/40mins ago, regarding keeping windows fresh, which I'm watching at the moment :D
 
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Should really post this in the Windows 10 thread, but when faced with a reinstallation of Windows (thanks WhatsApp desktop...) I opted to install 10 instead of 11 for a number of reasons. The main ones being the UI, right click menus and File Explorer.

Also my motherboard and poverty 7th gen i5 don't support officially support 11, although I know full well I could probably bypass these with a registry file. But I don't know if I will continue to receive updates with these bypass methods, so I won't bother wasting my time trying.
 
Why is the update listed as 'update preview' where as other updates don't? Is that Microsoft's way of saying, 'this is a beta update' ? I genuinely don't know.
 
SpartaP said:
Why is the update listed as 'update preview' where as other updates don't? Is that Microsoft's way of saying, 'this is a beta update' ? I genuinely don't know.
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Microsoft release preview updates every fourth Tuesday of the month, probably to catch bugs before the update is released properly the following month, on the second Tuesday of the month.
 
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Windows 11 mandatory updates are wrecking SSD speeds

Windows 11 has an isolated problem that could make your device run slower when you try to perform disk-intensive tasks, such as copying large files from one location to another or playing a large game. Ever since the release of March 2023 cumulative updates, users are experiencing longer PC boot...
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Anyone affected? I just did a bench test and see no problems there, but have noticed that Windows takes longer to log on than before these recent updates, so definitely something going on.



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Windows 10 rather than 11... but started up my laptop to leave it running on the side running a program to AI generate game textures (so CPU and GPU intensive)... Diagnostic Policy Service deciding to sit there using all of one CPU core for ages screwing up performance... ******* MS never have that problem with Windows 7...

EDIT: In the end had to force stop it, which Windows was reluctant to do :s dunno what is wrong with the people developing Windows.
 
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mrk said:
You really don't have the best of times with Windows it seems :p

Also as an update, the latest KB patch fixes the SSD/OS performance notes earlier it seems.
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I've had almost zero problems with Windows 7. I think the difference to many people is the diverse range of tasks and number of systems I use which magnifies the problems significantly as well. Especially when doing for instance video game modding and doing coding, texture design, 3D model creation, level design, sound design and a dozen other things on the fly as needed, sometimes shifting tasks over to one system when processing is going on so as to work on another bit, any interruption by Windows is very not needed.
 
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I've had almost zero problems with Windows 7. I think the difference to many people is the diverse range of tasks and number of systems I use which magnifies the problems significantly as well. Especially when doing for instance video game modding and doing coding, texture design, 3D model creation, level design, sound design and a dozen other things on the fly as needed, sometimes shifting tasks over to one system when processing is going on so as to work on another bit, any interruption by Windows is very not needed.
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What was your system CPU, GPU and RAM size that ran video game modding, coding, texture design, 3D model creation, level design, sound design and a dozen other things on the fly?
 
darael said:
The main ones being the UI, right click menus and File Explorer.
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My default Right-Click is the same "legacy" version as in Windows 10. Took a single Registry key change (even stays the same after all updates since launch). I didn't like the 2 Click "Compact" version for the right click menu at all as none of my most used functions were there!

File Explorer has got a lot better since launch but it is not infallible still & will show as "Not Responding" for a few seconds from time to time (which TBH I put down to the amount of PCIE lanes I have in the system & using up more than available with all M2 slots (at 4X) populated along with GPU at 16X & a PCIE 4X USB-C card. I suppose I could set the NVME slots to 1/2X but would then have some sort of bottleneck which would always be there instead of a once in a while "Not Responding" that resolves after a few seconds.
 
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