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

What's this I've been reading that changing the default browser cannot be done and moving the taskbar is not possible. Which @mrk won't be too chuffed with.
 
On the off chance, I checked for any BIOS updates for my ageing Asus ROG Strix H270F Gaming motherboard as I was looking for some other motherboards anyway. I was quite surprised to see an update, considering the last update was a little over 3 years ago. Okay, it's in beta, but it's a start as it supports Windows 11 installations and upgrades (or "Support WIN 11 installed or upgraded" as they put it).

When I'm a bit more aware, I'll install the BIOS and test with my current Windows 10 installation before trying to install Windows 11. But really I was able to install W11 without any workarounds, so I wonder what else they have changed?

I hope my post helps and even encourages others running older hardware to look into updates. Though it's likely I'm going to have to upgrade my 8th gen i5, so it could be argued this BIOS update is pointless for me.
 
I was on the Insider Dev branch and received an update to Windows 11. Since then I have upgraded to a different processor (i9 9900) and had to re-enable some features like VTT and Secure Boot. Now the Update manager is saying my PC is not eligible so I can't switch to the Beta channel like I was planning to. Any ideas what could have gone wrong? In Device Security everything is green, I have a TPM 2.0 available, my boot drive is GPT partitioned, etc.
 
unnddd said:
I was on the Insider Dev branch and received an update to Windows 11. Since then I have upgraded to a different processor (i9 9900) and had to re-enable some features like VTT and Secure Boot. Now the Update manager is saying my PC is not eligible so I can't switch to the Beta channel like I was planning to. Any ideas what could have gone wrong? In Device Security everything is green, I have a TPM 2.0 available, my boot drive is GPT partitioned, etc.
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I managed to get Windows to rescan my machine by clicking Edit on the Windows Insider account option and clicking Continue with the same account, in case that helps anyone with the same issue.
 
Anybody know how to run a server for Lan connections from wsl/ubuntu, I just need tcp 5201 into the server.
Tried a convoluted way via the method below but it's all a bit of a mess.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61002681/connecting-to-wsl2-server-via-local-network
Enable bridge mode

Open Hyper-V Manager as administrator

Select your pc, open Virtual Switch Manager

Select WSL

Set to external network

Select the network card the traffic runs through

Then login to wsl2 terminal and configure an IP address. E.g.

sudo ip addr add 192.168.0.116/24 dev eth0




I need to add that I did get it working BUT the throughput was very choppy speed wise
 
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https://www.theverge.com/22644194/m...inimum-system-requirements-processors-changes

Only a small number of Intel CPUs has been added to the list. Zen 1 is still not supported. However, for these "unsupported" PCs you can still download the ISO and upgrade via that.

I'm planning to upgrade to 11 on my main system since some features will actually be useful for me, but for work, I can't really see any reason to move away from 10, especially considering we have almost no systems officially meeting the requirements.
 
darael said:
On the off chance, I checked for any BIOS updates for my ageing Asus ROG Strix H270F Gaming motherboard as I was looking for some other motherboards anyway. I was quite surprised to see an update, considering the last update was a little over 3 years ago. Okay, it's in beta, but it's a start as it supports Windows 11 installations and upgrades (or "Support WIN 11 installed or upgraded" as they put it).

When I'm a bit more aware, I'll install the BIOS and test with my current Windows 10 installation before trying to install Windows 11. But really I was able to install W11 without any workarounds, so I wonder what else they have changed?

I hope my post helps and even encourages others running older hardware to look into updates. Though it's likely I'm going to have to upgrade my 8th gen i5, so it could be argued this BIOS update is pointless for me.
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As a follow-up to this, Asus have a list of motherboards they are working on to support Windows 11. I suspect the list might contain "archived" motherboards, as my own is listed which has seen a BIOS update for 3 years.

ASUS Motherboards Ready for Windows 11 - ASUS

It will be interesting to see if other manufacturers follow suit.
 
Saw these comments on another forum and is so blumming true............. If MS continues to delete options, we'll soon be in a position to downgrade to Windows XP!......... The Start Menu is now closer to Windows 3.1 than XP - LOL

I will not be upgrading if they dont change the taskbar back... It looks pretty but thats all........:mad::mad:
 
I think that needs disabling for secure boot to be enabled, but then your drives might not be detected, and I cant remember how I fixed that, but it was quite easy after I had figgered out what it was trying todo
 
Phil2008 said:
Saw these comments on another forum and is so blumming true............. If MS continues to delete options, we'll soon be in a position to downgrade to Windows XP!......... The Start Menu is now closer to Windows 3.1 than XP - LOL

I will not be upgrading if they dont change the taskbar back... It looks pretty but thats all........:mad::mad:
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I have been using it 24/7. While i admit it takes some time to get used to i now really like it and find it quite intuitive
 
Apparently my PC now boots in 11.3 seconds in Windows 11. One quirk i noticed though is Task Manager says my system has been turned on for 36 hours now, its been more like 12 though
 
cliffy said:
Apparently my PC now boots in 11.3 seconds in Windows 11. One quirk i noticed though is Task Manager says my system has been turned on for 36 hours now, its been more like 12 though
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most likely down to fast boot being enabled.

loads from a saved state to boot up faster and then does not reset the uptime counter.

Get a lot of customers at work when people have an uptime of 600+ hours even though they turn it off each night
 
ED209 said:
most likely down to fast boot being enabled.

loads from a saved state to boot up faster and then does not reset the uptime counter.

Get a lot of customers at work when people have an uptime of 600+ hours even though they turn it off each night
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That is interesting, i didnt have that happen in Windows 10 but will keep watching it
 
ED209 said:
most likely down to fast boot being enabled.

loads from a saved state to boot up faster and then does not reset the uptime counter.

Get a lot of customers at work when people have an uptime of 600+ hours even though they turn it off each night
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Just checked it is showing the correct up time now so unsure what is happening there, possibly a bug
 
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