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

[Deleted member 77746]

which was always going to be my test bed as its got nothing on it except office

Your desktop icons tell us otherwise.

Wallpaper please?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

can someone explain to me when we can get win11. im reading new machines on october 05, but existing win10 users wont get it until 2022. is that right? seems an odd way to do it to me

You need to become an insider to promise to Microsoft you will test the software.

https://insider.windows.com/en-us/

then login and navigate to here for the ISO:

Download Windows 11 Insider Preview ISO

Windows 11 will be launched to customers on the 5th of October.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/08/31/windows-11-available-on-october-5/

 

[Deleted member 77746]

i'm not interested to get it before 05/10 so do i still need to be an insider? i'm more concerned about waiting until 2022 when it's released in a couple weeks.

Quote from Microsoft

Today, we are thrilled to announce Windows 11 will start to become available on October 5, 2021. On this day, the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come pre-loaded with Windows 11 will start to become available for purchase. A new Windows experience, Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Think I'm gonna stick with what I have till the rtm comes along ..

I won't be moving until the LTSC release comes out.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

11 days for release.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

wtf - maybe they doing the final changes now.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

are they doing it so the servers don't get hammered as much, they must think it's ready for rollout if they doing it now.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Does anyone know if theres any benefit to downloading the enterprise version over the standard preview which I assume will be "pro"?

Yeh, it will be due to feature sets for enterprise use.

"The Windows 11 Enterprise edition may have all features of Windows 11 Pro, but with some extra features specially designed for IT-based organizations."

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Yea but thats vague and unhelpful, does it have more stuff removed by default, what are those extra features etc?

I'm going to assume that its just going to include the endpoint management stuff.

Whatever extras windows 10 has, don't think the enterprise has details out yet.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I'm testing the latest ISO (modded to install on my ancient haswell cpu/mbr hard drive) and it's definitely moved on since the day one release I tried. It'll be interesting to see if they really do block updates for those on unsupported hardware. For a lot of people, that would be an ideal scenario.

I think they will try and fail. There's too many people ripping the OS apart to override any changes they make.

Which mods did you do to get it installed?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Why does it expire I thought it was the release version and why is the water mark still there?

Then it must not be the RC.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Looks like a fresh install at the weekend for me then

Why it's out on the 5th. Just wait.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Hey all,

So what's the best way to get onboard now? Wanting to do a clean install over the weekend as have a busy week lined up next week

Cheers

Wait until the 5th.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I'm just slightly annoyed at the CPU artificial lockout. Bypassing it is easy though but it poses the question about whether MS could at any point restrict Windows Updates to bypassed systems if WU detects that your CPU is in the list of "unsupported" chips or if the lockout is only at the OS upgrade/install level. Remains to be seen but I think when that time comes my mobo and CPU will have long been upgraded by then anyway.

I'm wondering how far are MS willing to go if so many people install it on unsupported hardware. One day we might all wake up and the news headline states something about millions of computers unbootable on windows 11.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

The average user won't know any difference, and surely all future hardware going forward will be future proof/tmp enabled?

Check other forums it's teaming with people wanting to bypass the protection. There are lots of people who still have old hardware.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

thats sounds like a nightmare..

Good job there isn't any important data on there...

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Is a total wipe of W11 on the 5th going to be totally necessary? Can I get away with a upgrade from W10 Pro as I dont have much in the way of "clutter" on my current OS drive, and just some games on my secondary..

There should be an upgrade path I assume.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I'm fairly confident there will be an upgrade path. Just like going from any OS really. I personally would be opting for a fresh install.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I purchased a "full" Windows 10 Pro USB and auth code..im curious as to how it will let me do a fresh wipe, in having W10 on the USB? I understand that an upgrade to W11 Pro will be (hopefully) straight forward enough?

yeh

 

[Deleted member 77746]

2 days to go and the chaos can start.