The Windows 11 Topic

ma007rio

gem1001 wrote:
Windows Widgets is heavily underrated

terrible replacement for Live Tiles:

1. You can't launch apps (at least I think)
2. It's just bloat

I mean, this could be kind of biased, as I never use widgets except for the little display thing (weather and stocks lol) on the taskbar

ma007rio

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gem1001

ma007rio wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
Windows Widgets is heavily underrated
terrible replacement for Live Tiles:

1. You can't launch apps (at least I think)
2. It's just bloat

I mean, this could be kind of biased, as I never use widgets except for the little display thing (weather and stocks lol) on the taskbar

I meant the whole panel with the news and everything, which is good for news aggregation

ma007rio

bump

ma007rio

bump again..

ma007rio

bumpp……

gem1001

I think I am a fan of the new battery indicator, it adds a nice bit of colour

tUrtleBloxMC1

gem1001 wrote:
I think I am a fan of the new battery indicator, it adds a nice bit of colour

theres a new battery indicator?? once i upgrade to windows 11 i'll have to check it out

TechNerd64

gem1001 wrote:
I think I am a fan of the new battery indicator, it adds a nice bit of colour

I didn't know there was a new battery indicator, but I don't have it.

ma007rio

gem1001 wrote:
I think I am a fan of the new battery indicator, it adds a nice bit of colour

I completely forgot about that (it's kinda cool ig) LOL

763869

I do not plan on using Windows 11 or ANY future version of Windows and sticking with 10, btw i'm going to upgrade to the LTSC. Also considering switching to Linux. There is a good reason for this:

Did you know that Windows 11:
Removed local accounts
Requires an internet connection on setup
Forces AI into your system
Takes screenshots of what you're doing every few seconds with “Recall”
Updates apps whenever it wants
Requires TPM
Has an auto-show news button on the taskbar
Is less customizable than Windows 10
Is bloated with ads from Microsoft
Doesn't feel like old Windows anymore

This is serious because Microsoft isn't what it was anymore. It used to be fun and welcoming in the computer world, but now they only care about money and don't listen to us customers anymore.

gem1001

763869 wrote:
i'm going to upgrade to the LTSC.

I have doubts about if you can do that legally, it's not like you have some critical server that must never go down, even for system updates

763869 wrote:
Removed local accounts

Not if you get Pro, and some affordable laptops come with Pro.
Even if you don't, you can just sign your Microsoft account out and get a local account.
Also Windows 10 won't let you that easily either

763869 wrote:
Requires an internet connection on setup

True…

763869 wrote:
Forces AI into your system

You can uninstall Copilot as easily as any other app.

763869 wrote:
Takes screenshots of what you're doing every few seconds with “Recall”

Only on Copilot+ PCs, and even then only if you opt in.

763869 wrote:
Updates apps whenever it wants

Like Windows 10. Just disable it in the Microsoft Store settings.

763869 wrote:
Requires TPM

True, although you can easily bypass it

763869 wrote:
Has an auto-show news button on the taskbar

Like Windows 10.

763869 wrote:
Is less customizable than Windows 10

True, although I have my taskbar on the bottom anyway

763869 wrote:
Is bloated with ads from Microsoft

Like Windows 10.

Last edited by gem1001 (Dec. 13, 2025 13:37:54)

tUrtleBloxMC1

763869 wrote:
Did you know that Windows 11:
Removed local accounts
Requires an internet connection on setup

both of these can be fixed by:
press shift+F10
type “OOBE\BypassNRO”
press enter
~ done ~

gem1001

tUrtleBloxMC1 wrote:
763869 wrote:
Did you know that Windows 11:
Removed local accounts
Requires an internet connection on setup

both of these can be fixed by:
press shift+F10
type “OOBE\BypassNRO”
press enter
~ done ~

They removed that

tUrtleBloxMC1

gem1001 wrote:
tUrtleBloxMC1 wrote:
763869 wrote:
Did you know that Windows 11:
Removed local accounts
Requires an internet connection on setup

both of these can be fixed by:
press shift+F10
type “OOBE\BypassNRO”
press enter
~ done ~
They removed that

WHAT??? RLLY?????

ma007rio

gem1001 wrote:
tUrtleBloxMC1 wrote:
763869 wrote:
Did you know that Windows 11:
Removed local accounts
Requires an internet connection on setup

both of these can be fixed by:
press shift+F10
type “OOBE\BypassNRO”
press enter
~ done ~
They removed that

Noooooooo…………….

TheSecondGilbert

gem1001 wrote:
763869 wrote:
Has an auto-show news button on the taskbar
Like Windows 10.

Not on older versions. I think it was added in Windows 10 22H2 (or at some time around then)

Last edited by TheSecondGilbert (Yesterday 05:32:00)

gem1001

TheSecondGilbert wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
763869 wrote:
Has an auto-show news button on the taskbar
Like Windows 10.
Not on older versions. I think it was added in Windows 10 22H2 (or at some time around then)

True, but you can still easily disable it.

gem1001

tUrtleBloxMC1 wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
They removed that
WHAT??? RLLY?????

ma007rio wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
They removed that
Noooooooo…………….

This

gem1001

Windows Security told me to sign in with a Microsoft account to make my computer more secure… somehow

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