@@electrofryed7239 you know, I gave up dealing with the setup mess of dual boot since WSL... But do have the luxury of multiple computers, so I keep a few native Linux setup.... Now I wanna setup win11 and Ubuntu dual boot secure boot for practice! Haha
The right click is what kills win11 for me the most. I use the extra menu options more than i do most of the standard ones, so it's basically an extra click everytime. Also miss the right-click on the taskbar to bring up taskmanager as well.
Guess what: In Windows 11 22H2, Shift + Right-click automatically jumps to the legacy context menu. Win + X or other solutions for your Task Manager woes.
If past experience has taught me anything, it’s that I shouldn’t be in a hurry to upgrade my Windows operating system. Windows 10 has been smooth ever since I switched to an SSD drive. And while I think Windows 11 looks great, it also feels like they took some design inspiration from Apple at the cost of user functionality. I think I’ll stick with Windows 10 for now.
@@user-cw2py6wh8l Literally doesn't matter, you can do a fresh install of Windows 11 and activate it through CMD in like 15 seconds. Only a buffoon would pay for an operating system that spies on you and shoves ads down your throat.
Win11 is buggy as hell. For example when i download stuff from web browser to a certain folder that is already open, file doesn't show up there. I need to go back few folders or just close the folder and open again, then it shows.
Agreed, though I'd add to be fair that windows UI has never lent to full efficiency, since flexibility in personal customization is necessary to become fully efficient on a per person basis, each person is gonna perform their best in a different way, and windows only allows for a cookie cutter experience.
Huh ? What are you talking about ? What actions takes you more clicking compared to win10 ? Have you used a bit the Settings app for instance ? You say you click more to reach update thing in win11 compared to win 10 ?!? I hope you are joking..
@@corneldiaconu66 Accessing update settings (and why as an end user should I be so familiar with that screen , MS?) is no more or less clicks. Accessing certain file/folder context menu entries is now another click (which I end up doing fairly often). And on the original topic of drag 'n drop of shortcuts (I presume on the taskbar/start menu) this is supposed to improve in the next feature update that is due soon. But, again MS, *why*? 😂
@@corneldiaconu66 just for right click menu (which is repeat function for Most users every day) you have to click twice … it’s inefficient, takes more energy, more time, more frustration to do simple tasks …
If before you only needed to click once you now need to click twice, you've doubled your work load. That leads to a much less efficient system in the long run. Step up, MS.
How much does it cost to switch to Linux Mint rather than to Windows 11? And there’s still that unpredictability of Microsoft requiring a new PC for each new version.
Awesome video. At Microsoft's recent prompt, I've test driven Windows 11 the past couple of days. I'm going back to Windows 10. The Windows File Explorer has been totally redesigned, making navigation of local (eg., C: drive) storage MUCH more difficult and frustrating. You almost have to convert to using the cloud most of the time.
Feels like we need ignorant users to beta test win 11 for us and complain for us so when win 10 is at the absolute end of life, when we switch over, it's the absolute best version + fixes complained by millions, + winaero tweaker. Time spent on installing win 11, installing softwares/apps, transferring files, tweaking everything, searching for where is this option, is time should had been spent on productivity and making money. So when you switch over to win 11, there are already years old answers in google.
Very informative and I appreciate your evaluation. I am very happy with win10 and win11 looks like a nightmare to me. I must admit, I get very upset when I am forced to "upgrade" my software. I do not like having to get accustomed to a whole new user experience. What I would appreciate the most from Microsoft is for them to leave my darn computer alone and let me get my work done without their (what feels like) constant harassments.
Time spent on finding stuff, tweaking stuff, transferring/reinstalling stuff is time should had been spent on productivity and making some money. Let everyone else beta test win11
I tried Windows 11 but I found Windows 10 to be much much faster. I don’t have a terribly old system - 10th Gen i7, 32GB 3200mhz RAM, 2x 1TB NVME SSD in raid0 and an RTX 3070. Windows 10 is better for me and games perform better on Windows 10 - at least in my experience.
I am NOT big fun of Windows 10, but I would rather use it than Windows 11 since I play retro games. I do NOT even want to touch Windows 11. I am willing to dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux or Windows 10 with Windows 7 & 8
Glad to hear they relaxed the TPM requirement. Though considering they targeting a 2024 launch of Windows12 I don't think it is worth to upgrade from W10 to W11, unless you're unhappy with how Windows10 works for you and like you said looks.
I switched to W11 cause I bought an Intel 12th CPU and honestly it hasn't really changed my experience much. I'm not some power user or someone that required some specific features for work or a project so I just switched and I just use the PC normally with no problems. There's a "wait, that's kinda dumb" every once in a while but nothing horrible
I'll keep using Windows 10 on until end of support in 2025 then I'll decide to jump to Linux, use Windows 12 if that comes out or put Linux on my main gaming tower My main OS is Linux Mint 20 on my laptop My gaming tower runs Windows 10
Same plan here too, although i found Linux still lacking in accessibility of use, hopefully by then they catch-up and ill be swtxhing fully to it, cheers
I think the good thing about the windows snapping feature is when you have multiple monitors connected. The windows can be oriented anyway you want, even if the monitor is disconnected and reconnected, those windows should go back to how they were
I HATE the snapping 'feature'. It's one of the first things I turn off when I install a new system. Allowing a word document to occupy an entire widescreen monitor is a waste of a monitor. Easier to have the word document occupy half of the screen (and you're still got the whole page visible), and a, for example, webpage up that you're copying data from...
I was using Win 7 SP1 until last October. I saw NO reason to change to Win 8, or Win 8.1 , and when 10 was announced the only thing that got my attention at all was DX 12 for gaming. The PC I have now is the latest version of Win 10 and as near as I can tell there is no real catalyst to change to Win 11. That's my take on it based on various sources, like you. Thanks for the upload !
@@lumeronswift the joys of multi booting. Ventoy is a great way to try multiple live boot Linux versions. Just drag and drop disk images to a configured flash drive, and it does the rest. 😁
Yes, your toolbox is useful especially when creating a new install or quick housekeeping. When dealing with older machines, having a button to turn off the windows 11 security checks would be nice. Thanks CT!
Hopefully 11 will get enough updates to be worth switching over. The new buttons for copy/paste/delete on the context menu is nice but overall pretty lacking in actual options. Always prefer sys32 over UWP but hopefully they can pull more things together in the future to get back to what used to work so well.
@@hotsauwz You are supposed to be able to do this but unfortunately Wine only works with a handful of apps and it's buggy. I want to switch to Linux badly but it won't run the couple of the windows apps I need. Wine needs perfecting for Linux to really be a viable option. Maybe someone needs to come up with another program to replace wine cause it sucks right now.
@@duckmeat4674 The main app I like to use is Nitro PDF, its similar to Adobe but better in my opinion. I've tried it with multiple wine tools and different distros and it never works.
StartAllBack is a great tool to bring back some of the features and looks that were in Win10 and further back. Including moving the taskbar, which I was annoyed that I couldn't do when I moved to 11.
I am with that - any additional option like that on his utility toolbox thing is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers. ( I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop)
Thanks for mentioning about that widgets sidebar thing that appears at the left sometimes. I saw that a few times and was a bit worried that I might have accidentally downloaded some Hijacking Add-In virus thing, lol!
Thank for this overview. Based on what I've seen, I won't upgrade to 11 until there's a way to make the complete context menu the default right-click menu. I also don't understand why they couldn't just render all the proper context actions in the new style UI, why it has to be either pretty and disfunctional, or functional but ugly.
I've went back n forth 3 or 4 times but I'm staying on Win 10 for the foreseeable future. Feels more stable and I get better performance in Warzone. The only nice thing about Win 11 is the animations, lock screen and taskbar icons in the middle, which I have now changed lol
Don't switch yet, I switched to windows 11 for 24 hours then switched back to 10. I had a lot of crashes and games that were not compatible. There is a lot of problems still.
No, windows 11 has alot of problems i had windows 11 for like 10 months and i have been getting alot of blue screens, bugs and other stuff. Dont switch to windows 11.
I only have the one win 11 machine, and I too found the look of the thing very nice. I like it. Never the less, taking a lot of other things in account my general feeling and opinion was to stay for a few years with windows 10 for most of my machines, along with a good “Debloat optimise utility tool kit thing”. This video and some of the comments has reinforced that opinion of mine.
@@fzoxiizaina Sorry, I do not fujlly understand, what are you trying to ask me? Can you perhaps explain more clearly in more detail what you are asking me? Alan
Here's one for you Chris Titus, After upgrading an older computer from Windows 10 to 11, 4 Months ago (this was my third attempt using 11),. I installed Win 11 one year earlier on an AMD and an Intel based computer. noticing hardware errors. While at the same time turning off some Windows 11 default settings became an Issue. I thought maybe one of the problems was a power supply. (due to SATA 2 and NVME M.2 hard drive errors) Having three power supply's fail after upgrading to Windows didn't make sence so I reinstalled Windows 10 on all three computers and they worked fine. Last July a friend needed a computer and I sold one of them, an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) with Windows 10 installed on it. Soon after that same computer was auto upgraded again to Win 11, then died one Month later.. I gave gave the same person another new computer an ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI With Windows 10 installed and I set the BOIS so Win 11 can't install. The bottom line to this story is the first computer Upgraded to Win 11 was a total loss, in that, all the errors only happened while running Windows 11 on an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) motherboard and an ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 motherboard. Then again returning to Windows 10 saved the ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 computer. Sadly the ASUS TUF computer was a total loss, the motherboard was not repairable. Now I find a few ASUS AMD X670E motherboards and their counterpart AMD processors are to blame for runaway errors. I wonder, were they using Windows 11!
I just switched today from Windows 10 to Windows 11. My motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus XII HERO (Wi-Fi) after upgrading BIOS to firmware 2701. I love the context -menu every time I do a right click, specially when Copying / Moving / Pasting / Renaming file. Very handy. I also love the dark themes for the whole Windows GUI. It is relaxing to my eyes.
Once Win10 is EoL I plan on switching to Linux full time, I only stay on Windows for a few quality of life programs I haven't found an alternative for in Linux, and only one game I play doesn't work on Proton
I feel the same. Microsoft has downgraded the interface in 11 (and refuses to reinstate "Show labels - never combine" on the taskbar) which is completely unacceptable to me.
@@clownproductionia no I couldn't, because some of them are desktop utilities that affect my every day use of the PC, not standalone programs. Look up LittleBigMouse for an example
@@clownproductionia hopefully, that one for example I could see one day having similar functionality in Wayland natively. A few others as well if there's enough demand for a developer to make it or do it just for themselves
I came into this video expecting to hear something along the lines of 'no, download Linux instead'. Personally I made the switch to Windows 11 for my newest PC build because Windows 10 has a poor reputation for suppoting HDR and by doing this I get the longest period possible without having to change OS.
@@Perry.... Linux Mint is as easy to set up than Windows, if not more. Remember that the majority of people who claim Windows is way easier don't even know how to install it. They usually get it preinstalled or ask someone to do it for them. With Linux it's mostly not even a question, an user that has the will to make the jump will automatically have to know how to install it.
@@zurkke I know Mint even has a welcome app, hell windows doesn't have that. People had to learn windows just as much as they'd have to learn linux lol, they just pretend that they didn't have to
@@Perry.... That's right. The funny thing is that some basic users wouldn't even need to be taught again. Mint does include everything you need if you're not that advanced.
I installed Windows 11 several times. each time something else was not working. I found navigation horrible. many slightly older network printers would not work, and I didn't find a legit reason to switch. I wiped up the disk and reinstalled win 10.
Great video as always. I don`t care about the look of the OS. Windows 10 still feels snappier and faster. I tried Windows 11 for a month,but there are still some small bugs that I don`t like and I switched back to 10. And the default programs switch is pain in the @@s to deal with. Very big - for me. Also when I am changing the Privacy setting it is bringing me back to the top of the settings not to the section that I were in which is very anoying. It just feels like their main point was to support the new Intel CPU`s and everything else is ill-conceived.
Chris, even worse in regard to security, for both Windows and Linux/*BSD. Just remove the SSD, connect it to another system and you can get all the data. Locking the system with SecureBoot and TMP does nothing to protect your data, it only frustrates the user when he wants to start up another operating system. There is one exception for which locking the system could be useful: autocompletion of passwords. If they steal your computer and they can't just boot up then at least you buy yourself some time, they won't immediately get into your email-accounts and Steam-account. So it is not completely useless but it does not protect your data.
While I still have a WIN7 that is running great, my WIN10 is awesome as is after I used your tools and cleaned it up. I have another one I'll be setting up and am doing the same to it. I did like the look of WIN11, but have to admit I'm a functions guy. So long as the motor has the horsepower to do the job, I don't mind the mismatched primered body panels.
as long as secure boot and TPM is a must then im not interested. i will run windows 10 till i cant anymore and then we will see how the OS landscape evolved.
1:14 That hold-to-snap feature that you didn't care for looks exactly like something I want (and use 3rd party software to do on Win10, to some degree).
Windows 11 has a nice coat of paint on it, but that's about it as far as I'm concerned. I did try it out in a VM for a day late last year to see if I'd be able to run all my tweaks and configs and such to get it back to a state that's functional for me (which basically undoes most of the new changes, including the dreadful new start menu and the pointless change to the context menu), and my test was successful in that regard. But, why would I want to do that for real yet, when 10 is still working well enough for me and is still supported? To be fair, I do like the new look and the availability of Android apps, but those are not big enough selling points for me yet. I might be ready for 11 next year, but chances are, I'll hang on to 10 until 2025, unless I get a new laptop sooner.
I've been using windowblinds for ages, ever since windows vista and they usually do a good job of bringing back functionality from previous OS versions. (in Windows 10 my taskbar and start menu and everything basically looks and functions like windows 7) I wonder if they've done the same for windows 11? But at the same time since Windows 12 is already in development this kinda makes updating a redundant idea to me since 12 will supposedly be out before Windows 10 EoL. Better to just wait?
I don't know what advantage it has. Every added feature is insignificant and can be made possible in 10. I think it was too early. Because 10 was a really good one.
I've been powering on into a black screen recently and am thinking about downgrading to Windows 10 and seeing if that fixes the issue. I found your recommendation to upgrade in 2025 the most helpful. Thank you
Very helpful. I was preparing to do a clean install of Windows and was considering 11 as long as I was going to the trouble. But I'll stick with 10. Thanks.
If I switch, even more of my stuff won't work. I suffered that when I went form Windows 7 to windows 10. If I had my way XP would still be supported and everything new would still be compatible with it.
I did upgrade to Windows 11 at one point but ran into a lot of issues using my Meta VR headset so I went back to Windows 10. a lot of Steam VR games are having some issues with it as well. Until problems like that are solved I'll be staying with windows 10.
only 1 reason that make me still considering the option should I switch from Windows 10 to 11 is WSLg (and also Systemd is now supported in latest WSL store version which is available only in Windows 11)
The BIG shocker between Windows 10 and 11 was the loss of My Computer > My Documents, etc. "This PC" is wholly cloud-based, so when I bought my new windows 11 laptop, I had nowhere to put my windows 10 User files. Yes, I am one of those that use OneDrive as a backup 😞 Any advice?
Thank you for telling us the facts of "life." In 2017, I upgraded from Microsoft Windows XP Professional to Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, slowly but surely, with a purchase of a new computer, after the motherboard on the first computer died. The next thing you know that owning a microcomputer will become very expensive by upgrading hardware and software.
after windows7 everything else from Microsoft is garbage from their forced updating to them trying to shove edge down your throat. good riddance windows
What about updates being forced down throat too... That an "Microsoft Accounts" :P MX was my distro previously but I had to jump back to MS... (Yes multiple sclerosis, it works don't it..? Haha)
Hey Chris, isn't the scheduler rework only available in windows 11? Unless they have since added this to 10 retroactively, High end ryzen systems and those with P/E cores on intel are not performing as well on 10. Might have changed, but this was the case when last I checked.
the downgrade on usability its the main reason to stick with w10, what its the point of having huge screen high resolution when they force to group everything into tiny icons, the removal of never combine its a regression in the windows taskbar experience, the lack of consistency its also another factor its been like that since 8 but its even worse on 11, the having to click 2 or 3 times for simple task make it less productive. The start menu its another downgrade and dumbed down from the best and more functional one on 7 and 10 which its an improvement over 8.
Absolutely. Thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of users have asked Microsoft to restore the ability to show every app window on the taskbar with its label; Microsoft isn't listening.
Thanks Chris! I almost switched to Win 11 coz it's a free upgrade and my PC met the tech requirement. I guess I'll just put it on hold for a bit longer.
Hey Chris! First off, I like watching your videos as they’re very informative and they give me answers and an explanation to any questions I may have. I do have a question that remains unanswered though. Is there a way to use your debloater script to remove ALL bloat BUT leave Xbox functionality in tact?
I am with that, any additional option like that on his utility is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers.
4:47 - as I recall the widgets were ultimately removed from the earlier versions of windows because they were an unfixable attack vector. I don't know why they thought it was a good idea to try to bring them back. They're still reliant on web services, so they're probably not any less vulnerable to attacks. my biggest gripes with Windows 11, is the forced task grouping and the wasted space on the start menu used to "suggest" you stuff. most everything else I can kind of put up with. though I will agree needing to hold shift to use the old context menu is also very annoying.
I bought a PC like last year (Asus motherboard) - went through every nook and cranny in the UEFI settings (including an option to turn TPM on/off discrete) - and Windows 11 wouldn't install. I was using Ubuntu anyway so not a huge - but still it doesn't make any sense (and for comparison I have an Acer laptop around earlier the same year which install and runs Win 11 fine);
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11. So far so good
I loaded WIn 11 on 2 older PCs just to get used to using it and found I didn't care for all the same things you mentioned. Still using it on the older PCs but have Win 10 on my compatible machines.
Step 2: Everyone should avoid Windows 11! And Microsoft should shame for making such an awful OS. I think that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release.
@@CharlieHC Yes. Windows 10 is still very good and solid operative system. However, I said that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release, since Windows 8 was very awful and sluggish. Same goes for Windows 11 (which is also awfull and buggy OS).
Microsoft said 10 was there last OS so I am going with that decision 10 is my last windows OS. Here's hoping Linux gaming becomes completely compatible by 2025.
Wait Microsoft has officially given a way to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11? I do wonder how well it will work with updates and what not as well.
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11. So far so good
My main concern about Win11 is the frequency, number and severity of bugs, also the frequency, number and severity of their updates trashing computers. I went through those problems on Win10 for several years before they got their act together. My level of trust of Microsoft is very, very low. Makes me wonder if my AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU will be on the list for Win12 when it comes out.
It has yet to trash my system, so I'm not entirely sure if there's some very loud minority complaining big time, user incompetence that microsoft dropped the ball on to prevent such huge issues, or I'm super lucky... 🤔
No. Windows 12 is going to require you to buy a new PC. At that point, everything today will be over 15 years old and due for replacement anyway and if anything, the new hardware requirements to run it are going to be far stricter.
I waited till 22H2 update..and now i finally i upgraded to win 11..and honestly i liked it a lot..i didnt used to like win10 due to its old ass UI..with 11 its fixed or being fixed. Also i find few features like scroll on volume logo to change vol levels,wifi and bluetooth toggles,settings ui revamp super helpful. We should give them some time to add few missing feature(custom widgets) and new features(tabbed file explorer,taskbar overflow) which are already in development. Dont know why people judging it so fast.i remember win10 had many bugs in both fuctionality and UI in earlier time. Considering how fast ms is fixing stuff and adding demanded features in win 11 compared to win 10 ..i say upgrade is totally worth it
Hey Chris love your content and I use your tool quite often. Thank you for creating that and I would love the windows 11 switch as well. The thing I don't like about Windows 11 is the start menu it seems very restricted is there any way to have more functionality like Windows 10 did?
Personally, I'd like to get my taskbar to the left (or right or top) again. No real reason for Microsoft to remove that ability, except they have now got an Apple fixation. Never mind, back to my Linux Box.
Still waiting for Windows to have actual dynamic window tiling, like a proper tiling window manager. It's actually surprising just how bare-bones Windows feels after experiencing KDE Plasma and AwesomeWM.
I switched without asking myself if I actually should, and so far I don't really feel like theres that much of a difference between 11 and 10, but also most of my utilities and stuff i've got in virtual machines which all made the transition seemlessly and i really only use the host OS to play video games.
The latest 22h2 update from Windows 11 just made it more better and more of moving away from Windows 10's look. The best feature I appreciated was the Focus mode or what I call built-in pomodoro timer for productivity. Ofc there's still the old school control panel and some other stuff but most people are already used to it so it doesn't really bother. Oh and yeah, you can now make folders on the pinned apps too.
I'm a software engineer. Nothing pisses me off more than an "upgrade" being less efficient than the original. If you system runs slower with the "upgrade", it's not a upgrade. It seems like a pointless change to make it look more like chrome os.
If you right click, then drag slightly left/right and release you get the same old menu. I found this by accident, but works every time, just a new learning curve!!
