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Office has been rolling out Windows 11. Most people seem unhappy but are also complaining about superficial items, commonly about the taskbar defaults. Is Win11 good, bad, neutral? It seems fine to me so far.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:22
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I don't do any computer stuff for work but I haven't had any problems with Windows 11, it boots up Steam and allows me to organize my 5tb folder of Christian music and videos
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Nov 2, 2023 01:25
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Winblow$
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Nov 2, 2023 01:25
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It's fine just different. There's some bloat but that shouldn't be an issue with office computers.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:27
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It's fine, op. All their problems are superficial they are just mad outlook isn't pinned. I reverted to windows 10 because as usual it takes forever for people to start supporting new windows for drivers and was causing issues on that front. Also like windows 10 a bunch of basic rear end settings are super annoying to actually navigate to because they are afraid grandma might find them. (She will anyways)
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Nov 2, 2023 01:30
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It's fine but the default poo poo makes it feel like they think you're a stupid baby who's never touched a computer before
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Nov 2, 2023 01:31
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I can't find a simple way to make icons in taskbar small. Google search tells me maybe via RegEdit but I'm lazy.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:40
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Smugworth posted:Winblow$ Reported
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Nov 2, 2023 01:42
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No. 6 posted:I can't find a simple way to make icons in taskbar small. Google search tells me maybe via RegEdit but I'm lazy. You can change interface/dpi scaling. Otherwise you can do registry stuff. E: or see if there's windows tweaker for win11 yet
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Nov 2, 2023 01:43
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Shinjobi posted:It's fine but the default poo poo makes it feel like they think you're a stupid baby who's never touched a computer before
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Nov 2, 2023 01:49
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micro$haft
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Nov 2, 2023 01:52
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numberoneposter posted:micro$haft The mods are going to be busy tonight.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:52
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Most Windows changes don't bother me. I didn't like Win 8 though.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:55
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Nov 2, 2023 02:02
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Micro$oft
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Nov 2, 2023 02:03
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Nov 2, 2023 02:03
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I got Windows ME on day 1, after waiting outside the store for it to open.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:05
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A device I'm testing for work is using an ancient version of windows 10 and it feels like a trip down memory lane.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:05
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11 is mostly fine. You want to take a look at the task bar settings to move the start button back to the left, and disable most of the things they added to it. Beyond that I doubt you'll notice if you just do office things; all the keyboard shortcuts are the same. I've come to like the win+tab exposé-clone for switching windows, which is probably why I have no opinion on the most substantial complaint - you can no longer choose to have multiple windows from the same application show up as multiple task bar buttons.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:07
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LuckyCat posted:I got Windows ME on day 1, after waiting outside the store for it to open. Holy gently caress, lol
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Nov 2, 2023 02:09
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No. 6 posted:Office has been rolling out Windows 11. Most people seem unhappy but are also complaining about superficial items, commonly about the taskbar defaults. 
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Nov 2, 2023 02:09
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bossy lady posted:A device I'm testing for work is using an ancient version of windows 10 and it feels like a trip down memory lane. I still use a windows 7 machine daily - it does feel a bit old, but at the same time it's weird how little difference it makes. The Vista machine that runs the immunofluorescence microscope feels much clunkier, even if Vista and 7 were close relatives. On the other hand it's familiar; I expect the release version of 10 would indeed feel strange now.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:12
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Getting Windows 11 meant I had to give up ProTools Express and instead RENT the software from Avid. So that sucks.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:15
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Smugworth posted:Winblow$69
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Nov 2, 2023 02:19
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Mostly fine but they insist on making sure all the taskbar icons are icons ONLY (as opposed to the sophisticated computer toucher's preference of icons + titles) and I fuckin' hate that. You can't change it, the option doesn't exist. Supposedly they're adding that "feature" back in a future update because so many people whined but it's not here yet!!! 
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Nov 2, 2023 02:27
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I use ExplorerPatcher https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher It undoes all of the lovely changes to the taskbar and some other things. Windows 11 is fine after these changes.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:29
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I have it on good word that Apple's accounting department uses Microsoft Excel.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:33
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Look man, I tried to download Linux, but it said I'd had sex too many times 
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Nov 2, 2023 02:34
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it seems fine to me
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Nov 2, 2023 02:34
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Sucks
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Nov 2, 2023 02:35
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My laptop is apparently so ancient (5 years old) that it's not powerful enough to run windows 11. I get windows update notifications, and it's like "oh man this piece of poo poo can't handle what W11's cooking."
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Nov 2, 2023 02:36
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I upgraded my personal PC now too. I like the rounded windows.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:39
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Just fork a kernel of Ubuntu on your custom built machine, sheesh.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:41
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Yeah work just rolled out W11 this week. The IT team had some office hours this week to help people get it installed too. My Lenovo updated last night and I didn’t realize the update included W11. I was really peeved about it.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:47
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Windows 11 convinced me to install Linux on my next computer.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:50
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buglord posted:Yeah work just rolled out W11 this week. The IT team had some office hours this week to help people get it installed too. My Lenovo updated last night and I didn’t realize the update included W11. I was really peeved about it. 
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Nov 2, 2023 02:51
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'What if my general purpose OS was more like a phone?" -- Windows UX designers
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Nov 2, 2023 02:52
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Shinjobi posted:It's fine but the default poo poo makes it feel like they think you're a stupid baby who's never touched a computer before Yeah I've been using Windows 11 computer since launch and it's fine if you change everything to the non-poo poo settings, especially now that the last big update added back some of the last missing taskbar features that were in every previous edition of windows since like Vista. I used a computer with W11 that hadn't been changed from defaults and it was infuriating.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:56
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pretty brave of them to name an operating system after 9/11, a national tragedy
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Nov 2, 2023 02:57
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everything new is terrible I have under admin control 3 windows PCs and 2 Macs. One mac and one PC are vanilla spec for general use and I keep them updated to always newest, current version everything and these machines I mostly torment guest users with and I hate the poo poo out of both of them. The other two PCs are for my engineering work and are running win10. One PC is connected to my CNC mill and has to be stable. The other is my CAD workstation and it also has to be stable. I keep those two machines updated in terms of security patches but I've also laboriously configured a bunch of registry hacks to and set policies to delete and destroy unwanted invasive UI poo poo like popup ads and announcements and microsoft promotions and animated stuff crawling around the taskbar and start menu and random reboots I don't first approve. Also going by wireshark, I have managed to prevent telemetry data from leaking out of those machines. They're as silent on the network as they should be. I can tolerate those two PCs. I absolutely never want them to be come infested with Win11 and all the new stuff. My final machine is a Mac that runs the oldest compatible version of MacOS I can get away with, currently Catalina. I wept when I had to migrate to that because it meant losing access to my entire hoard of 32-bit plugins and mostly unique, irreplaceable old software. gently caress whoever made that decision.
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