Windows 11

[Rezillo]

Would say no idea as I have not installed it, presumably you are not having the much reported wifi issues. Is the pc running okay, poor performance seems to be another issue. The general advice seems to be not to install it for a few months until the faults have been patched and software providers have updates for any non compliant programs. Anyway in terms of the question its one of those things Google is good for and says

Right-click on the Start menu and select Settings.
Select the Personalization category.
Click on the Themes tab.
Go to the right and click on the Sounds option.
On the Sound tab, uncheck the box next to the Play Windows Startup sound option.

Also, on my Windows 11 installation:

Settings/System/Sound

Go to the bottom of the screen and click More Sound Settings. The slick Windows 11 menu is then replaced by a familiar much older dialog. Click the Sounds tab - the Sound Scheme should be set to No Sounds but near the foot of the menus is a check box, that is not in the list of scheme sounds, for "Play Windows Start-up sound".

I rather like Windows 11 - the interface is quite nice and all my software and devices are working fine. My only niggle is that there is no way of shrinking the task bar without a registry hack and even then, it doesn't look right.

 

[PeteXXX]

Also, on my Windows 11 installation:

Settings/System/Sound

Go to the bottom of the screen and click More Sound Settings. The slick Windows 11 menu is then replaced by a familiar much older dialog. Click the Sounds tab - the Sound Scheme should be set to No Sounds but near the foot of the menus is a check box, that is not in the list of scheme sounds, for "Play Windows Start-up sound".

I rather like Windows 11 - the interface is quite nice and all my software and devices are working fine. My only niggle is that there is no way of shrinking the task bar without a registry hack and even then, it doesn't look right.

Thanks. I'll try that.

 

[DaveReading]

Nope. Programmes are not affected.

The quote about "having to replace a lot pf programs" was a reply to a comment about changing from Windows to Linux, so was if anything an understatement.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Ethically, Windows 11 not "officially" supporting 3 year old hardware is a huge mistake in a time where most are getting more conscious about waste. Whilst there are workarounds, most menial pc users will likely swallow the hit of new hardware to ensure they're up to date and wash their hands with it. People will jump to microshafts defence and say its about security. Well, it is convenient but likely optional and unnecessary. Security holes caused by old cpu microcode is rare. Some might be aware of the spectre meltdown issues affecting some intel cpu's made around 2011-16 ish. This was fixed with a microcode update and to this day there is no evidence anybody exploited this security hole. Frankly, this level of security flaw is the least of Windows problems regarding security of users data. The cynic in me would suggest this all one big stuffed brown envelope exchange between the large pc hardware manufacturers...

 

[newts]

Should I upgrade to W11 or stay with W10?
Are there any major advantages with W11?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They've spent a lot of time making senseless changes to the task bar.

Where's my analogue clock gone? The one that opening the time and date part of the task bar would launch.
Why won't the task bar launch when the cursor's over to the right? (I keep the task bar out of the way until I need it).
Why is there now a large blank space on the left of the task bar (where Start used to be)
Why does the Widget icon only launch news feeds?

 

[cookiemonster]

The quote about "having to replace a lot pf programs" was a reply to a comment about changing from Windows to Linux, so was if anything an understatement.

Oops. Sorry. Mis-read your post.

 

[cookiemonster]

What, every program? IME there is always some program that is no longer compliant and that is an issue of concern on reviews of W11

Yup. All my programmes on W11 are working fine.

 

[Rezillo]

Windows 10 is supported for a few years yet. I would say there's no overwhelming reason to move - I installed it because I've just built myself a brand new PC and within a few reboots of Windows 10, it appeared in Windows Update.

 

[cookiemonster]

Should I upgrade to W11 or stay with W10?
Are there any major advantages with W11?

From what I’m seeing just, there’s no rush to upgrade.

 

[mjr]

P. S. Nobody needs to know, again, that you use Linux or Ubuntu yada yada yada xx

You clearly do because you're still wasting money on the upgrade treadmill.

 

[newfhouse]

Ethically, Windows 11 not "officially" supporting 3 year old hardware is a huge mistake in a time where most are getting more conscious about waste.

At work we have a quantity of Microsoft’s own Surface Pro and Surface Go machines, bought as recently as last year. They are not compatible with 11.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My PC is more than a few days old , which means W11 won’t be coming to play

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Should I upgrade to W11 or stay with W10?
Are there any major advantages with W11?

You know that feeling when your local supermarket decides to change the layout and you can't find where they've now hidden the mustard....? W11 will give you a feeling of déjà vu.

 

[newfhouse]

You know that feeling when your local supermarket decides to change the layout and you can't find where they've now hidden the mustard....? W11 will give you a feeling of déjà vu.

Worse than that, they tell you that you really don’t want mustard at all and must get used to jam instead.