What Windows you on?

[jerryco]

My 5 year old Windows 10 laptop finally had to be replaced. Enjoying Windows 11 latest update now. What do you use?

[wwonderfull]

My 5 year old Windows 10 laptop finally had to be replaced. Enjoying Windows 11 latest update now. What do you use?

Luckily, I got the taste of most of those windows OS. There used to be a time when we used to use windows XP back in the days. By back in the days, I mean back in the old days if you know what I mean. Then came windows vista looked cool as if a new look the windows xp. So after using windows vista came which became a favorite. The styles the way it used to work all gave that modern problem-solving feeling. Then came windows 8 which came with the futuristic look which later developed into windows 10 which is it's successor and then we now have windows 11.

But those previous windows such as windows XP, windows Visa, or even the ICONIC windows 7 previously had issues such as it needed drivers manually needed to be installed errors and bugs were still present such as compatibility issues, limited ram support, no native use 3.0 support and other settings related learning curve.

The most important reason why people should not use the previous versions is because they have security issue which can cause business loss or even data theft. If people think Microsoft windows is not safe enough, they can even use LINUX, UBUNTU, DEBIAN, FEDORA, OPENSUSE many more.

But for the sake of ease of use and useability, I prefer windows 11. They improved a lot on their security settings UI and even the UX and even the preinstalled drivers along with modern solutions. So, all in all, will try to stay securely updated based on any present or future windows versions.

[jerryco]

Easiest thing for me so far... automated file name suggestions based on content in Notepad.

[alan_sh]

I've been using Windows since version 1.0. Now on Windows 11, but I'm using various 3rd party tools to make it look and feel like Windows 7, which is before Steve Balmour tried to ruin it.

Alan

[jerryco]

I've been using Windows since version 1.0. Now on Windows 11, but I'm using various 3rd party tools to make it look and feel like Windows 7, which is before Steve Balmour tried to ruin it.

Alan

*Steve Ballmer

[wwonderfull]

I've been using Windows since version 1.0. Now on Windows 11, but I'm using various 3rd party tools to make it look and feel like Windows 7, which is before Steve Balmour tried to ruin it.

Alan

I had the same thing on my mind too so used this software for the start menu STARTISBACK

There are many more stuffs if you need..

[jerryco]

I have actually accepted Windows' cosmetic changes over the years and thought 10 was better than 7. Only 8 was a disaster design wise I consider. I really like they introduced 'recent files' in Explorer and now file name suggestions in Notepad. And that ridiculous bloated Start menu from 10 is pretty clean now! All in all a happy 11 user

[wwonderfull]

I have actually accepted Windows' cosmetic changes over the years and thought 10 was better than 7. Only 8 was a disaster design wise I consider. I really like they introduced 'recent files' in Explorer and now file name suggestions in Notepad. And that ridiculous bloated Start menu from 10 is pretty clean now! All in all a happy 11 user

Yes, I windows 10 is a bit faster compared to windows 11. Cosmetica changes I think people do like some old windows panels and features where things were plain to the eye the settings were not too much deep hidden.

Windows 11 was trying to make a MAC out of windows so added the modern blur styling and the fluent ui and all that stuff, but I think they will improve for sure. For older pc's even win 11 would do fine but a hardware update can for sure improve better performance for any operating system. specially ram, gpu and processor.

[onlye]

I am using 11 and have been migrating to a new, faster laptop for several months. TWO THINGS I HATE: I cannot set up 11 without an MS account (I want a local account only), and would someone please kill OneDrive—I mean, completely kill it?

[WWBman]

I am using 11 and have been migrating to a new, faster laptop for several months. TWO THINGS I HATE: I cannot set up 11 without an MS account (I want a local account only), and would someone please kill OneDrive—I mean, completely kill it?

Have you tried googling it?
There are quite a few places that explain how you can do this.
E.g. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/ins ... ft-account
or https://www.syscute.com/install-windows ... count.html

[BaconFries]

TWO THINGS I HATE: I cannot set up 11 without an MS account (I want a local account only), and would someone please kill OneDrive—I mean, completely kill it?

@onlye You should be able to do so. Check to see if you have "Offline account" option, if so click it then click on the "Limited experience" this option should allow you to continue without a Microsoft account. Then simply follow the remaining rest of the steps to complete the process.
If you don't see this then you will need to setup with your MS account. As for one drive I can't help you without incriminating myself..

[onlye]

TWO THINGS I HATE: I cannot set up 11 without an MS account (I want a local account only), and would someone please kill OneDrive—I mean, completely kill it?

@onlye You should be able to do so. Check to see if you have "Offline account" option, if so click it then click on the "Limited experience" this option should allow you to continue without a Microsoft account. Then simply follow the remaining rest of the steps to complete the process.
If you don't see this then you will need to setup with your MS account. As for one drive I can't help you without incriminating myself..

A recent update removed the ability to not have an internet connection when setting up windows and allowing a non MS account. I have several 11 pcs with local accounts only. but not on the new one i am setting up.

[onlye]

I am using 11 and have been migrating to a new, faster laptop for several months. TWO THINGS I HATE: I cannot set up 11 without an MS account (I want a local account only), and would someone please kill OneDrive—I mean, completely kill it?

Have you tried googling it?
There are quite a few places that explain how you can do this.
E.g. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/ins ... ft-account
or https://www.syscute.com/install-windows ... count.html

THANKS!
I'll try those. I have spent hours reading options but none so far work anymore. An update killed the ability, i think.

[jerryco]

Fow what it's worth, I needed a MS account also during setup. Setup offered no alternative option.

[bkjohns]

I think you have to go into Settings/Accounts and from there you should be able to change to a local account for future startups. Not sure you can bypass creating/using a MS account for initial setup, although I could be wrong - I was once before.

[jerryco]

I think you have to go into Settings/Accounts and from there you should be able to change to a local account for future startups. Not sure you can bypass creating/using a MS account for initial setup, although I could be wrong - I was once before.

That's what I did, and they actually mentioned the option in the setup.