Reply to: Windows 10 Support Expiring

[woody1]

It's for this reason that I disable auto-update. This has got harder with every release; 8 was easy, 10 a bit more convoluted, 11 nigh on impossible to disable it completely. None of the following methods are 100%.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-s...tes-windows-11

[northernladuk]

Well for some reason I got an Office365 update message and couldn't start Outlook, word etc. Went on for ages so eventually did a reboot and it appears it had kicked off Windows 11 update. Couple of hours later after a couple of reboots and long periods of just grey screens it finally allowed me to log in but another hour or three of everytihng running like an absolute dog. Every app I opened was so slow. I assume it's re-building all it's caches, seach indexs and whathave you but its taken thick end of 3 horus since I first spotted the update and its still running every new app really slowly.

Lesson : Manually run the update when you are ready and don't need it for a good few hours. And just wait... and wait

Obviously desktop went back to standard so had to move and resize taskbar items, background and all that. Bit of a pain but manageable. Most menus look different but again managable. Just the time it took.

It's still running slow but getting there.

[xoggoth]

I got a Windows 11 PC as spare a few months ago, planning to make it my main when I get round to it. Got it all set up with most of the programs I want on it, including some quite old ones, all seems ok.

[gables]

The compatibility bit is a pain as mine, a home build, had a 6th Gen i5-6500 processor (iGPU, 16GB RAM, SSD drives) which isn't supported by Windows 11, however the rest of the PC met the required specs after I enabled TPM and the system performed perfectly well for my use. So I did an in-place upgrade with a registry tweak (from MS I think) to get around the CPU incompatibility and it all worked fine and I could've stopped there, but AI got the better of me so I ended up with an upgraded PC and the (now) old one being turned into a DVD\Bluray automatic ripping machine :-)

[Dorkeaux]

Running windows 11 here, no issues at all. Client co is rolling out the update at the moment, which is more problematic as they are tying down user admin rights at the same time.

My clients tend towards tightening up admin rights also lately.
I've stopped arguing the toss with them, unless it's to install some expensive software that I don't want to pay for.

Generally, I keep my own laptop nearby to do the cool stuff.

[BlueSharp]

Running windows 11 here, no issues at all. Client co is rolling out the update at the moment, which is more problematic as they are tying down user admin rights at the same time.

[sadkingbilly]

Same here but finally got round to it.

Instructions are here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...7-ae6b0c90645c

It will be slightly different depending on your motherboard but in short

"Advanced" or "Security" section, and enable either "TPM," "Intel Platform Trust Technology (IPTT)," or "AMD CPU fTPM" depending on your CPU and motherboard.

Your PC will run like a dog when rebooting and for awhile after. I assume it needs to build some tables or reconfigure so make sure you've got 15 mins or so you don't need it and it's sorted.

and all your open source and non microsoft apps stop working.

[northernladuk]

Yeah, it's something like that. I ran it a good while back and decided at the time that I didn't care enough to sort it out.

Same here but finally got round to it.

Instructions are here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...7-ae6b0c90645c

It will be slightly different depending on your motherboard but in short

"Advanced" or "Security" section, and enable either "TPM," "Intel Platform Trust Technology (IPTT)," or "AMD CPU fTPM" depending on your CPU and motherboard.

Your PC will run like a dog when rebooting and for awhile after. I assume it needs to build some tables or reconfigure so make sure you've got 15 mins or so you don't need it and it's sorted.

[ladymuck]

Did you run the checker? Mine said it wasn't compatible because I didn't TPM2.0 running. Went in to the bios and turned it on and it is now compatible.

Yeah, it's something like that. I ran it a good while back and decided at the time that I didn't care enough to sort it out.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Chromebooks are usually cheaper because the hardware isn't as advanced. The O/S is less demanding than Windows.

Fine if all you do is browser-based.

^^^This.

He actually prefers Windows 3.11 but not many of the new kids on here will remember that so sticks with 8 so as not to stifle to discussion.

You mean Windows for Workgroups ??? Some of us can remember 2 ! And some of us used OS/2 instead :-)

There's a copy of Win 1.x in the junk room on the hard disk addon for an Amstrand PPC640.

I think I used to have the Microsoft C compiler (Version 3?) that came with the Programmer's diskette that showed you how to program for it. .

[Dorkeaux]

As an aside, I've noticed Chromebooks seem to be a bit cheaper than Windows laptops, presumably because it's not as popular.

Anyone using Chrome? How does it compare?

Chromebooks are usually cheaper because the hardware isn't as advanced. The O/S is less demanding than Windows.
Fine if all you do is browser-based.

If you need to use Windows software, say for a client.. you are out of luck.

[northernladuk]

I like W10. My main PC isn't W11 compatible (it's a custom build) and could be made to be so with some BIOS tweaks, I guess..

Did you run the checker? Mine said it wasn't compatible because I didn't TPM2.0 running. Went in to the bios and turned it on and it is now compatible.

[woody1]

As an aside, I've noticed Chromebooks seem to be a bit cheaper than Windows laptops, presumably because it's not as popular.

Anyone using Chrome? How does it compare?

[courtg9000]

I've been using Win11 for work and on one of my home PCs for quite a while now, I can't say I notice much difference from Win10. At home I have Open Shell installed (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu) which brings back a lot of the Win7 look & feel.

Meanwhile the other home PC is still on Win7 so I guess I should update that soon

I agree Open Shell is a cool tool!

[TestMangler]

He actually prefers Windows 3.11 but not many of the new kids on here will remember that so sticks with 8 so as not to stifle to discussion.

You mean Windows for Workgroups ??? Some of us can remember 2 ! And some of us used OS/2 instead :-)