Windows 11

cqaigy2 · Jun 21, 2021

Tinhack said:
Well, yes "they" did. They simply recanted. I'm still not converting. I like to have a choice on my privacy. That's not possible with Win10 or now Win11.

As a side note; I stopped running the Microsoft Updates when "they" tried to hammer my software and change my boot option. I still lost some Media Center functions. And they continued to try and delete my "Host" file.

Weird, have a host file. I just checked and it's still there with my entries in it.

California · Jun 21, 2021

rekees4300 said:
Last year I spent a month trying to switch from Windows to Linux. Unfortunately right now Linux is an incomprehensible hodgepodge that most non-technical folks can not grasp.

Ok, that confirms what I experienced 20+ years ago pre-Windows as I described above. I was comfortable with command-line Dos, batch files, Novell setup, etc and editing the Wordstar binary to add features. The big limitation back then was you had to know precisely what you wanted before you started keying in commands because you were working blind. There was zero feedback if you didn't do exactly what the OS expected, just endless failure while you tried everything you could imagine. The rare, sparse documentation by nerds was near useless for the un-initiated.

Your 'incomprehensible hodgepodge' is an excellent description of back then. I see it hasn't changed much.

rekees4300 said:
But things will be different if Windows dies. The demand for a user-friendly OS would be enormous and as a result central control/development by a large corporation is likely to happen.

Lets hope. LibreOffice is a success, Wikipedia too, and Firefox, these are user-friendly examples built on what volunteers created. Linux is a solid foundation but it's still user-hostile to the novice.

Tinhack · Jun 21, 2021

cqaigy2 said:
Weird, have a host file. I just checked and it's still there with my entries in it.

Microsoft Security Essentials scanner will try to remove all the entries if you run it. Found that out when ads started popping on various sites. Fortunately, I had the scan options set to "Quarantine" instead of delete and was able to recover all my hard work.

I also keep several backup copies now.

blee03 · Jun 21, 2021

I work in the IT field and the laptop in my garage I'm using to post this is running Win XP Pro
Decent!

Anyone running still running Win 98 SE?

rekees4300 · Jun 24, 2021

blee03 said:
I work in the IT field and the laptop in my garage I'm using to post this is running Win XP Pro
Decent!

Anyone running still running Win 98 SE?

I'm running MS-DOS version 1

rekees4300 · Jun 24, 2021

It's official: Windows 11 is the next version of Microsoft's operating system, and comes with a brand new design and some updated features.

Windows 11 is here, with a more Mac-like look, new features and Android apps