Windows 11 is here. Anyone taking the plunge yet?

[DarkAudit]

The "Press Here To Upgrade To Windows 11" button has shown up on the desktop. I'm very tempted to just do it. I haven't had any issues on the laptop after a month.

 

[ncts_dodge_man]

Features in Windows 11 not working due to expired certificate... A brand-new OS and a Cert is already expired....

 

[DarkAudit]

I've got all night, so I just hit the install button on the desktop. Sorry, @GasBandit.

 

[PatrThom]

Let us know how it goes, O brave pioneer.

--Patrick

 

[DarkAudit]

I'm in. So far so good. But all I've done so far was check updates on apps and drivers. Time to lewd some Sims for the real test.

 

[PatrThom]

Time to lewd some Sims for the real test.

Push it real good.

—Patrick

 

[DarkAudit]

What I'm finding out is something carried over from Windows 10. Although the basic Windows UI and 4K streams like YouTube work fine, my RX 580 paired with the TCL TV *really* doesn't like that combination. The card wasn't truly meant for 4K use, after all.

EDIT: That may have been a marginal HDMI cable. Swapped it for another one, and the flickering and static has abated. Plus, I'm gradually getting a grip on the scaling weirdness with Sims 4.

 

[PatrThom]

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features “to take images of your active screen every few seconds.”…

arstechnica.com

Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research.

"Research"
<Gas>FUUuuUuUuUuuUCK YOOoOoOooUUuUuuu</Gas>

At first glance, the Recall feature seems like it may set the stage for potential gross violations of user privacy. Despite reassurances from Microsoft, that impression persists for second and third glances as well.

YA THINK???

Who greenlit this? They need to be fired. Like, right now.

--Patrick

 

[mikerc]

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features “to take images of your active screen every few seconds.”…

arstechnica.com

"Research"
<Gas>FUUuuUuUuUuuUCK YOOoOoOooUUuUuuu</Gas>

YA THINK???

Who greenlit this? They need to be fired. Like, right now.

--Patrick

The EU is going to see this as a massive GDPR violation. I'm not sure what the data protection laws are like in the US, but even if this somehow doesn't violate them big business is not going to want MS screenshotting their proprietary data.

 

[Bubble181]

Yeah, I can't imagine how this could ever be legal here, not even a little bit.
And Mike is absolutely right that my employer would not allow it at all.

 

[General Specific]

The EU is going to see this as a massive GDPR violation. I'm not sure what the data protection laws are like in the US, but even if this somehow doesn't violate them big business is not going to want MS screenshotting their proprietary data.

Oh holy crap, schools have tons of systems using windows 11, all that student data... that's very not good

 

[PatrThom]

It looks like a requirement is that the machine has to have a dedicated NPU, so it won't be available for most existing PCs. So at least there's that.

--Patrick

 

[Azurephoenix]

AI recall for windows 11 is an absolute dereliction of decency by Microsoft. Pure wank... idiots.

 

[PatrThom]

Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems

Windows Hello authentication, additional encryption being added to protect data.

arstechnica.com

"Even before making Recall available to customers, we have heard a clear signal that we can make it easier for people to choose to enable Recall on their Copilot+ PC and improve privacy and security safeguards. With that in mind we are announcing updates that will go into effect before Recall (preview) ships to customers on June 18."

Yeah uh-huh that's what I thought.

--Patrick

 

[PatrThom]

Windows 11 24H2 is now incompatible with USB scanning devices, too

Windows 11 24H2 doesn't work well with cache-less WD SSDs, Ubisoft games, Asus devices, fingerprint sensors, and much more. We can now add USB scanners and devices...

www.techspot.com

But hey, Windows 10 is still on track to be sunset in eleven months.
At this rate, Windows 11 sounds like the best advertisement for that $30 extra year of Win10 support.

--Patrick

 

[PatrThom]

December 5, 2024:

Microsoft: TPM 2.0 is a ‘non-negotiable’ requirement for Windows 11

The company reiterated it’s unwilling to lower hardware requirements for Windows 11 as Windows 10 end of support looms in less than a year.

www.computerworld.com

[...]
December 10, 2024:

Microsoft now allows Windows 11 installations on unsupported hardware, devices

Microsoft's support page for installing Windows 11 on unsupported devices is filled with disclaimers. It starts by warning users that the company doesn't recommend carrying out this...

www.techspot.com

--Patrick