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Just set up my mother in laws new Dell with Win11. It does seem a bit better compared to my computer that was updated from 10 to 11.
I said that before, fresh install is quicker and better than upgrade.
I did the upgrade on a very healthy, stable Windows 10 Pro and it took like 45 minutes or so to complete.
I could tell the system wasn't as robust or smooth. Apps seemed a bit glitchy.
A day or so later, I did a fresh install which took like 20 minutes. Windows seemed more stable, apps was a lot snappier and smooth when opening, using, etc.
A day or so later, I did a fresh install which took like 20 minutes. Windows seemed more stable, apps was a lot snappier and smooth when opening, using, etc.
If I could ask, re your fresh install, did you have to wipe your hard drive, install Win11, then reinstall all your programs/apps? I assume that's it, but just wanted to ask.
If I could ask, re your fresh install, did you have to wipe your hard drive, install Win11, then reinstall all your programs/apps? I assume that's it, but just wanted to ask.
Yup, fresh install = clean install which means during the DRIVE selection screen, you delete all existing partitions and let Windows create the new, default partitions and also format them on the fly. Naturally, this would mean every app, document, setting, etc. will be gone (kinda).
I had to say kind of because, technically there are ways to extract data from previously deleted/formatted drives so if you want to be 100% safe, you have to wipe the drive using a DOD level wipe methods which is typically 3-pass zero fill or encryption. The best would be to wipe the drive and then destroy it physically.
That said, for most everyone, if really needed, a single pass zero fill should be enough.
If you have data that could get you or anyone in real trouble then destroy the drive physically if you are going to use the machine again or donate it.
I'm probably going to be putting a new desktop build together in the next 6 months. Any major reasons not to go with Win11? Main apps I run are PC games and Photography apps(lightroom, photoshop, etc)
Last time I tried "Classic Start", it still wasn't working with Windows 11 but StartAllBack seems to work really well on Windows 11 very similar to Classic Start on Windows 10 system.
I built my own PC, but it's kind of basic and really isn't fast enough for Win 11. I use Win 7 64 bit.
I have another case and may build another computer for Win 11.
Same here. I will get 11 when I get a new PC. I will not update my Win 7 64 bit machine to Win 11. Win 7 is very stable. I have updates turned off. I can't remember the last time it crashed. I don't think it ever has. And I often use it to the max, running lots of things at once, installing all kinds of freeware etc.
I have a neighbor with Win 10 and the system was dragging. Turns out it was Defender keeping Disk 0 nearly 100% active. When I turned off Defender it went down to near 0 percent.
Same here. I will get 11 when I get a new PC. I will not update my Win 7 64 bit machine to Win 11. Win 7 is very stable. I have updates turned off.
- No one should update their computer to Windows 11 if it originally came with Windows 7 - the main reasons why Windows 11 is not suitable on some of the older machines. Just get a new/newer machine.
- Yes, turning off Windows Updates service, since the support ended, is something every Windows 7 user should have done
- One of the positives sides of Windows 7, newer versions of Windows do not allow users to permanently disable Windows Updates or integrated AV scanner (Windows Defender)
Cannot really be done with Windows 1x unless you manually rename/delete the "Platform" directory in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender" (See screenshot).
Of course, that is not something normal users should not be doing as it can prevent certain (mainly related) updates from not installing and giving error instead.
With each version of Windows, MS has been taking away user's access and control of Windows internals which is something that has always bothered and annoyed me (as a tech).
The above might be ideal for testing environments or VMs which I use it for mainly.
During copying/moving known good data of large amounts to or from the machine, I always disable whatever AV scanner is in use but especially Windows Defender. It can speed things up by tenfold. Besides, compared to even the free version of AVG, Windows Defender is rather useless, imho.
Home users should also stay away from McAfee or Norton. Their home products are pretty much junk.
If you want to pay for an AV scanner, Kaspersky/Nod32, Webroot or even BitDefender are much better but after disabling ads in free version of AVG, it is as good as any other. Its "Boot-time Scan" is still one of the best features and also the most powerful scan method other than booting to an external media to do the scan. I have seen Malwarebytes completely miss the PUPs of various kinds on the machine it was installed and running on yet their own standalone and free "ADWcleaner" actually found and removed entries on those same machines.
Go figure!
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