It feels as if M$ are tightening their grip on its potential customers. At first I couldn't install any of my regular software, but after using a few of my development tools I was able to take over the system. M$ appears to want to control users activities under the guise of privacy, but not to themselves. I will wait until the professional versions are released, usually there is more flexibility.
I thought the idea was that Windows 10 was going to be the last numbered version, with all developments being upgrades to 10.
They have given notice today that Windows 11 has been compiled and tested on the abandoned Lumia 950XL phone.
It was, until it wasn't.
'They' being a random hacker on Twitter, not Microsoft.
Theo
Isn't this something like the windows 10S OS installed on some new machines/laptops which will only allow you to install from the M$ store
- but I believe can be reconfigured to allow third party "apps"/software
Are you saying you have to install W11 then reinstall all the software? Is there no upgrade path from W10 to W11?
I might be waiting a lot longer than that :-)
I don't use Twitter...
Nigel hesitates before responding blankly again, "These go to eleven."
Paul
I had the option of retaining personal files, but I decided to go with a clean install, when I get tired of it, I will remount the Win10 server
2019 image.
I won't be touching it for a few years.
It was intended to make things more secure, and stop users/employees from installing dubious stuff.
You can just reconfigure/reinstall as soon as you start the machine for the first time.
It has a very high security spec and only computers with TPM 2.0 security module will permitted to install.
It was, right up until it wasn't!
So win10 is now destined for EoL in 2025, upgrades to 11 will be free, but lots of even quite recent hardware won't run it, and even much of what will is going to need some serious faffing to get it to work.
That article is out of date and a bit misleading. You can switch Win 10 out of S mode and convert to "Home" free of charge with a Microsoft app from the windows store.
To do this, go to settings, Update & Security, Activation. There should be an option there to go to the Microsoft store to get the app that lets you switch.
They treat every user as an idiot. Can you turn on Narrator and let me know how much it will work with?
Brian
Well it of course is just a marketing ploy, the underlying core is I understand still 10, but this new version has taken the filed design of desktop from the ill fated windows 10X and grafted it onto windows 10 and added another virtual machine to run android. The real development seems to have been to lose that assistant and use a lot of Amazon stuff including the store hosting for all software that will run on 11. They want you to just run their software or software tested by them, they want you to enable secure boot and the crypto code as well. I see 11 as a bit like the ill fated 8. I'm currently using 7, and if they manage to make windows 10 only update once a year too, then I'll run it, at present even ten when it does a system install after major updates trashes most of my software. Brian
Ho ho cutting edge then.. not. Brian
Let me guess, with 2 hours battery life? Brian
Brian
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