Windows 11
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Regarding those menus (if you're talking about the right-click ones), you can make them look like Windows 10, see: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a
Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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The change to PIN was to improve security, as it's a local to a specific bit of hardware - if you have two PC's with the same MS account on them, you have to set a pin on them both. It can be the same on both, but it doesn't have to be. Passwords on the other hand are linked to your account - and that requires a trip to the server for verification, and is less secure as a result. There is an article on it here: Why a PIN is better than an online password - Windows Security | Microsoft Learn[^] But if you want a password, that's easy to do: 1) Open Settings on Windows 11. 2) Click on "Accounts" 3) Click the "Sign-in options" tab 4) Open the "PIN (Windows Hello" setting under the "Ways to sign in" section. 5) Click the "Remove" button in the "Remove this sign-in option" setting. 6) Follow the prompts (I don't want to remove mine, so I stopped there)
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Last week I bought I desktop PC, an i9 Mini with Windows 11. I decided it was time to update my i5 Windows 10. I'm happy with the PC, an MSECORE Mini and was looking forward to any new Windows features. I was disappointed to say the least; Windows 11 seems to have dropped at least one major feature of Windows 10 that I use - taskbar toolbars. (I was able to restore that thanks to the GitHub folks). And other things such as some menus are more awkward to use. Perhaps it should have been called Windows 9?
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The main point of Windows 11, besides disabling features, is the TPM. The TPM that now prevents me from logging into Outlook or Teams from the app. I sure hope they don't require TPM for anything else.
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Last week I bought I desktop PC, an i9 Mini with Windows 11. I decided it was time to update my i5 Windows 10. I'm happy with the PC, an MSECORE Mini and was looking forward to any new Windows features. I was disappointed to say the least; Windows 11 seems to have dropped at least one major feature of Windows 10 that I use - taskbar toolbars. (I was able to restore that thanks to the GitHub folks). And other things such as some menus are more awkward to use. Perhaps it should have been called Windows 9?
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No, they should rename it 911 :-D .
Gilles Plante
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Well, chasing the fruit company has never worked out poorly for them in the past. /s A chunk of recent "innovation" is really more about killing off dependencies on old windows code. The fruit company sucks though. They suck so hard. It doesn't matter if they have a usable product. That's like a liar making a "good" politician.
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On the flip side, I didn't want any authentication on my Windows 11 laptop. Its a home computer and I don't want/need it. I had to fight the pin multiple times. I would remove it and it came back a few times. I've won for now...
Hogan
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Last week I bought I desktop PC, an i9 Mini with Windows 11. I decided it was time to update my i5 Windows 10. I'm happy with the PC, an MSECORE Mini and was looking forward to any new Windows features. I was disappointed to say the least; Windows 11 seems to have dropped at least one major feature of Windows 10 that I use - taskbar toolbars. (I was able to restore that thanks to the GitHub folks). And other things such as some menus are more awkward to use. Perhaps it should have been called Windows 9?
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Windows 10 was the last version of Windows. Or so they said. To be honest, I just give a **** about Microsoft's marketing shills. Or about the **** all their UX clowns are coming up with. New icons anyone?.... :mad:
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Windows 10 was the last version of Windows. Or so they said. To be honest, I just give a **** about Microsoft's marketing shills. Or about the **** all their UX clowns are coming up with. New icons anyone?.... :mad:
Ralf Quint wrote:
Windows 10 was the last version of Windows.
Nah, Windows 3 was.
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Where does the 'pin' stuff show up on your system? I haven't seen any of that with my system. I did an upgrade from Win 10 as opposed to a clean install. I use Open Shell to have a Win7ish Start Menu and ExplorerPatcher to restore the Win10 task bar.
Mine was a new purchase from a local store. I followed steps to disable it and it came back a few times. I may write software professionally, but when I'm off work I tend to go play outdoors. If it was really important, I would fix it like you stated with OpenShell, but for now, that would take away time from things I actually care bout.
Hogan
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No, they should rename it 911 :-D .
Gilles Plante
That's an insult for Porsche ;P :laugh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Last week I bought I desktop PC, an i9 Mini with Windows 11. I decided it was time to update my i5 Windows 10. I'm happy with the PC, an MSECORE Mini and was looking forward to any new Windows features. I was disappointed to say the least; Windows 11 seems to have dropped at least one major feature of Windows 10 that I use - taskbar toolbars. (I was able to restore that thanks to the GitHub folks). And other things such as some menus are more awkward to use. Perhaps it should have been called Windows 9?
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I'm curious -- you say you managed to restore taskbar toolbars thanks to GitHub. Any chance of a pointer to where you found a solution? Thanks.
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I'm curious -- you say you managed to restore taskbar toolbars thanks to GitHub. Any chance of a pointer to where you found a solution? Thanks.
