Windows 11

Well my online friends, I finally got sick of seeing the prompts for Windows 11, and I updated my computer's OS to Win11 about a week ago. I'm not noticing any drastic differences, but there is some graphical differences related to how files and folders are presented, and some weird behavior with the touchpad that wasn't present in the previous version. Other than that, it doesn't feel much different.
 
Yeah, I think most people would feel the same. I'm sure it comes with great improvements in certain areas such as offering DirectX 12 out of the box and a lot of other nifty gaming-related features. But it also still suffers from compatibility issues, especially on self-built systems such as mine.
When I built my bf's PC, I wanted to install 11 but for some reason it kept crashing whenever he would play videos (youtube, etc) and I had to revert to 10. I tried a lot of different things such as up- and downgrading audio and video drivers, swapping out hardware and replacing it with mine or old bits we had left lying around but nothing ever really fixed the problem.
So he, at least, is stuck on Win10 (and I'm just a stubborn, old fart set in my ways who refuses to change anything on my own PC until my next one - sorry, not sorry >_>)
 
4 months in and I'm slightly annoyed with the performance of Win 11. There are a number of issues that keep cropping up. There is an odd adjustment to the screen brightness that happens inexplicably. It's as if the screen is adjusting to nighttime/daytime viewing, but there are no visual cues to let you know how/why this is happening. Nothing in the battery meter that would give any clues as to why this is happening. The snipping tool for capturing images from the screen isn't as easy to use/intuitive as the one in Win10. Adjusting the volume of the computer is a bit more tedious, as for some reason there is a one-second delay from the input to the actual adjustment of the volume. My kanji/kana converter seems to shut off at times, and I have to manually change it back. It will do this without warning, and I have to go down to the IME options icon to reset it. There is an odd reconfirmation window that pops up when editing Windows files. For example if I make an adjustment to an Excel file, and then press the "overwrite" icon, I will still get a pop-up window asking me if I want to save any changes to the file when I close it down. This redundancy didn't happen in Win10. If you overwrote a file, you could then close it. But now I get a pop-up asking me how/where I want to save the file, even after I've overwritten it. Weird.
 
I also have major problems with it. No matter how I adjust the settings , It logs me off after 2 minutes of non-activity. It will not do backups anymore. It fails to recognize my DVD player no matter what I do. Windows 11 seems to be in a contest with Facebook on who can screw things up the most. I was ready to go buy a new computer , so glad to hear someone else also has issues and not just me.
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Majestic said:
4 months in and I'm slightly annoyed with the performance of Win 11. There are a number of issues that keep cropping up. There is an odd adjustment to the screen brightness that happens inexplicably. It's as if the screen is adjusting to nighttime/daytime viewing, but there are no visual cues to let you know how/why this is happening. Nothing in the battery meter that would give any clues as to why this is happening.
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Win11 has something called adaptive brightness, that could be the culprit?

System -> Display -> Set brightness to 100 -> expand Brightness to see the 'Change brightness based on content' -> Off

Worth a try if you haven't already.
EDIT: there is also 'Change brightness automatically..' in the 'Display' setting that might be messing with your PC.
 
Majestic said:
4 months in and I'm slightly annoyed with the performance of Win 11. There are a number of issues that keep cropping up. There is an odd adjustment to the screen brightness that happens inexplicably. It's as if the screen is adjusting to nighttime/daytime viewing, but there are no visual cues to let you know how/why this is happening. Nothing in the battery meter that would give any clues as to why this is happening. The snipping tool for capturing images from the screen isn't as easy to use/intuitive as the one in Win10. Adjusting the volume of the computer is a bit more tedious, as for some reason there is a one-second delay from the input to the actual adjustment of the volume. My kanji/kana converter seems to shut off at times, and I have to manually change it back. It will do this without warning, and I have to go down to the IME options icon to reset it. There is an odd reconfirmation window that pops up when editing Windows files. For example if I make an adjustment to an Excel file, and then press the "overwrite" icon, I will still get a pop-up window asking me if I want to save any changes to the file when I close it down. This redundancy didn't happen in Win10. If you overwrote a file, you could then close it. But now I get a pop-up asking me how/where I want to save the file, even after I've overwritten it. Weird.
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For what it's worth, I haven't had any significant issues on my work or home PC. Both are newer PCs that started their lives on Windows 11, not upgraded.
For the snipping, I use the shortcut key SHIFT-WINDOWS-S. I think it's the same shortcut I used on Windows 10.
 
Majestic said:
4 months in and I'm slightly annoyed with the performance of Win 11. There are a number of issues that keep cropping up. There is an odd adjustment to the screen brightness that happens inexplicably. It's as if the screen is adjusting to nighttime/daytime viewing, but there are no visual cues to let you know how/why this is happening. Nothing in the battery meter that would give any clues as to why this is happening. The snipping tool for capturing images from the screen isn't as easy to use/intuitive as the one in Win10. Adjusting the volume of the computer is a bit more tedious, as for some reason there is a one-second delay from the input to the actual adjustment of the volume. My kanji/kana converter seems to shut off at times, and I have to manually change it back. It will do this without warning, and I have to go down to the IME options icon to reset it. There is an odd reconfirmation window that pops up when editing Windows files. For example if I make an adjustment to an Excel file, and then press the "overwrite" icon, I will still get a pop-up window asking me if I want to save any changes to the file when I close it down. This redundancy didn't happen in Win10. If you overwrote a file, you could then close it. But now I get a pop-up asking me how/where I want to save the file, even after I've overwritten it. Weird.
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The screen brightness adjusting is normal, as far as I know it happens with almost everything that is electronic. It's largely there to protect your eyes. They're kinda important.
 
Ur_fave_american said:
The screen brightness adjusting is normal, as far as I know it happens with almost everything that is electronic. It's largely there to protect your eyes. They're kinda important.
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I know it's a common feature on mobile phones and tablets - but on a lot of devices (ie. my Android telephone) it isn't enabled by default. And I must admit, I would get intensely annoyed if I found out my Windows did that for me without telling me about it.
 
Yes, I have it set on my mobile phone, and on my laptop when it used the previous version of Windows. So I'm familiar with the concept of the screen dimming.
But on Win11 it seems to be dimming at random times, with no apparent connection to time of day or battery life.
 
Supposedly my laptop has that feature in use when on battery but I've never noticed a difference.
 
Majestic said:
Yes, I have it set on my mobile phone, and on my laptop when it used the previous version of Windows. So I'm familiar with the concept of the screen dimming.
But on Win11 it seems to be dimming at random times, with no apparent connection to time of day or battery life.
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this could be the other way around, where it is doing HDR brightening maybe? do you notice it changes when you watch a video or open an image in full screen or close it out? if so, this is likely due to HDR being enabled which uses peak brightness only at certain times to maximize dynamic range
 
musicisgood said:
Ad blockers don't seem to be working on YouTube these days you guys know anything about it
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Use Firefox and install uBlock Origin - that works. It might make videos start a little slower but it's worth not having to watch inane ads for something you're not interested in. Google has banned uBlock Origin from Chrome, sadly. I used to use it across the board but nowadays, I'm solely on FF for the same reason.
EDIT: I should mention I'm on PC - I'm not sure about mobile platforms.
 
dracuella said:
Use Firefox and install uBlock Origin - that works. It might make videos start a little slower but it's worth not having to watch inane ads for something you're not interested in. Google has banned uBlock Origin from Chrome, sadly. I used to use it across the board but nowadays, I'm solely on FF for the same reason.
EDIT: I should mention I'm on PC - I'm not sure about mobile platforms.
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So I should use the Firefox browser
 

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