I was SO MAD that they DISABLED the taskbar on top. I had to edit a registry key to re-enable it. WAY less mouse travel with taskbar on top - since window and application menus/controls are also on top.
Unpopular opinion : I have no issue with Windows 11 and even like it more than Windows 10. It just takes a few minutes to debloat it, just like we needed to with Windows 10.
I'm building a pc soon and I'm gonna use windows 11 My main issue is that to initially set up the computer I don't wanna have to use an internet account I don't need to give microsoft more data than they already have The fact that I have to use indirect workarounds is ridiculous to me
Another way to bring up the snipping tool is win+shift+S. I memorized this because I use so many different computers throughout the day doing support work.
Great shortcut, especially for Windows 11. Another of note is Alt + PrtScn to capture only the active window you're working in. In Windows 10 this will copy it to your clipboard, so you'll need to paste it into another program to save it; in Windows 11, it'll both copy and save it to the Screenshots folder right away.
Install without internet: Windows 10 or 11: once prompted to connect to the internet: Shift+F10 to open command prompt. Type: OOBE\bypassNRO, enter. System reboots. Click "Don't have internet". Continue, with limited setup.
I think somebody on YT tried that and WORKED 😀👍 BUT, ended with a TON of missing Device Drivers and had to fix that After, Specially if you get No NETWORK Drivers 🤪🙃
My step 11 is creating a Macrium Reflect image, which I do every month for all my desktops and laptops after installing the monthly Windows updates. Store them off-line to protect them from ransomware. Data is back-upped more frequent.
5:50 You are incorrect, You can setup offline even if you have ethernet/wifi. Druing region setup press Shift F10 type taskmgr then kill network stack connection/socket. This will instantly take you to screen to setup local account :)
1:20 Disabling system sounds is truly awful advice. If they are interrupting you, right click on the sound icon in the task bar, open Volume Mixer, and lower the system sounds for your active or desired audio output device. Getting audible feedback for off-screen errors or operations is invaluable. You really only have two kinds of feedback for most use-cases on a computer. Sound and Sight. If you don't see it, and can't hear it, you won't know about it.
Windows 10 would have been fine. I think the reason most people like Windows 11 is because of the more modern and newer look to the UI, which looks awesome. I do feel like this didn't require a whole new OS. Just a big update to Windows 10.
When installing updates on Windows 11 make sure they once you've hit check for updates go to the advanced update options then click "optional updates." This is where you will find all your driver updates, in windows 10 it was just a simple option, but for some reason I'm window 11 they hid it under advanced options
I installed the basic Windows 11 Lite version on a spare computer. Installed in about 2 minutes. I'm not joking. THAT fast. The first time I did it, the screen resolution was stuck on 600x800. NOTHING could change it. I tried everything. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled hoping I might strike lucky. And I did. The resolution now has many options. It's perfect for my monitor. I think Lite is great. Makes the computer run very fast but I never use a browser with my passwords on it. Cheers.
For a local sign in for account instead of a MS account, when you install windows tell it you don't have a internet connection and it will setup a local account. Saves you having to sign in and then revert :)
The Onedrive integration in windows 11 caused so much frustration, I briefly considered getting a Mac, after I lengthily considered tracking down Bill Gates and doing to him literally what Windows 11 did to me figuratively.
The tips do help but for as long as Gamepass/Forza Horizon/Motorsport allow it I will remain on WIndows 10. Or until MS kills the free update program. Gotta love how they keep trying to hide the Control Panel further and further away from us and we still find it every time. It's amazing that the user analysis of that translates to hide the Control Panel even deeper next Windows for MS. Can one set 11 to limit updates like one could with Windows 10 to some degree (where one set it to using metered connection which stopped most automatic system updates)?
It's from their poor interpretation of their telemetry data that tells them those menu's are the least used menus and so therefore we need to simplify the UI by removing them. But the thing is you only need them seldomly, but when you do... you really don't want to have to dig for eternity trying to find them. If they want to simplify then they should just integrate the god mode menu into a single item in the settings menu and be done.
One year late on the video and Windows 11 is creating problems for me. An unidentified Win11 update after fresh install is making my PC unresponsive, to be exact after restart. Whole system becomes inoperable I'm losing my mind. Fresh install - works perfectly - then update, then restart and seconds later can't do anything except moving mouse cursor Good tip with the restore point, thanks! It might save me some time figuring out what's causing the issue without having to reinstall every time
Thanks for making this guide. Ironically it landed on my play list the day before I am due to receive the parts I need in order to build my new Windows 11 gaming build.
Protip: MS Account NOT needed at any point. I install windows 11 frequently fixing computers or setting up new ones to sell. All you have to do to skip sign in is plug in the ethernet.. when it asks to create or sign in, unplug the Ethernet after clicking create account and it will instantly just let you pick a name and move on (leave password blank etc)
I was about to say does no one know this. I install different OS's daily and never enter a username or password. Just leave the password field blank when it asks you to create one and when it tells you you will need to change it
There is a way to bypass the requirement to setup an online account during setup (worked last time I tried)... you don't have to wait till after it's installed: 1. At “Let’s connect you to a network” screen, press SHIFT+F10 keys together. It’ll launch Command Prompt window on the top of setup wizard window. 2. Now type ipconfig /release in Command Prompt window and press Enter. 3. Close Command Prompt window and the Windows 11 setup wizard will show some progress with the circle animation and continue with local account setup
That's exactly what I did a few days ago because believe me or not it's frustrating having to log into Microsoft Account every time you reinstall windows. Windows 10 doesn;t force you to do that.
LOVE CLICKING ON A VIDEO LIKE THIS AND REALIZE... HE'S USING MY EXACT LAPTOP! Great feeling knowing I did the research and bought the right equipment. Pat on the back moment.
I swear Microsoft is constantly locked in a civil war, between it's Engineers and it's Marketing department. There's so much garbage in Windows 11 that no self respecting engineer ever would have signed off on. Windows is a platform that hosts tools. That's it. This constant insistence to push it into the forefront is the reason these updates keep failing. The OS should just shut up, get out of the way and let you do what you're trying to do.
You forgot the most important one, set the pile of garbage on fire. Anyone know of a way to get it to stop giving me a blue screen of death and hard reboot every night while I sleep?
@Alan Interesting ... while I'm certain you're experience is just as you say, it doesn't seem to make sense to me. A recovery partition is written by the OS during installation, so how would one install Windows 11 afresh on a blank SSD in the first place without a recovery partition being present? I wouldn't imagine a Windows install would tamper with your BIOS. However, you could've given a "reset to defaults" within the BIOS a go. Still, I grant you that you're experience is rather puzzling and I would have thought that if this were so then there would be a mass of reports such as yours all over the web. personally, I always keep a full drive image of my OS partitions prior to any upgrade and so I would've simply reverted to my last image in order to recover to Windows 10 and not rely on Microsoft to allow me to do this easily only within the first 10 days. Perhaps ironically, my wife has a new laptop arriving today with 11 pre-installed. I am curious now to see if I can boot it using a Windows 10 USB boot stick and see if I can see the SSD. P.S. One thought that has just occurred to me is whether the SSD in question was SATA or NVME? If it was the latter, then perhaps the Windows 10 boot stick did not have the required NVME drivers for your laptop model in order to be seen. The newer Windows 11 boot media probably comes with a more comprehensive array of NVME drivers and hence was able to "see" the drive. Although rare these days, there is a procedure to load third party drivers at a point during Windows install and perhaps that was a step required using the drivers originally provided with the laptop.
@Alan Interesting ... while I'm certain you're experience is just as you say, it doesn't seem to make sense to me. A recovery partition is written by the OS during installation, so how would one install Windows 11 afresh on a blank SSD in the first place without a recovery partition being present? I wouldn't imagine a Windows install would tamper with your BIOS. However, you could've given a "reset to defaults" within the BIOS a go. Still, I grant you that you're experience is rather puzzling and I would have thought that if this were so then there would be a mass of reports such as yours all over the web. personally, I always keep a full drive image of my OS partitions prior to any upgrade and so I would've simply reverted to my last image in order to recover to Windows 10 and not rely on Microsoft to allow me to do this easily only within the first 10 days. Perhaps ironically, my wife has a new laptop arriving today with 11 pre-installed. I am curious now to see if I can boot it using a Windows 10 USB boot stick and see if I can see the SSD. P.S. One thought that has just occurred to me is whether the SSD in question was SATA or NVME? If it was the latter, then perhaps the Windows 10 boot stick did not have the required NVME drivers for your laptop model in order to be seen. The newer Windows 11 boot media probably comes with a more comprehensive array of NVME drivers and hence was able to "see" the drive. Although rare these days, there is a procedure to load third party drivers at a point during Windows install and perhaps that was a step required using the drivers originally provided with the laptop.
1:20 I just bought Win 11 laptop and there IS an easy way now in System>Notifications, and under Notifications, there is an option to uncheck "allow notifications to play sounds." 2:08 Now you can right click and unpin
windows 11 updates are on the way for over an hour, had win 10 update take 6 hours and many reboots so I'm solving this with Fedora since I won't game with it anyway. I feel sorry for pc gamers that this is what they have to work with.
A quick tip is to go through the startup menu and stop a lot of, if all the unnecessary programs from starting. You don't have to uninstall them, but, you can use them later and they aren't always searching for updates every time you boot.
Dont know how i missed this Vid the first time around. I am actually subbed on your channel. Okay I have a suggestion that will greatly increase your freedom, your peace of privacy, and decrease the hoops you have to jump through on Winblows 11. Get Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon edition OS, or one of its many equivalents. No more sign ins, no more Microsoft looking over your shoulder, completely customizable Windows experience. It is yours, it truly belongs to you. Why do you think the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies use it over Windows.
Could you find you why my "Windows 11 keeps changing window on its own". Some box just flashes superquickly on my screen and then random window what i used earlier activates (goes away from where i were). And this is nothing to do with new drivers or something childisly easy as that to figure out.
Or..OR.. you could also just also press ALT + PtrSC, that way with the ALT modifier, it'll only Screenshot your currently highlighted/active program/window.
Whats the point of creating a "restore point" when Windows eventually deletes it to make more space for new restore points??.. and yes, you can chose the size of the restore point alocated space but how far do you go with this?...
I have a new PC, which came with Windows 11 22H2. I don't like it. I have found that the only version of Windows that seemed to be worth a damn, was Windows XP.
Curse the day I installed W11. I have registry issues all over the place. That seems to be related to a Favorites folder where folders migrate to and I have no clue how. But if I suppress the new subfolder in Favorites, the original disappears as well. That is also how I lost my pst files/ folders, and Outlook 2019 does not find them in Documents/Outlook as they migrated to Documents/Favorites/Outlook, and as yet I have no clue how to fix this.
Shortly after setting up my new laptop, with the MS acct, which I didn't want, it apparently backed up a lot of my data "on the cloud" via OneDrive. I found that I could not simply delete the OneDrive folder without losing data on my laptop. A few days later I began getting emails from Microsoft about my photo "memories" and sending my own photos back to me. How do I get rid of that OneDrive data "in the cloud"?
Your video highlights very good points and these are pretty much a must for Win 10 users transitioning to the 11. One my machine is a workstation and another one is a laptop. So the workstation is on Win 10 Pro as it can't be upgraded to 11(not that I want to anyway) and my laptop had Win 10 and I decided to upgrade to 11 but didn't like as some of the apps couldn't be installed, so I just reset it. Installed Win 11 so I could learn where important settings are hidden. Interesting that System restore was disabled on my laptop after I reset the laptop. Had to enable it to have a proper restore point. As for the widget, I still kept it on but heavily customized and it is showing just a weather in the taskbar.
how do we get the active apps to be wider in the taskbar so they're a bigger target to click to? it's insane how annoying it is to have to be so accurate to switch to an app with my mouse.
I keep getting this message when i try to open a file ;MAKE SURE PERSONAL IS RUNNING ON YOUR PC..THEN TRY AGAIN,,I use programs like Screenhunter etc and next to the files name there is little logo that looks like a cloud..please help
My new mini PC has windows 11 installed. Can I install windows 10 instead? Now I can't "share" UA-cam content: the >share, >email clicks now shows and "untitled" box, with no place for email address
oh wow i learned something from this video! it was the screen snipping thing i was manually screengrabbing or alt screen printing like a sucker for the restore point thing though I would just suggest people do a full disk backup using a program. i use macrium reflect (there is, finally, a jay-z video about this program) for my workflow and it has saved my butt a few times. imagine your entire plex server deciding to lose all customizations randomly. nooooooo Edit: okay it made prt scr show up the snipping thing in the middle of a game. if you're going to do this remember to use alt+prt scr if you need a quick grab
If you install 'Windows11' on a local account from scratch, without the regular Windows, does this wipe off all the pre-installed programs that come with Windows? I ask cos a lot of vids show the 'Windows Icon pop-up window' after, that only has 'Settings' & one other on that pop-up. Thanks in advance! 👍
IMHO it's a pretty good improvement over W10 once you de-crapify it. But the suggestion to create a restore point is a good one. Or do a clone using macrium reflect.
if you're toggling between languages, there's a nice floating language bar now that toggles between them so you can get those funny accents into your writing.
5:45 Whenever it asks me to sign into a microsoft account to set up windows I always do no@thank.you then type in a random password. It then tells me something went wrong and allows you to just create a local account
Talk about answer files if you didn't, rufus the bootable usb maker has customizable checkboxes like setting a local account, debloat, and more, these are in one place called an answer file, this is when you pick the windows 11 iso
When I got my Asus ROG Zephyrus laptop, I couldn't sign in to my Microsoft account because I don't know my password. I use Lastpass, so I found a trick online to get into the OOBE command prompt during the setup and force it to allow me to set up an offline account. I had to make sure I wasn't connected to any of my networks, but it worked without signing in.
@@gtijason7853 Yeah, there was another command to run before that to force it to enable the account though. Don't remember what it was, but I'm sure some googling will help you find it.
also what is the point of the search glass icon right next to the windows button on the taskbar. they both do the exact same thing. its completely pointless. what were they thinking?
When i restart or turn my HP Laptop on it shows a blue screen saying “Choose a System” and then it says Volume 3 Windows 11 and Volume 3 Windows 11. I have to reset all the apps to log in to the PC everytime i wanna boot the laptop up. Can someone please help me with this issue.
Windows 11 for some reason when I save a file, pic etc to the desktop folder will appear in the folder not not the desktop, seems to be a problem with Windows, as I have seen others with the same issue, any ideas on how to fix this annoyance??
Win10 got the default programs setting right. Change for the sake of change just equates to messing up a good thing that works. And now it does't, thanks... change achieved.
What do you suggest trying for power settings, when I change them and my screen still keeps going inactive after like 30 seconds, even though I've got it set to 30 minutes? Are there any settings somewhere that are overriding this one?
Let say I never activated Windows 11 but want everything updated as if it was activated. Is it possible to download windows 11 updates from a browser and get the same results as with an activated version of Windows 11?
If Windows will move this way I'm seriously considering switching to Linux or Mac. The new taskbar is unacceptable. When I work with 2 documents I want to see them in the taskbar and just click document I want. Wtf is wrong with these UX/UI guys?
So many things are still missing from Windows 11, you can't shake a tab/window for it to then minimise all other windows. You can't drag an item from one folder and then hover over another folder on the taskbar for it to pop up and then drop them in there.
Thank fek for this mate, damn machine kept going into bloede 'Power Save Mode' while I was in the middle of doing things and I was about to yeet it out the gd window 3 floors up.
why do i have a stupid cloud icon on the bottom left of taskbar that tells me the temperature lol . where did that come from? windows 11 didnt always have that, it just appeared one day.
Hi mate, I have the same laptop (probably) and after update the fans run in full load at all times (even if temp is steady at 40 some degrees) .... The gaming or custom profiles are not helping at all.... It's driving me nuts.... Any suggestions?
I just run windows 11 off an old external Seagate drive, that I took out of the case and put it in my pc. Alot of the times your hard rive did not die. It was the usb board that powers it, that seems to be the problem. You lose the quick start up when you load the drive at first. But once it is loaded. It is smooth without any real hiccups. Windows 11 does not play the default when you want to install drivers and utilities
Hi, I would like to know what that spinning galaxy is behind you? I would like to have that on my TV. Is there a video to download it somewhere? Thank you.
I was SO MAD that they DISABLED the taskbar on top. I had to edit a registry key to re-enable it. WAY less mouse travel with taskbar on top - since window and application menus/controls are also on top.
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Excellent point! Glad I know where to look now!
how did you fix the problem that the windows preview doesnt show anymore when you have multi windows open of the same application?
How do you move it? I can't stand it on the bottom either!
"Oh thing new and different! me no like me cry on Interenet"
Unpopular opinion : I have no issue with Windows 11 and even like it more than Windows 10. It just takes a few minutes to debloat it, just like we needed to with Windows 10.
I'm building a pc soon and I'm gonna use windows 11
My main issue is that to initially set up the computer I don't wanna have to use an internet account
I don't need to give microsoft more data than they already have
The fact that I have to use indirect workarounds is ridiculous to me
@@AceTheAro7 adamint set up a customers pc without connecting to the net as he didnt want to either recently, he typed some command in.
Why tf does it autosave everything to OneDrive and make it so hard to deal with OD?!
@@AceTheAro7 Microsoft getting that ai data
Same
Another way to bring up the snipping tool is win+shift+S. I memorized this because I use so many different computers throughout the day doing support work.
I may also have to memorize this shortcut!
Great shortcut, especially for Windows 11. Another of note is Alt + PrtScn to capture only the active window you're working in. In Windows 10 this will copy it to your clipboard, so you'll need to paste it into another program to save it; in Windows 11, it'll both copy and save it to the Screenshots folder right away.
As a fan of both snipping and small keyboards this just changed my life
Yeah I use this method all the time when I want to take pictures of stuff and not my whole screen, It's very handy and comfortable!
that's useful
Install without internet: Windows 10 or 11: once prompted to connect to the internet: Shift+F10 to open command prompt.
Type: OOBE\bypassNRO, enter. System reboots. Click "Don't have internet". Continue, with limited setup.
That's another great way to do it as well
I think somebody on YT tried that and WORKED 😀👍 BUT, ended with a TON of missing Device Drivers and had to fix that After, Specially if you get No NETWORK Drivers 🤪🙃
@@benygh911 Well if you have no network drivers, then you won't be connected to the internet anyway
@@warthunder1969 🤪🙃 yeah, we're TOASTED, with M$
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i had to do this today it works
My step 11 is creating a Macrium Reflect image, which I do every month for all my desktops and laptops after installing the monthly Windows updates. Store them off-line to protect them from ransomware. Data is back-upped more frequent.
Backed-up*
Get rid of Bing search with a registry edit. I just did it and it makes the search function clean and not frustrating with web search stuff
5:50 You are incorrect, You can setup offline even if you have ethernet/wifi. Druing region setup press Shift F10 type taskmgr then kill network stack connection/socket. This will instantly take you to screen to setup local account :)
Thank you! Just to clarify - simply unplugging my Ethernet cable before starting the installation would also work, right?
1:20 Disabling system sounds is truly awful advice.
If they are interrupting you, right click on the sound icon in the task bar, open Volume Mixer, and lower the system sounds for your active or desired audio output device.
Getting audible feedback for off-screen errors or operations is invaluable. You really only have two kinds of feedback for most use-cases on a computer. Sound and Sight. If you don't see it, and can't hear it, you won't know about it.
it resets on automatically to the loudest possible setting every system restart
Windows 10 would have been fine. I think the reason most people like Windows 11 is because of the more modern and newer look to the UI, which looks awesome. I do feel like this didn't require a whole new OS. Just a big update to Windows 10.
It’s the fact that it’s starting to take control out of the users hands
When installing updates on Windows 11 make sure they once you've hit check for updates go to the advanced update options then click "optional updates." This is where you will find all your driver updates, in windows 10 it was just a simple option, but for some reason I'm window 11 they hid it under advanced options
Thank you I always wondered how I would get to update my drivers
Wow-I just found multiple updates in there. Geez!
Great Thanks for tip
I installed the basic Windows 11 Lite version on a spare computer. Installed in about 2 minutes. I'm not joking. THAT fast. The first time I did it, the screen resolution was stuck on 600x800. NOTHING could change it. I tried everything. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled hoping I might strike lucky. And I did. The resolution now has many options. It's perfect for my monitor. I think Lite is great. Makes the computer run very fast but I never use a browser with my passwords on it. Cheers.
For a local sign in for account instead of a MS account, when you install windows tell it you don't have a internet connection and it will setup a local account.
Saves you having to sign in and then revert :)
There is more to it than that, you need to run some command line commands to make that work now.
The Onedrive integration in windows 11 caused so much frustration, I briefly considered getting a Mac, after I lengthily considered tracking down Bill Gates and doing to him literally what Windows 11 did to me figuratively.
Actually, the godmode text string is: "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" (without the quotes of course).
The tips do help but for as long as Gamepass/Forza Horizon/Motorsport allow it I will remain on WIndows 10. Or until MS kills the free update program.
Gotta love how they keep trying to hide the Control Panel further and further away from us and we still find it every time. It's amazing that the user analysis of that translates to hide the Control Panel even deeper next Windows for MS.
Can one set 11 to limit updates like one could with Windows 10 to some degree (where one set it to using metered connection which stopped most automatic system updates)?
It's from their poor interpretation of their telemetry data that tells them those menu's are the least used menus and so therefore we need to simplify the UI by removing them. But the thing is you only need them seldomly, but when you do... you really don't want to have to dig for eternity trying to find them. If they want to simplify then they should just integrate the god mode menu into a single item in the settings menu and be done.
Seeing the taskbar moved to the left was very satisfying for some reason.
One year late on the video and Windows 11 is creating problems for me.
An unidentified Win11 update after fresh install is making my PC unresponsive, to be exact after restart. Whole system becomes inoperable
I'm losing my mind. Fresh install - works perfectly - then update, then restart and seconds later can't do anything except moving mouse cursor
Good tip with the restore point, thanks! It might save me some time figuring out what's causing the issue without having to reinstall every time
I didn’t realize you could map snipping tool to printscr! That’s a game changer for my support workflow! Thanks!
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@@highbred I use an ibm model m, I have no windows key.
@@joshhardin666 Win key is crucial for productivity. WIN + E, WIN + PRNTSCRN, WIN + D, WIN + R, etc.
@@RareFXChrisC I don't know what those are, but I can reassure you that my productivity is unhindered.
@@RareFXChrisC Bro ever heard of Auto Hotkey?
Thanks for making this guide. Ironically it landed on my play list the day before I am due to receive the parts I need in order to build my new Windows 11 gaming build.
Have you finished your build, tested it for gaming yet?. My pc parts also on the way. Still can't decide if I stick with win10 or win11 fresh install.
New ride due next week :) it should be great once I come to terms with topics like covered here!
God mode folder doesn't work for me
Protip: MS Account NOT needed at any point. I install windows 11 frequently fixing computers or setting up new ones to sell. All you have to do to skip sign in is plug in the ethernet.. when it asks to create or sign in, unplug the Ethernet after clicking create account and it will instantly just let you pick a name and move on (leave password blank etc)
I was about to say does no one know this. I install different OS's daily and never enter a username or password. Just leave the password field blank when it asks you to create one and when it tells you you will need to change it
well now I know 3 ways to get past MS account setup :)
Dude...game changer
Tysm
seems things have changed a tiny bit with 22H2. Seems you have to press Shift+F10 , type oobe\bypassnro to skip the sign up now.
There is a way to bypass the requirement to setup an online account during setup (worked last time I tried)... you don't have to wait till after it's installed:
1. At “Let’s connect you to a network” screen, press SHIFT+F10 keys together. It’ll launch Command Prompt window on the top of setup wizard window.
2. Now type ipconfig /release in Command Prompt window and press Enter.
3. Close Command Prompt window and the Windows 11 setup wizard will show some progress with the circle animation and continue with local account setup
God mode folder name isn't correct. Doesn't work
Step 1: Make a fresh install of windows 10.
That's exactly what I did a few days ago because believe me or not it's frustrating having to log into Microsoft Account every time you reinstall windows. Windows 10 doesn;t force you to do that.
You spelled Windows 7 wrong
@@TheQuranIsTheWaywhat?
You all guys misspelled Ubuntu...
@@TheQuranIsTheWayYou spelled TempleOS wrong
LOVE CLICKING ON A VIDEO LIKE THIS AND REALIZE... HE'S USING MY EXACT LAPTOP! Great feeling knowing I did the research and bought the right equipment. Pat on the back moment.
5:10: How did I live so long without this? It's wonderful.
I swear Microsoft is constantly locked in a civil war, between it's Engineers and it's Marketing department. There's so much garbage in Windows 11 that no self respecting engineer ever would have signed off on.
Windows is a platform that hosts tools. That's it. This constant insistence to push it into the forefront is the reason these updates keep failing. The OS should just shut up, get out of the way and let you do what you're trying to do.
AMEN!! let us tinker with our computers!!
right? well said
god mode is practically exec files you can find in the system32 folder, yes you can search for it but isn't it great to know the programs location
You forgot the most important one, set the pile of garbage on fire.
Anyone know of a way to get it to stop giving me a blue screen of death and hard reboot every night while I sleep?
New desktop only has Win 11. this video is still very useful in 2023. Thanks.
Solid guide! Thanks for this!
ever since I installed Windows11, I cant download any files, it reports anit-virus may have blocked it
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Can you not press alt + F4 anymore during windows 11 installation, when it asks to sign in? It worked for me a couple of times.
The best tweak to improve Windows 11 is to uninstall it and return to Windows 10 :) :)
@Alan Interesting ... while I'm certain you're experience is just as you say, it doesn't seem to make sense to me. A recovery partition is written by the OS during installation, so how would one install Windows 11 afresh on a blank SSD in the first place without a recovery partition being present? I wouldn't imagine a Windows install would tamper with your BIOS. However, you could've given a "reset to defaults" within the BIOS a go. Still, I grant you that you're experience is rather puzzling and I would have thought that if this were so then there would be a mass of reports such as yours all over the web. personally, I always keep a full drive image of my OS partitions prior to any upgrade and so I would've simply reverted to my last image in order to recover to Windows 10 and not rely on Microsoft to allow me to do this easily only within the first 10 days.
Perhaps ironically, my wife has a new laptop arriving today with 11 pre-installed. I am curious now to see if I can boot it using a Windows 10 USB boot stick and see if I can see the SSD.
P.S. One thought that has just occurred to me is whether the SSD in question was SATA or NVME? If it was the latter, then perhaps the Windows 10 boot stick did not have the required NVME drivers for your laptop model in order to be seen. The newer Windows 11 boot media probably comes with a more comprehensive array of NVME drivers and hence was able to "see" the drive. Although rare these days, there is a procedure to load third party drivers at a point during Windows install and perhaps that was a step required using the drivers originally provided with the laptop.
@Alan Interesting ... while I'm certain you're experience is just as you say, it doesn't seem to make sense to me. A recovery partition is written by the OS during installation, so how would one install Windows 11 afresh on a blank SSD in the first place without a recovery partition being present? I wouldn't imagine a Windows install would tamper with your BIOS. However, you could've given a "reset to defaults" within the BIOS a go. Still, I grant you that you're experience is rather puzzling and I would have thought that if this were so then there would be a mass of reports such as yours all over the web. personally, I always keep a full drive image of my OS partitions prior to any upgrade and so I would've simply reverted to my last image in order to recover to Windows 10 and not rely on Microsoft to allow me to do this easily only within the first 10 days.
Perhaps ironically, my wife has a new laptop arriving today with 11 pre-installed. I am curious now to see if I can boot it using a Windows 10 USB boot stick and see if I can see the SSD.
P.S. One thought that has just occurred to me is whether the SSD in question was SATA or NVME? If it was the latter, then perhaps the Windows 10 boot stick did not have the required NVME drivers for your laptop model in order to be seen. The newer Windows 11 boot media probably comes with a more comprehensive array of NVME drivers and hence was able to "see" the drive. Although rare these days, there is a procedure to load third party drivers at a point during Windows install and perhaps that was a step required using the drivers originally provided with the laptop.
@Alan Hi Alan. Thanks for the update. That will save me having to mess with a brand new laptop :)
@Alan you could of just bought a new ssd and programed that...
Right click the audio icon in the taskbar, open volume mixer. Mute System sounds.
1:20 I just bought Win 11 laptop and there IS an easy way now in System>Notifications, and under Notifications, there is an option to uncheck "allow notifications to play sounds."
2:08 Now you can right click and unpin
The "God Mode" key doesn't work, says my folder is empty.
Brilliant tips....Keep up with the good work !!
windows 11 updates are on the way for over an hour, had win 10 update take 6 hours and many reboots so I'm solving this with Fedora since I won't game with it anyway. I feel sorry for pc gamers that this is what they have to work with.
You can for sure setup your pc in offline mode with selecting domain join. It won't actually make you join a domain.
A quick tip is to go through the startup menu and stop a lot of, if all the unnecessary programs from starting. You don't have to uninstall them, but, you can use them later and they aren't always searching for updates every time you boot.
the god mode folder does not work anymore
Dont know how i missed this Vid the first time around. I am actually subbed on your channel. Okay I have a suggestion that will greatly increase your freedom, your peace of privacy, and decrease the hoops you have to jump through on Winblows 11. Get Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon edition OS, or one of its many equivalents. No more sign ins, no more Microsoft looking over your shoulder, completely customizable Windows experience. It is yours, it truly belongs to you. Why do you think the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies use it over Windows.
Straight forward guide, Thank You.
You are a pro at computers. Please slow down your presentation so the masses can follow you.
Could you find you why my "Windows 11 keeps changing window on its own".
Some box just flashes superquickly on my screen and then random window what i used earlier activates (goes away from where i were).
And this is nothing to do with new drivers or something childisly easy as that to figure out.
Or..OR.. you could also just also press ALT + PtrSC, that way with the ALT modifier, it'll only Screenshot your currently highlighted/active program/window.
I would say immediately after getting your new laptop preinstalled with windows 11 is to format your drive and install windows 10
How did you enter that emoji?
@@DBgenerallike this
@@Tsnafu Where did you get that emoji🥲🥺
@@DBgeneral it was next to this one - seriously though, I think it's one of the BTTV options "Shows BetterTTV emotes on UA-cam Live Chat"
I keep having an install failure with a couple updates. Nothing seems to fix it. I tried the troubleshooter. Of course, that didn't work. So annoying.
Whats the point of creating a "restore point" when Windows eventually deletes it to make more space for new restore points??.. and yes, you can chose the size of the restore point alocated space but how far do you go with this?...
Brilliant vid! Thanks so much 👍🏻
I got a new PC and I wanted to know if it's worth changing to Windows 11. Is that much different/better? I will use my PC mostly for games.
I have a new PC, which came with Windows 11 22H2. I don't like it. I have found that the only version of Windows that seemed to be worth a damn, was Windows XP.
Curse the day I installed W11. I have registry issues all over the place. That seems to be related to a Favorites folder where folders migrate to and I have no clue how. But if I suppress the new subfolder in Favorites, the original disappears as well. That is also how I lost my pst files/ folders, and Outlook 2019 does not find them in Documents/Outlook as they migrated to Documents/Favorites/Outlook, and as yet I have no clue how to fix this.
Shortly after setting up my new laptop, with the MS acct, which I didn't want, it apparently backed up a lot of my data "on the cloud" via OneDrive. I found that I could not simply delete the OneDrive folder without losing data on my laptop. A few days later I began getting emails from Microsoft about my photo "memories" and sending my own photos back to me. How do I get rid of that OneDrive data "in the cloud"?
Your video highlights very good points and these are pretty much a must for Win 10 users transitioning to the 11. One my machine is a workstation and another one is a laptop. So the workstation is on Win 10 Pro as it can't be upgraded to 11(not that I want to anyway) and my laptop had Win 10 and I decided to upgrade to 11 but didn't like as some of the apps couldn't be installed, so I just reset it. Installed Win 11 so I could learn where important settings are hidden. Interesting that System restore was disabled on my laptop after I reset the laptop. Had to enable it to have a proper restore point. As for the widget, I still kept it on but heavily customized and it is showing just a weather in the taskbar.
i still don't understand why people hate edge browser. You can just change the browser engine in edge.
how do we get the active apps to be wider in the taskbar so they're a bigger target to click to? it's insane how annoying it is to have to be so accurate to switch to an app with my mouse.
I keep getting this message when i try to open a file ;MAKE SURE PERSONAL IS RUNNING ON YOUR PC..THEN TRY AGAIN,,I use programs like Screenhunter etc and next to the files name there is little logo that looks like a cloud..please help
My new mini PC has windows 11 installed. Can I install windows 10 instead? Now I can't "share" UA-cam content: the >share, >email clicks now shows and "untitled" box, with no place for email address
oh wow i learned something from this video! it was the screen snipping thing i was manually screengrabbing or alt screen printing like a sucker
for the restore point thing though I would just suggest people do a full disk backup using a program. i use macrium reflect (there is, finally, a jay-z video about this program) for my workflow and it has saved my butt a few times. imagine your entire plex server deciding to lose all customizations randomly. nooooooo
Edit: okay it made prt scr show up the snipping thing in the middle of a game. if you're going to do this remember to use alt+prt scr if you need a quick grab
If you install 'Windows11' on a local account from scratch, without the regular Windows, does this wipe off all the pre-installed programs that come with Windows? I ask cos a lot of vids show the 'Windows Icon pop-up window' after, that only has 'Settings' & one other on that pop-up. Thanks in advance! 👍
IMHO it's a pretty good improvement over W10 once you de-crapify it. But the suggestion to create a restore point is a good one. Or do a clone using macrium reflect.
if you're toggling between languages, there's a nice floating language bar now that toggles between them so you can get those funny accents into your writing.
5:45 Whenever it asks me to sign into a microsoft account to set up windows I always do no@thank.you then type in a random password. It then tells me something went wrong and allows you to just create a local account
Talk about answer files if you didn't, rufus the bootable usb maker has customizable checkboxes like setting a local account, debloat, and more, these are in one place called an answer file, this is when you pick the windows 11 iso
When I got my Asus ROG Zephyrus laptop, I couldn't sign in to my Microsoft account because I don't know my password. I use Lastpass, so I found a trick online to get into the OOBE command prompt during the setup and force it to allow me to set up an offline account. I had to make sure I wasn't connected to any of my networks, but it worked without signing in.
Like this ? Shift+F10
to bring up the command prompt.
Type CD c:\windows\system32\oobe
Type msoobe and hit Enter.
@@gtijason7853 Yeah, there was another command to run before that to force it to enable the account though. Don't remember what it was, but I'm sure some googling will help you find it.
also what is the point of the search glass icon right next to the windows button on the taskbar. they both do the exact same thing. its completely pointless. what were they thinking?
When i restart or turn my HP Laptop on it shows a blue screen saying “Choose a System” and then it says Volume 3 Windows 11 and Volume 3 Windows 11. I have to reset all the apps to log in to the PC everytime i wanna boot the laptop up. Can someone please help me with this issue.
How do you make search address at the top larger on Windows 11? It is too tiny to read.
Windows 11 for some reason when I save a file, pic etc to the desktop folder will appear in the folder not not the desktop, seems to be a problem with Windows, as I have seen others with the same issue, any ideas on how to fix this annoyance??
Win10 got the default programs setting right.
Change for the sake of change just equates to messing up a good thing that works. And now it does't, thanks... change achieved.
I fixed it by moving to Arch Linux (EndevourOS KDE Plasma) and couldn't be happier!
ha! fix it with fire
9 - Windows snipping tool, I use: Win + Shift + S to make a shot of something.
What do you suggest trying for power settings, when I change them and my screen still keeps going inactive after like 30 seconds, even though I've got it set to 30 minutes? Are there any settings somewhere that are overriding this one?
Let say I never activated Windows 11 but want everything updated as if it was activated.
Is it possible to download windows 11 updates from a browser and get the same results as with an activated version of Windows 11?
I used to not have it connected to the internet when I create a use account then it defaults to local account - does this still work ?
Now that its 11 is crashing blue death error and setup setting screen so i keep exit and it keep appearing I can't get my laptop on literally 😭
If Windows will move this way I'm seriously considering switching to Linux or Mac. The new taskbar is unacceptable. When I work with 2 documents I want to see them in the taskbar and just click document I want. Wtf is wrong with these UX/UI guys?
So many things are still missing from Windows 11, you can't shake a tab/window for it to then minimise all other windows.
You can't drag an item from one folder and then hover over another folder on the taskbar for it to pop up and then drop them in there.
Title bar shake is definitely there, just off by default. System > Multitasking.
thx for the video. It would be nice if you could explain the prosses of accessing that created restore point in the case that something went wrong?
You can set up Windows with local account. There are ways to do it, rather simple as well.
FYI Taskbar icons can simply be drag-and-dropped to or from the overflow menu....
Did they fixed the taskbar, so I can see window name in the taskbar?
Thank fek for this mate, damn machine kept going into bloede 'Power Save Mode' while I was in the middle of doing things and I was about to yeet it out the gd window 3 floors up.
A software that is not effected by updated that fixes the start menu - makes it permement
"God mode" what string of text are you entering?
why do i have a stupid cloud icon on the bottom left of taskbar that tells me the temperature lol . where did that come from? windows 11 didnt always have that, it just appeared one day.
0:00 “ Windows 11 sucks!” 😂🤣😂
Yep, that’s why we’re here… 😁
I had to reinstall windows 11 because something disabled my tpm in bios.
Hi mate, I have the same laptop (probably) and after update the fans run in full load at all times (even if temp is steady at 40 some degrees) .... The gaming or custom profiles are not helping at all.... It's driving me nuts....
Any suggestions?
How to disable the opening Windows 11 desktop which shows "M/S search" and "content from M/S start window". And thank you from you presentation!
Here in July 2023, God Mode does not work unless you label the folder "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" you're welcome!
thanks
What a nice guy. Works Q1 24
I just run windows 11 off an old external Seagate drive, that I took out of the case and put it in my pc. Alot of the times your hard rive did not die. It was the usb board that powers it, that seems to be the problem. You lose the quick start up when you load the drive at first. But once it is loaded. It is smooth without any real hiccups. Windows 11 does not play the default when you want to install drivers and utilities
Windows 11 is fine and you all just want to be mad at something for no reason like drama queens
uh you forgot debloating windows? disabling telemetry?
@UFD Tech:
"Windows 11 sucks"?
No it doesn't!
It might suck on unsupported hardware, but it works well on supported systems.
Great video, thanks!
Hi, I would like to know what that spinning galaxy is behind you? I would like to have that on my TV. Is there a video to download it somewhere? Thank you.
Wait .. I do need Microsoft account ?