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As I mentioned in my earlier posts about getting a new PC and moving to Windows 11, every time I read something about Windows 11, it seems that no one is happy with the new system and that's worrying me about moving in that direction. Can anyone with Windows 11 experience please advise if they're happy with the system and does it run OK.
 
I have W11 and W10 on various computers - there's not much effective difference really, apart from W11 having narrow scroll bars, no copy/paste commands and the task bar handling large numbers of open tabs badly. If you're photo editing then there's no obvious difference at all.
 
I use 3 windows machines - Win 10 desktop (getting old, was originally Win 7, and can't upgrade to Win 11), my own Win 11 laptop and my work Win 11 laptop.
There are differences between Win 10 and Win 11, but given I started messing about on computers with a ZX80 and Commodore Pet, I'm used to switching to whatever MS have decided is the next bright idea, and Win 10 -> Win 11 is a fairly minor change, compared to some earlier jumps.
I can't really comment on performance, as both the Win 11 laptops have always had Win 11 on them, and are much more recent / high spec. than the Win 10 desktop, but certainly have no issues with either of them (except the HP work laptop which has HP's auto update 'feature' - it silently downloads and install HP specific updates, the pop's up a dialog to ask if you want to restart now or later - with now being the default. Great if you are in the middle of typing and hit any key just as it does so, which it taken as you wanting 'now'.....)
 
ancient_mariner said:
... no copy/paste commands ...
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I have noticed that 11 doesn't put them on the pulldown for the disk icon but they're present and correct under the "Edit" menu.
ancient_mariner said:
.. and the task bar handling large numbers of open tabs badly.
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I use spaces (or whatever Microsoft calls them) a lot so that may be why I haven't seen that problem.
 
I`m on win11 (Desktop PC with 23H2) which is nice and stable, but the 24H2 update is causing a ton of issues at the moment.

Generally I`m happy with it. Few quirks coming from win10, but most can be adjusted to what you want. Couple more mouse clicks here and there, but otherwise it`s fine.
 
The only real problem with Windows 11 I've found is with older hardware. It simply doesn't officially support hardware that runs Windows 10 without issue but also I've found machines that are just compatible don't run Windows 11 as well as Windows 10. I use a work machine with an i7 8550 and 8GB which had no issues under Windows 10 but it's struggling with Windows 11 and with soldered ram I can't even try upping the ram.

Otherwise aside from a few minor annoyances with layout changes I have no issues with it and for the most part there's not much difference to Windows 10. They have fixed some parts like adding back in the right click task bar to get to task manager which was particularly bugging me so if buying a new machine now I'd rather Windows 11 since 10 is out of support soon.
 
ancient_mariner said:
I have W11 and W10 on various computers - there's not much effective difference really, apart from W11 having narrow scroll bars, no copy/paste commands and the task bar handling large numbers of open tabs badly. If you're photo editing then there's no obvious difference at all.
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Apologies, when you say "no copy/paste commands" is there no way this can be done in Windows 11 please? With my current PC, I use copy/paste quite often.
 
I'm forever using Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V on my Win11 laptop. Although I'm usually in Excel, Word or Powerpoint when I do so, I can't think of a reason to use those outside an actual app.
 
I can't think of any copy/paste issues apart from them changing it from a text entry in the right click menu in Explorer in W10 to icons instead.
 
FiestaRed said:
Apologies, when you say "no copy/paste commands" is there no way this can be done in Windows 11 please? With my current PC, I use copy/paste quite often.
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Yes, copy/paste works fine in Win 11.
Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V use is unchanged.
Individual programs will work as they did previously.
In Explorer, the right-click menu has been 'updated' - you now have a top row in the pop up menu with icons for Cut/Copy/Rename/Share/Delete, and if you select Copy, and right click again, you have a Paste icon as a bottom row on the pop up menu. It's different, but you quickly adjust to it, I found, and can happily switch between Win 10 and Win 11 machines.
 
JohnMcL7 said:
I can't think of any copy/paste issues apart from them changing it from a text entry in the right click menu in Explorer in W10 to icons instead.
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Now you mention that.....

The W11 Dell ultrabook I have foxed me to start with until I spotted the icons/symbols. I am convinced that W11 is primarily targeted at tablet and/or touch screen users....hence the icons which as I am only using the Dell ultrabook occasionally, such as C&P does not flow with me!

PS the ultrabook has a touchscreen but I disabled it as any hand or fingers near the screen it responded in unexpected ways :(
 
In W11 copy and paste is available in the right click menu but sometimes, with photos for example, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the right click drop down list and click on Show more options.
I have a W10 Desktop and a W11 laptop and can switch between the two OK
 
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Suvv said:
In W11 copy and paste is available in the right click menu but sometimes, with photos for example, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the right click drop down list and click on Show more options.
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Must be a configuration thing - just checked on my work laptop (Win 11) and get the 'top row icons' for photos as well as documents, etc.
 
Suvv said:
I get the top row icons as well, I'm just used to using the right click method
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The icons are in a row on the top of the pop-up menu when I right click.
Right click to bring up menu as normal, then select icon on top row of pop-up (instead of selecting normal item from menu)
 
Faldrax said:
The icons are in a row on the top of the pop-up menu when I right click.
Right click to bring up menu as normal, then select icon on top row of pop-up (instead of selecting normal item from menu)
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I understand now.
Thanks that is easier :)
 
Thanks for explaining about copy/paste. I usually just use keyboard commands now, because they aren't in the right click drop-down where muscle memory tells me they should be.
 
I didn't like the extra context menu steps in Windows 11 and also how much they moved/hid various control panel settings which often I feel are unnecessary changes.

I've had a lot of problems with Windows 11 recently, ended up going back to Windows 10 and now it appears to be stable again.
 
New UI might take sone gettingvused to, but you may have expeirebced this preciously when moving between prior versions.
Its suppose to be more efficient.
I dont think im yet to make the most of the snap grids for multitasking...
I think theres alson a bunch of new accessibility options.

And I don't think you can resize the task bar like you could previously.
 
I have a desktop and a laptop which were both Windows 10. I upgraded them to Windows 11 a few weeks ago.
The only problem I've had is my Epson V600 scanner will no longer work on the desktop. I've tried re-uploading the software
but no joy. Fortunately I still had my old Windows 7 desktop in the loft and it works fine with that.
 
Brownie127 said:
I have a desktop and a laptop which were both Windows 10. I upgraded them to Windows 11 a few weeks ago.
The only problem I've had is my Epson V600 scanner will no longer work on the desktop. I've tried re-uploading the software
but no joy. Fortunately I still had my old Windows 7 desktop in the loft and it works fine with that.
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I can recommend Vuescan for scanner driving

www.hamrick.com

Photo Scanning Software | VueScan Scanner Software

Scan to JPG or TIFF Whether you're saving a few snapshots or archiving boxes of prints, VueScan has the tools you need to output your scans at either the highest possible quality or a large number of good quality scans.
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I have an Epson Perfection 3200 photo and long ago the drivers for this scanner and the Windows version I was using became incompatible and Vuescan has been great ever since.

Anthony
 
Anthony.Ralph said:
I can recommend Vuescan for scanner driving

www.hamrick.com

Photo Scanning Software | VueScan Scanner Software

Scan to JPG or TIFF Whether you're saving a few snapshots or archiving boxes of prints, VueScan has the tools you need to output your scans at either the highest possible quality or a large number of good quality scans.
www.hamrick.com www.hamrick.com

I have an Epson Perfection 3200 photo and long ago the drivers for this scanner and the Windows version I was using became incompatible and Vuescan has been great ever since.

Anthony
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Yes, Vuescan has built drivers for many many perfectly functional scanners that would otherwise have been obsolete due to OS changes.

The only fly in the Vuescan ointment is that they have changed their licence/pricing model, so the lifetime licence option is gone, and you only get updates for a year (old licences still work as they did). TBF Vuescan seems to me so important that I think this is perhaps reasonable for sustainability.
 
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