...to Windows 11. I hope that was not a mistake. There were a few minor things different that I noticed right away once I signed onto it, such as the Task Bar being centered at the bottom of the screen and there were some icons on it that I felt absolutely, positively, definitely had to be removed that MS added to it. That all took me a few minutes to figure out how to adjust or remove and now at least the Desktop is to my liking more or less.
I was not going to change over but yesterday my Norton VPN stopped working on Windows 10 for some reason. I tried a lot of things to get it to work again such as removing & reloading it, removing & reloading the entire Norton installation, restoring the system files & settings (actually trying that three time because it never took, and then finally installing Windows 11. Now that it's done, the upgrade to Windows 11 seems to have fixed what issue was at play with my Norton VPN.
What I guess was nice, as opposed to an old Windows upgrade I got on another laptop years ago, this one upgraded from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro. That other time, it went from Windows Pro to the regular version of the model of Windows. I guess Microsoft just decided to screw people made an unintended error back then. Now at least, I have the Pro version (for whatever difference I wanted it for in the first place - which I cannot think of right now but I recall I wanted the Pro version when I bought this machine).
I hope they have all of the glitches out or at least all the known ones to date. The download and info I saw on it did not say if it was a beta version so I guess it is the finished product, that is until they change it.
All the best,
Glenn B
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Whatever works. Personally I switched to Linux Mint about ten years ago. I have Windows 7 setup on a virtual machine inside Linux and also have a Windows 7 installation in a separate partition on the hard drive that I can boot from if I want to run Windows only.
I Only have three programs that I run that require Windows. Two of them are programming software for radios, so are very rarely used. The other is my Kindle Reader program, still not heavy usage. I buy on Smashwords if available there and only buy on Amazon if that is the only source for the ebook I want/need. The authors also get a slightly better amount per sale on Smashwords compared to Amazon.
IMHO, Windows 10 or above are essentially spyware with all of the privacy issues they have.
I am running a duel boot Win10 and Linux Zorin. I have one business related program that requires Windows. Supposedly the next version will support Linux. This will be my last machine with windows.
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