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Windows 11 Leaks
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420bits
Member
Yeah, that's how you do it. VM is the shit!
And also, stopping services and all that is so easy, there's plenty of PowerShell scripts ready to go to kill all the horrible stuff that "you" don't want for some reason (but one should be careful where you find it, running scripts you don't understand is by far worse than you not liking Cortana for some reason.
But I don't even do that anymore, everything just runs on my PC and why fix something thats not borken?
And the telemetry etc? Don't care either, I use googles services like gmail, google.com and other things they do, like android...
So pretty much ANYTHING I do is already in the hands on a corp a million times worse than MS.
Mithos
Member
One place to look at for debloating Windows 10 is: https://christitus.com/debloat-windows-10-2020/
Script is open source so you can look through it and see what it does (so it do not do any shady stuff).
What this script can do
- Installs Chocolatey, Notepad++, Irfanview, VLC, Java, and asks if you want Adobe Reader or Brave.
- Removes all Windows Store Apps EXCEPT office, xbox, and WSL.
- Removed Telemetry
- Disables Cortana
- Deletes various schedules tasks that rebloat the system
- Removes Other Bloatware (Candy Crush, etc.)
- Fixes problems that other scripts causes (lock screen and personalization options restricted)
Based on User feedback, this no longer uninstalls OneDrive or Office.
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TheContact
Member
you can turn off by right clicking task bar
also wallpaper can be found here
Here are the Windows 11 leaked wallpapers we've seen so far (Updated)
Want the elegance of Windows 11 as your wallpaper?
www.windowscentral.com
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Mattyp
Gold Member
I agree with 7 looking the best. But i have also heard people who claimed 2000 was their best looking. Xp, vista, 7 was way too cartoony.
That is the best looking windows no if’s or buts about it.
I still use only Windows 7 with classic theme. I upgraded to LTSC for Gamepass on my gaming rig but it would break with every update and wants normal Win10 to function cbf reformatting at the moment and stripping that version of Win10 down until it’s acceptable.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I agree with 7 looking the best. But i have also heard people who claimed 2000 was their best looking. Xp, vista, 7 was way too cartoony.
There’s something to be said about the no nonsense straight to the point no frills approach of windows 2000.
Kadve
Member
Well it was designed for businesses use only, so makes sense they made it spartan.
It just ended up on many consumer PCs anyway thanks to how easy it was to pirate and reputation for being much better than 98 and even XP at some things.
(edit) Fun fact, Microsoft did toy around with the idea of releasing a consumer oriented version of 2000 with extra stuff like a built in firewall. It got tossed out the windows though when they decided to merge their business and consumer lines of Windows into what would become XP.
Windows Neptune - Wikipedia
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jonnyp
Member
Nothing is gonna stop Gatesenstein's Monster!
infinitys_7th
Member
When I bought my laptop it was supposed to come with Windows 7. . .it actually had 8 on it. It was a couple months before 10 was announced, so I could not get the vendor to give me a copy of 7, unfortunately, so I ended up getting an actual upgrade lol
But I'm sure lots of people got suckered with the 7 -> 10 "upgrade".
MS not fucking everything up?
It's such a shame they are the only game in town for a functional OS that can use mainstream programs and run games.
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nightmare-slain
Member
it's nothing like iOS lol that's a mobile OS. they are trying to copy MacOS. i doubt MS will ever manage to be better than MacOS in terms of quality control/consistency and efficiency. Apple is on a whole other level when it comes to quality. There's no reason MS can't make Windows something really special it's just they don't seem to care much about it. Windows is full of bloat and it'd be a nightmare for MS to sort it all out. They can't even make a proper dark mode or make a consistent UI. They should start from scratch with a completely new OS and leave Windows around for people who want/need it.
Windows 10 could've been kept around for people who need/want it and Windows 11 could've been a whole new operation system build from the ground up. but Windows 11 just seems to be 10 with a new UI.
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MilkyJoe
Member
nightmare-slain
Member
cool. good for you. you obviously can't tell the difference between iOS + MacOS so you probably have never even bothered using them.
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MilkyJoe
Member
Wooo calm your pants sausage. I have an ipad for work and I used a Mac today. They both suck.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Literally its two clicks to remove that widget... just right click on the taskbar.
Cockles & Whelks
Banned
They should call it windows 2027. Because that's the earliest most useless IT departments will probably get it installed for most business.
McCheese
Member
It's much harder to hide backdoors in open-source software, you can compile your own Chromium browser from the source if you want to.
Windows being closed-source makes it far more likely to have all sorts of back-doors both intentionally and unintentional.
raduque
Member
I didn't say Chromium, I said Chrome
Soodanim
Member
The short answer is that the answer is quite long. But the essential stuff seems to here: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Fallout_3
If you do decide to jump back into F3 and own New Vegas, you might want to look into Tale of Two Wastelands. It's a massive conversion of F3 into NV, so you get the improvements that game brings as it runs from NV's base game. It has an active modding community, and you'll easily be able to find some newer mod lists that allow you to jump into a patched up and ready to go game. It does take some time to do its thing though, because it takes your F3 files one by one and creates TTW as opposed to distributing Bethesda's game.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I always wondered if there was that one guy who actually used all the trap bloatware they threw in. What was the point of all that anyway? Seems like that became a heavy hitter to Windows back to 8.0
INC
Member
There's a good debloat tool out there, but it fucked my rift s, and rrlefused to work, so had to reinstall windows
eddie4
Genuinely Generous
Anyone remembers Windows ME
BigBooper
Member
I had a laptop with Windows ME. It had a 1 GB hard drive I believe. I could have a couple of games on it at a time, before having to delete stuff for a lack of space. Torture.Anyone remembers Windows ME
ResilientBanana
Member
mansoor1980
Gold Member
hoping it gives more fps and improved game performance
Oh please, 8 was good. Especially 8.1. Maybe the touch revolution was a bit early. But if you had a touchscreen laptop/surface pro in 2012, win8 was pretty boss. It was plenty customizable for win7 whiners too.
infinitys_7th
Member
If it is just an optimized Windows 10 with a rounded corner fetish, maybe it'll be okay.
Fake
Member
Windows 8 was terrible bad. For TI guys like me, was a hell zone, not worst than Windows Vista, but at the point of making Microsoft release the 8.1
Most of those 'customizable' you mention are from third party software.
ResilientBanana
Member
How can so many people be jumping to conclusions about whether or not Windows 11 will be good or bad based on it's appearance? They got rid of live tiles, simplified the start menu which appears to be fairly customizable. Not to mention, it has a much lighter footprint than its predecessors. Other than that, it's just a refreshed version of Windows, per usual except that it's getting rid of it's Windows Phone-esque UI.
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eddie4
Genuinely Generous
Just installed the W11 dev version. It feels pretty much just like 10 with some GUI changes. I was even able to activate it with a windows 10 key, and it received a few "windows next" updates. I even ran the W10 debloater and it removed all the bloatware. There's still two fucking places to change settings, backup and restore is defaulting to windows 7.. it just looks like a mess.
So, it's more of the same, just a refreshed look, unless they're hiding something and they 'leaked' this to create some buzz around the release.
So, it's more of the same, just a refreshed look, unless they're hiding something and they 'leaked' this to create some buzz around the release.
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M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
It probably has modified and improved a lot of things under the hood, if those benchmarks are true, then there are some changes under the hood.
Trogdor1123
Member
I actually downloaded fallout 3 on steam last night to give it a go and it won't even boot at all. Even crashed steam... I read some of the things that edit it but I don't see how they can even sell a game that clearly doesn't work anymore. It would be nice if ms would just patch it... They already did it for gamepass.
Soodanim
Member
Steam Community::Fallout 3
Fallout 3 - Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic...
There's a few guides there that can help you out to get started, with the 3 below being enough to get you into the game. It's a pain for it to not be instant,, but you should be up and running in a basic capacity before long. A little bit longer if you want to install some basic mods (which are highly recommended).
Steam Community :: Guide :: How To Play Fallout 3 On Windows 10 (the shortest way i can think of)
This Guide Is Focused On The Windows 10 Players But Could Work For As Old As Windows Xp (dont quote me on that) and the things i mention is NOT owned by me in anyway shape or form...
Steam Community :: Guide :: HOW TO RUN FALLOUT3 ON WINDOWS 10 - 2022
FALLOUT 3 ON WINDOWS 10? IT IS POSSIBLE! EVERYTHING IS ON MY VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPvoVa1hBI 1. You need two files - xlive.dll and d3d9.dll (both of them you can find in
Steam Community :: Guide :: Definitive Guide to Fixing & Modding Fallout 3 [2021 UPDATE]
This guide is an in depth walkthrough of how to fix (and mod) Fallout 3. Be it crashes on startup, crashes in-game, stuttering, or even performance, this guide will walk you through how to get your Fa
Feel free to PM if you want to do the modding thing and I'll help you through it. You could also join a Discord server for modding if you want more immediate help
Edit:
I also recommend this for instant config results that are better than the default settings. Run this tool after you've opened the game once.
BethINI
Bethesda's INI configuration files are a mess. BethINI optimizes the game for increased graphical fidelity and performance.
www.nexusmods.com
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Fake
Member
Data collection, PR about a new Directx, new/same UI, mobile, etc...
Kenpachii
Member
Could just have updated windows 10. Like IOS does for already decades.
Still see no reason for a new OS. All could be done in a update.
I got the feeling at this point they just release new windows versions just to sell new keys for the sake of money for corporations. Because i honestly see no other gains that this OS has to offer or will have to offer. People are more interested in stripping windows back to its core then the shit they are adding.
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BigBooper
Member
If you're still under the two hour window, which it sounds like, I'd get a refund and get the GOG version instead. I know they patched the Steam version also, but not sure if it's the same. Steam version used to crash on me constantly. Gog version no until the endgame because some of the DLC content was buggy.
Trogdor1123
Member
I'm actually over, I bought it like 10 years ago and it says I played for 13 hours back then. I'll check the gog version.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Been running this on various computers for the last week. I really like the visual tweaks, there are a lot of new visual cues that work nicely - stuff that's been a part of Linux for a few decades that feels like Windows is finally catching up. Things like icons that bounce / distort when you minimize or maximize an application. I've run into a few applications (all older, like Windows XP days) that simply won't run or won't display properly but work fine in Windows 10. One application in particular, it runs fine but it's invisible - although I can see it in the taskbar "peek" and close it from there. Compatibility mode settings are no help.
My biggest gripe with the new task bar is that in Windows 10 I always set it for full text (not just icons) and to only combine when the taskbar was full. These settings simply don't exist in Windows 11 like they did in Windows 10. Speaking of the task bar, I haven't found a way to duplicate it onto a second monitor yet either.
My biggest gripe with the new task bar is that in Windows 10 I always set it for full text (not just icons) and to only combine when the taskbar was full. These settings simply don't exist in Windows 11 like they did in Windows 10. Speaking of the task bar, I haven't found a way to duplicate it onto a second monitor yet either.
Fake
Member
Don't need to be a reason for Microsoft to find new ways of earn money.
KormaChameleon
Member
Yep. Skip this one and stick with Windows 10 until 2025!
ResilientBanana
Member
Didn't people shit on Windows 10 when it first arrived? This will be no different.
Pagusas
Elden Member
yep. It'll be no different with this one. And lets be honest, we have seen NOTHING that shows this is anything more than a cosmetic update (and a simple one at that) with some performance improvments. Its not like a Vista or 8 launch where things are substantially changed.
ResilientBanana
Member
I mean, cosmetic difference and performance improvements are what I would expect from a major update, not to mention a few new features, which are there. Andriod, iOS, OSX, and Ubuntu are no different in that regard. I guess I'm not sure what people are expecting. It's Windows and it will run like it.
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