Within five years, I think ‘minimum system requirements’ will effectively be a thing of the past. Right now, the Windows Store isn’t terribly useful, because it allows only UWP apps—that is, apps specifically designed to work across a wide range of Windows devices like laptops, tablets, and phones. And speaking of games developed by Bethesda, the final and perhaps biggest Xbox-related change is that the Xbox app comes built-in.

• For less tech-savvy consumers, an easy way to find out if your machine is up to the task is to download Microsoft’s PC Crazy Kart download Health App.
• Your PC will reboot several times and pick up where it left off.
• When I first heard of the Windows 11 Widgets feature, I pictured the stay-on-the-desktop style widgets from the Windows Vista days.
• After 20+ years of the Windows key serving as the effective lower-left-hand boundary of the machine, I’m in no hurry to move it.

I’m just waiting for the microsoft store and settings update…. This time, remove the USB thumb drive, and you will be greeted with Windows 11’s brand new onboarding setup. Now, launch Rufus and click on “Select“, and choose the Windows 11 ISO image.

Windows 11 Vs Windows 10: New Options And Features Comparison

The only real outlier is the Civilization VI AI test, where the Windows 11 test was half a second slower. The primary Settings menu has been nicely polished up and improves on the gobs of wasted white space in Windows 10 to display more important information without the need for diving into advanced menus. I don’t know why the heck the ancient Control Panel is still included in Windows 11, but Microsoft really needs to ensure all its functionality is replicated in Settings and kill it off once and for all.

For detailed instructions, refer to the Microsoft documentation. Joe has been actively writing and talking about consumer tech since 2012. His biggest passion lies with smartphones, but he’s happy to talk your ear off about just about anything with a CPU.

What If You Can’t Upgrade To Windows 11?

Developers can update their apps to put their options into the new modern context menu, but I’ve not come across any third-party app that has updated to do this yet. For now, it’s a minor inconvenience having to click through to a secondary menu. A new feature that Microsoft is trying to push on Windows 11 is “Widgets,” which exists as a hidden panel that flies out above your desktop from the left side of the screen. There’s a dedicated button for it on the Taskbar, or you can access it by swiping in from the left edge of your display. The panel consists of a widgets area at the top that has a handful of customizable widgets to choose from, and your Microsoft Start news feed below it. While I really like the new design of the Taskbar, the functionality of it has certainly taken a step back on Windows 11.

Configure Tpm, Secure Boot, And Boot Order From Boot

It takes time, and infinite knowledge gained by trawling stackoverflow or xda for suggestions. That said, I use google hacks much that I find any other search engine limiting, and frustrating so bang goes the privacy. The president of the company does not have any real power, and if he does not conform to the wishes of the major shareholders, he is immediately dismissed. Since Microsoft is the world’s largest stock company in terms of total capitalization, it attracts the attention of investors and a “handful of major shareholders” control the real power. Furthermore, in order to continue to increase sales, it is necessary to increase product turnover , and in order to do so, one really wants to “shorten the product life cycle”. Microsoft is an organization that exists to make money for capitalists .