Microsoft Windows 11

I am a Microsoft MCSE and do not recommend Windows 11. After Microsoft changed their mind on having Windows 10 as the final Windows they continued with Windows 11. Over the years several versions of Windows were terrible and Windows 11 is another example. The best thing to do is get Ubuntu which is like Windows and free. It is also open source. There are several versions. Show details

Terrible. It is the worst operating system I have ever had to use. No end of problems and fixes needed. Terrible to install. After over one year I am still getting problems and need to spend ages on- line finding how to fix them.

Windows 11 is the worst software from Microsoft ever. It spies on the user, and tries to make it impossible to load Linux, Ubuntu, or other OS software. The dirtiest trick is the newest from Microsoft, if you download any software from their App Store be aware, if you start up your computer spyware is automatically installed and before you reboot… Read more

your computer instantly App Store or Microsoft requests for your credit card and personal details . If you do not provide these details you can throw your computer in the bin as it always repeats this app store nonsense at the start. This is GANGSTERWARE and as Microsoft is good on the way out and will be bankrupt by the end of 2026 this is the last straw by Microsoft to get your details and steel A$16.50 monthly from your bank account. Do not give in to the steeling of your money. Here is a trick to salvage your computer: instantly switch off your internet or WiFi. Than go to your programs setting and uninstall the App Store software. Reboot and switch on the Wifi and everything works as usual. Be very careful not to download anything from Microsoft and delay any Updates. Microsoft is in a death spiral and they try everything to trick money from users. Be aware that Microsoft will follow, Nokia, Kodak, Singer, and other former US manufacturers that are quicker dead than they have been alive. Greed is the root of their demise of household companies and the dismiss of ten thousand of Microsoft workers is the best sign that the company is slowly but surely dying. The Management of Microsoft is only interested to sell your personal details to advertising companies. They could not care about their customers or faithful followers. We are not st^pid and quit with Microsoft. Advise: Best is you install Ubuntu or other Linux derivatives it is easier,better, and more secure. In no time you get used to Ubuntu and your can forget that you ever used Windows.

It's honestly terrible. Had to move to it from Windows 10 Pro. Decided to go to Windows 11 Enterprise to remove some of the subs/ads and reclaim some privacy. Much slower and far less responsive. Convenient things like Win + K launching Bluetooth… Read more

Device selection have been made inconvenient behind more clicks, Windows explorer doesn't remember your changes etc. It's a lot more busy and I find this slows down everything down.

Built for advertising, not for users.

Windows 11 is stopping me from blocking spam. Somehow my email address got on the dark web and I recieve dozens of spam emails a day. However instead of protection me Windows 11 is blocking me from blocking these senders. That makes Windows 11 as… Read more

usless as tits on a bull. They claim to be market leaders but I doubt it very much. I do not get the same sort of spam on my Gmail address. Only on my hotmail address.

Well what can I say, but good things about the new layout and system set up.....except for ONE big thing. I mean REALY BIG. It's called a lack of permission... I am talking exclusively about Microsoft having their storage entity ONEDRIVE being the… Read more

DEFAULT for anything new that you save on your new computer, and I mean anything!!!! The computer retailer didn't tell me about it; the Windows 11 set up introduction made no mention of it either. I gave NO PERMISSION. So what's the problem you may ask... It means your data is NOT STORED ie its file LOCATION- (just check a file's properties if you don't believe me ) exclusively on your personal computer. It's is located in a file with a direct LINK to ONEDRIVE... How did I discover this- just looking ! How did I get rid of the DEFAULT... I needed help from Microsoft Support online. It took me 3 days of backwards and forwards to make the required changes etc etc . Just deleting ONEDRIVE from your computer's apps is insufficient. WHAT A HEADACHE. Finally it worked.

You see I believe any backup for your personal computer should be on your own separate hard drive, independent of the computer...my opinion only of course. Why ? Because its MY DATA to do as I wish.

The issue is I was not given a choice. The ball is squarely in your court Microsoft. Hopefully my review will create the necessary transparency for Microsoft to act properly here.

Purchased a new PC with windows 11 and was unable to setup with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Can't block windows preview update option. Also bing is rubbish. My android phone is more user friendly and consistent. Show details

I always try to keep my PCs up to date. My PC automatically updated and had no sound so restarted PC to get a Black Screen and no Windows Logo. Restarting manually brought up BitLocker ID. I put the Windows USB in and didnt recover. Still brings up BitLocker ID required but not working. Lost so much time and money trying to resolve. I'd like my… Read more

money back and to revert back to Windows 10 that was stable but NO Microsift forced me to upgrade (I bought Windows 11 and did a clean installation) and now look at this mess.

If there was a zero stars it would apply. It is an insanely not transparent system. I'd like to get my old win 7 back. The techies who make ,millions for Microsoft should all be fired. Probably worth switching to Apple but who knows. It might be just as bad.

One of the worst OS i have used. I tried to hold off as long as possible on Windows 10 and hope after holding off it would have improved. Boy was i wrong. this OS is trash, it lags, too many bloat ware and it tries to do way too much when its not required. Just buggy and constantly chewing ram. I wish someone other company will make an OS as an alternative because i am ready to jump ship.

Worse than initial Windows 10 experience. I guess they made 11 because people figured out how to shutdown all the Microsoft Spyware/crapware. Like WIn10, need to go in and disable all the cr#p after each update. God if Linux gets good at gaming, there wont be much reason to stay with Windows, especially if a couple of the engineering software I use goes Linux also.

You know why. AI slop, invasive advertising, zero privacy and appauling hardware requirements. Compelled to write this review after yet another FULL SCREEN ad for windows 11. I'll upgrade to linux before I install your malware on my $3,000 hardware. Show details

As a once lifetime Windows power user, who's used XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10, Windows 11 has given me so much grief that I've decided to never purchase their OS again and I have moved on to Linux. Windows 11 installs apps without you even knowing, forces updates and restarts your computer without you doing anything. I had a download going while I… Read more

was out and I came home to see my computer has reset itself. My download hadn't even done much.

If I was a business, I would definitely keep away because that could result in data loss, system crashes, etc.

As an IT student and power user, who has used more than 5 OSs, I personally 0/10 do not recommend Windows 11. There are plenty of free or paid OSs out there that perform better and can be easier to use depending on your preferences.

I can't stress this enough, DONT get windows 11, Stay on windows 10. If you downgrade or stay with windows 10, You'll get a extension for a year with security updates only. The reason why I'm stressing to you not to install windows 11 is because ever since I had upgraded to windows 11 25H2, I've had nothing but issues, HDR turns off on its own… Read more

everytime I restart my pc, The FPS keeps changing to default 60 when I restart. I keep having screen tearing tho Vsync and All the other settings are on, Hardware acceleration doesn't work and causes more issues, It uses more vram in other apps compared to windows 10, My GPU keeps blanking for 3 seconds due to a Graphics issue with windows 11, Power plan keeps reverting to balance after changing it to ultimate performance, and windows 11 keeps reducing my performance in certain areas of games. Personally would stay with windows 10 until they fix whatever is going on.

I found out thru bitter experience this OS will destroy all your files. Years of accumulated data, some quite important and valuable, gone in an instant. It does this using a feature it calls Bitlocker, which encrypts all the files on your hard drive. To decrypt them (render them retrievable for use), it creates a decryption key, which it may… Read more

(depending on the whim of the person installing Windows on your computer) save in your Microsoft account website. Then one day you power on your computer, to be presented by a blue screen informing you that your files have been encrypted by Bitlocker and your computer is unusable. Can’t boot it up. Nothing. You need your decryption key to recover your hard drive. Microsoft kindly informs you you may find your decryption key at your Microsoft account. You frantically go to said account only to be informed there is no key. Too bad. End of story. Nothing can be done to retrieve your files.Ever. Not even an apology. To think I paid Microsoft money to commit this act of treachery against me. Their reasoning is, no point in encrypting your data if it can be recovered. Brilliant! No one warns you when you buy Windows that it contains this timebomb

I DID NOT ENABLE ONEDRIVE!!! WHY IS IT SYNCING MY DRIVE???? After saying no thanks to turning on OneDrive for the hundredth time, Windows just decided to turn it on anyways. WOW.

Absolutley terrible. Cant even disable windows 10 from updating to windows 11. Windows 10 is way better. Terrible battery life, bad for gaming and super slow. UI looks ugly.

Why does Microsoft change things that are fine. I just found out that Microsoft have changed pictures folder view so now half the thumbnail photo is hidden behind a pointless yellow folder. Why on earth would anyone think that's an improvement? Show details

Just had to do a reinstall due to hanging. Offered no less than 10 times to purchase crapware subscriptions, and configure things i have no interest in using. Surely in 2025 we can just install bare bones windows on the PC we paid $2000 for that includes a licence without being harassed to purchase other services from Microsoft and install other Microsoft bloatware unrelated to our desired use. Show details

I installed the July 2025 update and now don't have a functional printer. I had problems of an entirely different sort after the last update but this outcome is especially annoying as the home subscription has nearly doubled in price ie I pay nearly twice the price for the (sadly) customary incompetence. I now have to pay a couple of hundred… Read more

dollars for a geek to come and fix things, just like last time. I am going to refuse future updates until such a time as Microsoft can guarantee their efficacy. I recommend other Windows users don't install updates for a while, so that the bugs can be ironed out by this world leader in software development and testing.

A system that takes away control of one's own laptop (the removal of a straight up "shut down" option in order to force you to install updates) will never receive higher than a one star rating from me. All of these far too frequent updates have inspired me to look into alternative operating systems, and once I find one that is not obsessed with… Read more

forcing updates all the time I think I'll leave Microsoft behind and not look back. I have found nothing in Windows 11 that I would consider an improvement from any previous versions, and have only found annoyance and frustration.

Product Review I found that the ‘Microsoft Virus & Threat Protection’ icon in the Windows Security pane had a cross on it and was not working, I was concerned as I had recently experienced a scam on Microsoft news that attempted to access my computer. I searched online for information on how to repair it but could not find anything and all… Read more

relevant updates had been downloaded. I tried downloading a new version of Microsoft Defender but that could not be done. I went to the local Microsoft at Centre but found they had recently closed down. I contacted Microsoft Support online for assistance when I got home. The person who took the job communicated via a web chat and asked me to try a few things that did not work. He took control of my computer with my consent and worked on it for some time. He eventually said the problem was fixed and started to download Win 11. I asked him whether that was necessary if the problem had been fixed. He said ‘no’ and stopped the download. However, when I got back control of the computer the problem with the Virus Threat Protection had not been fixed. The following day I contacted Microsoft Support again. A new person took the job. He again worked on the problem for some time until he said he had fixed it. The chat was then interrupted and I could not communicate with him. I noticed a Win 11 download occurring and the screen image was fixed. I wondered if this was because the process was slow. About an hour after the download had been begun, I found the technician had sent an email about an hour before that, saying he had ended the remote access session. As we were communicating online I had not expected an email. Windows 11 had in fact stopped downloading and the computer screen was frozen. I could not access anything on my computer. Using my phone internet, I checked online to see if there were suggestions on how to remedy the problem. I found a number of people had suggested using an ‘OOBE’ command. I tried that but it did not work. The following day I contacted Microsoft again. I explained what had happened to the agent who took the case. He told me the download had stalled because the agent had not used my Microsoft password and identification when he started it. He asked me to try the ‘OOBE’ command. It did not work. He tried variations of this and other commands but nothing worked. He said the only thing that could be down was to take the computer to a repair shop. When I checked further online, I found a website that said Microsoft had disabled the ‘OOBE’ pathway for escaping from stalled Windows 11 downloads, in March. This is something that apparently their technicians had not been informed about and did not know. Microsoft has not provided any way of going back to provide a password or identification to restart a download if these are not included at the beginning of the download. It just leaves Windows 11 permanently stalled on the computer and the computer inoperable. I took the computer to a local technician and got it back three days later with a new version of Windows 11. The cost of this was $350.00. Loading the new version of Windows 11 wiped all the files on my hard drive and my screen wobbles and goes blank when I start it. I have to keep my finger on the start button and count to approximately 19 and do this a couple of times before it starts without going blank when I interact with it. If I took it back to the technician there would be a further charge assuming he could rectify the problem. The wobbly screen is a problem that first occurred last November, following a Microsoft update. It was fixed last February by Microsoft support at the centre that was still operating. These multiple problems that have taken so much time and caused so much stress and cost are due entirely to current Microsoft’s lack of regard for users of its products, poor quality control and a focus only on profit at all costs. The problems I mentioned are all due to software updates 1. Microsoft Defender developed a fault, most likely following an update. 2 While the agent who was repairing Microsoft Defender should have known that he needed to register my account at the beginning of a download of Windows 11, the technicians did not know that not doing this would lock someone’s computer, as a code that allowed the download to continue had just been removed and no option provided for terminating a faulty download. If Microsoft is concerned about people downloading software without an account, they simply have to make it compulsory to provide account details before a download begins i.e. if the information is not provided, the download does not start. In over forty years of using Microsoft, I have never had a problem with the software until last year. In recent times there has been one problem after another. It is as if programmers are working in isolation and do not fully test and trial program changes/updates before releasing them on to people’s computers. People are not supplied with discs anymore to reload software if there is a problem. These problems are generally referred to in Microsoft chats but no solution is ever provided or posted by Microsoft. Occasionally independent computing specialists provide solutions but they are now way behind and appear to be struggling to keep up. Just at the time these problems are multiplying, Microsoft has closed their stores and removed all actual customer support. They appear to have considerably reduced their workforce, as profit not quality is what matters. I have always been a Microsoft user but I have had enough and will move to another system, recommended by friends when I replace my computer next year.

removed features, taskbar settings switch at random, buggy interface, added more layers to reach simple settings (renaming a file). Buggy updates, some dont work at all. terrible design, terrible updates, terrible OS.

If I could give a 0 star review I would. "Upgraded" to windows 11 and now literally all of my games crash on launch. None of the fixes suggested online have worked. I tried to revert to windows 10, but that process failed and all of the data needed to go back to windows 10 was deleted. Absolutely horrendous software, insane that they are stopping… Read more

support for windows 10 with windows 11 in this state. I've never owned an apple, but heavily considering switching just out of pure spite.

Just bought a new computer and OOOHHH do I hate Windows 11. So many basic personalisation's that I would like to carry across from Windows 10 ........ but Na. Its like its a 1 size fits all and you can have it this way or nothing. Looks like a Linux system for me. How the F**k can you say this is an upgrade. But I do understand why you need a new… Read more

computer with upgraded processer because its a bloody Power Hog. I gave it a go for 3 weeks but just cant make it mine. Im out now I just need to get rid of Office too.

Absolutely fed up to the back teeth with Windows 11. The fact you can't control the updates leaves me without a computer for days. It'll start an update that can last 18 hours,no I'm not kidding. In the end I shutdown the computer in frustration. The next day it'll take 30 minutes to undo what it did the previous day. Then for the next fortnight… Read more

it'll keep trying to install the update,meanwhile I have limited use of my computer. I may get to do 1 thing on my computer before it starts updating in the background,then it takes 10-20 minutes to load whatever I'm trying to do. In the end I just give up & turn the computer off. Microsoft got this one so WRONG,they need to refund their customers. Time to STOP the automatic updates & let customers choose a time when it's convenient to them.

Windows 11 makes vista look good, 11 just useless, I found 7 very useable, 8 less so, I didn't have 10 because I hung in with 8 untill they would no longer support it. It seems to me that microsoft is now a dishonest company using it's systems to improve thier income and other big companys aswell to gather info on people and what they are doing,… Read more

These days there is good money in selling info thats what rewards cards fly buys smart phones tv's smart household appliances etc.. are all about!!! gathering info on your life! No i'm not paranoid, I've had a good look at whats going on and done a bit of research may'be if more people did the same they could keep some of thier lives to themselves good luck with that CHEERS stay safe and good luck.........

This is my second review of Microsoft. I recently download Windows 11 after trying to download it for 4 months and getting nowhere fast. I still can't crop a photo the way I used to previously. If I try and crop and save a photo now, I get a message saying the photo already exists. Previously my laptop would allow me to crop any amount of photos… Read more

and this is what would happen. Each photo would be like this (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) and so on. So why would Microsoft now not let me crop photos like this. It doesn't make any logical sense but Microsoft don't operate with logic. I believe Microsoft have done something to my laptop to stop me using the laptop the way I did previously. My extended warranty runs out in June 2025. I bought this junk from JB hi-fi so I'll be getting a refund.

Increase cost decrease, everything else – Hate hate hate it!! LISTEN UP GATES! IF ITS NOT BROKE...DONT FIX. NEW OUTLOOK DOESNT DO ANY SHORTCUTS, LESS FEATURES MORE COST!! BOOOOOO FOR YOU