I've been using Windows 11 for over two years and am planning to switch back.
I've been using Windows 11 for over two years and am planning to switch back.
I adopted windows 11 pretty early on, upgrading almost immediately after it released. But after having the same AMD SCEP Certificate errors every year, I am sick of it! Luckily I missed the first set of SCEP errors but I hit 22h2s errors and this time 23h2. I can't take it anymore. Any time I play a game I crash. The crashes corrupt my save files, bluetooth no longer works even after updating my driver's and instead of freezing and restarting now it blue screens. My only solution that Microsoft and AMD forums have given me is to wait for them to fix it but when it takes you 2 months to fix a cert url there is a problem. I'd be ashamed if an updated "better" version of a product was worse than my previous one so much so that it practically forces people to revert if they want to get rid of their issues
It seems your problem is specific to Windows 11. Is it common for others to face this? Have you tried complete disk cleanups and reinstalling the OS?
I experienced a similar problem after switching to 11 (fresh install) alongside a CPU and MOBO upgrade. I managed it for a few months. Certain games worked well, while others would randomly freeze or blue screen, except for Tarkov, which would crash every other raid. My Bluetooth also stopped working unpredictably and would fail updates. Curiously, a memory diagnostic revealed errors. It seemed the RAM I had from my previous build, which had no issues before, wouldn’t function properly with the new setup even though it was listed in Memory QVL for the new board. I replaced it with another RAM from a desktop, and the problems disappeared, allowing the computer to run smoothly for about a year before upgrading. The faulty RAM I used still works fine now, though it has some strange behavior. In short, if you haven’t checked your RAM, run a memory test—using Windows Memory Diagnostic or Memtest. If errors appear, try a different RAM kit; you might also switch to another if available and the crashes persist. Your issues closely match what I faced, but it was the RAM that caused the problem, not Windows 11 itself.
I switched my Windows 10 laptop to Windows 11 a while back (it’s got solid specs for a $350 machine). It had an I5 1135G7, Iris Xe Graphics, 512GB Adata SSD, 2x8 DDR4 at 3200mhz RAM, and a 1080P 120Hz display. I used it for a few years before the upgrade, and about a month after, my laptop suddenly froze when I opened Google. The new tab didn’t load, it just crashed and turned blue. I thought nothing of it… until Windows tried to downgrade my graphics driver without asking. It was a constant struggle between Intel’s arc control and Windows Update. Honestly, how does Windows 10 even work these days? Thanks for the story—I’ll bring you back if you’re okay with it.
It's strange how long things took you. I thought it would take me 2 1/2 days, but it actually felt like 2 1/2 hours. 😂
Modern laptops typically run on Windows 11, but many older models from Dell, HP, and Lenovo—especially those from the 11th and 10th generations—lack official drivers. Even when updates were released shortly before, they haven’t been widely adopted yet. Most devices that don’t support Windows 11 will face compatibility problems. If your machine doesn’t recognize Windows 11, that’s the main concern.
I appreciate how software compatibility was claimed to match Windows 10. However, after purchasing my new HP z840 workstation and attempting to install the Windows 10 drivers for the RAID controller, the system crashed entirely. I had to erase the drive and reinstall Windows 10, which took roughly two and a half hours.