Problems with Windows 11 are common. Check updates, restart your PC, and ensure hardware compatibility.
Problems with Windows 11 are common. Check updates, restart your PC, and ensure hardware compatibility.
You're really standing up for MS's decisions. Aren't you? While they take data from us, it seems like a fair exchange. If they do, shouldn't we be able to access what they've taken? The mods handle this by removing those home features that collect your info. Honestly, I'd trust them more than the default images from MS. By the way, Linux does have its issues, but for me it's a vague claim. Want to understand what makes it tricky? For me, over the past year everything has been smooth—my family and I use Linux every day without a hitch.
Microsoft faces no real issues here. UEFI isn’t related to Windows. Windows 8 and newer fully back UEFI. That’s the extent of it. (Only partial support for Windows 7, and minimal for Vista—mainly for handling large partitions over 2TB, essentially nothing more). If you have concerns, reach out to the listed organizations: https://uefi.org/members or the board at https://uefi.org/board. Mainly Intel initiated this, leading the direction. Off-topic. Microsoft’s privacy stance is clear. No one really cared about Windows 7 or 8 when alternatives like Google needed legal teams to grasp them. Now everything is openly shared online, thanks to a clickbait article. Once you look deeper, it becomes obvious—claims are exaggerated. For instance: “Microsoft can access my files when I upload to OneDrive… to meet regulations about child porn and data requests based on country laws.” That’s absurd. I won’t take everything seriously; this is outside the scope. You can read more there. All collected data is recorded. Telemetry info appears in the OS. Microsoft offers a tool to verify delivered data, without revealing personal details. Of course, using other services like Edge or Bing, or apps using Bing ads, does gather data—but Bing existed before Windows 8, and browsers have always tracked. The situation changed: most users accepted it back then, but now? Not so much. Worse, many switched from Firefox—known for privacy—to Chrome, which tracks even in incognito mode, undermining true privacy. It doesn’t really protect you beyond clearing cookies and history, which isn’t much for privacy. I suppose an opt-out option would be better, or the data collection could be adjusted to avoid personal info and reroute to non-Microsoft servers. That’s a possibility, though uncertain.
You could just quit being so naive and stop backing this stuff. I didn’t even want to read all that. You act like you’re just reacting, but what about the people who have no choice but to use MS accounts? Do they get a say? How can you be sure the tool isn’t sending your info to Microsoft’s servers? A tool from Microsoft? You think so? Looks like you’re being controlled. And no way. A Windows mod that isn’t run by Microsoft itself—kind of like Windows 10 AME. That’s better. I really trust a group of developers more than I would trust a company that only wants to make money and steal data from users.