the TPM is for drive encryption. So all the problems people have around here with auto encrypting drives?
Yeah... that's ALL systems now.
I don't know what's worse, the lack of a local account for Windows 11 Home, the fact that Microsoft is going to be encrypting literally EVERY drive so backing up data becomes a HUGE pain in the a$$ (and the clients will 100% lose all their data if they can't remember their Microsoft account credentials!), or the fact that the Taskbar is now stuck on the bottom with no way to turn off the grouped application icons. Also, Timeline is gone. So let me get this straight. If I have 20x Chrome windows open and I minimize one, I now have to go through a huge list of BS trying to get it back and that's the only option??? Multitasking in Windows 11 is going to suck royally UNLESS they've finally fixed the issue of retaining multiple desktops upon restart. Right now the multiple desktops stay after restart, but all the windows revert to the main desktop, which basically makes the multiple desktop feature USELESS for me.
I use Windows in order to organize a bunch of...wait for it...WINDOWS! How the heck am I supposed to multi-task with this horrible operating system? It's not as bad as Mac OS, but it's really terrible compared to Windows 10.
All I can hope for is that Stardock comes up with a new version of Start10 that works with Windows 11. The taskbar has been completely rewritten from scratch in Windows 11 so it's not going to be easy for the developers to get rid of it.
I can't wait to get my hands on the developer preview version of this to see what other horrible chances they've made under the hood. But I can guarantee you they have NOT fixed ANY of the MAJOR problems that Windows has had for the past 25 years like their stupid 256 character limit, their broken network discovery feature, or the forced Windows updates that restart your computer in the middle of your work.
Right now you can do ALT+F4 during the initial setup in Windows 11 Home to force it to give you the local account option, but how much you wanna bet they're going to patch that before release?
People bring their computers in because they don't turn on and/or Windows won't start up. In either of these circumstances, I'm going to have to try to get them to remember their Microsoft account credentials (which they set up years ago and haven't had to enter since then), log into their Microsoft account, get them to do the 2FA over the phone, then log in and get their Bitlocker recovery key. This is going to massively increase the cost of data backup.
All Microsoft cares about is getting everyone tied into a Microsoft account so they can charge them for every little thing, and encrypting their drive so that they lose their data if their computer goes down is just another way for Microsoft to upsell cloud backup.
Oh, but don't worry! They've mucked up the maximize button so that you can split your windows 3/4 ways on a screen. First of all, WHO the heck is going to do this? I mean, I do it, but only on my 55" 4K monitor. Splitting the screen 3/4 ways is USELESS if you're on a little laptop screen. Bravo, Microsoft, you've added yet another USELESS feature that literally NO ONE asked for.
Hopefully there's terrible backlash from this and they change a lot of things over the next few years just like they did with Windows 10. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to try Windows 11 out, but chances are it won't be usable for me with the way they've crippled multi-tasking. At least if they'd fixed the multiple desktop options I could at least TRY to organize stuff, but there's just no way to organize all the stuff I keep open unless you ungroup the taskbar icons and/or have a timeline so at least you can quickly open up something you've recently minimized.
EDIT: The taskbar is now stuck on the bottom forever. You CAN'T move it. That's it, Microsoft. I'm not using this trash. I've put the taskbar on the top since Windows 95. It's stupid to have it on the bottom. Menus drop DOWN. NO WHERE else in Windows does ANY other menu go UP (unless you open a context menu on the bottom of the screen). Whether you like it on the bottom or not, removing customization is a HUGE turn-off for many, many users. God, Windows 11 has worse multi-tasking and customization than Windows 95.
