Well that is why I didnt do the TPM thingy - I don’t know what it is
From download to install to configure to signed in with Windows Hello was about 40 minutes for me. I was really impressed with the whole process, to be honest.
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Yeah, it was very efficient. I suppose it was this quick for me because I installed on a VM so no special drivers or anything. Also, it was a clean installation from an ISO.
I’ll still need to play around with it and get some clarity with regards to disk encryption before I’ll even consider installing it on my main PC. My only timeframe for installing a new OS in in December (or when there is a PC crash), so will have to figure things out before then.
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No, encryption is still a separate thing. The issue is that if you enable or disable TPM while your drive is currently encrypted then you could lose access to the data since the encryption code is partly stored on the TPM (or something like that)
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Thanks for the clarification.
I don’t think encryption would ever be a viable option for me. These days with PC hardware, if either the CPU or mainboard goes, you pretty much have to replace both plus possibly RAM. If that happens, the data is pretty much gone. Also if the hard drive fails, I guess sending it to data recovery experts would also be pointless.
I’ll start installing it on our employees’ laptops and get their feedback and then see in December to tackle my PC depending on whether I like it or not.
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Sweet now I am on Windows 11 as well. The future is now!!
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nice work @DieGrootHammer , for some reason even with UEFI defaulted, some win10 installs still used the old MBR system. Easy enough to fix luckily.
@Wyvern I’ll have to check the pc as I can’t recall if discrete TPM is there or not, might need to check BIOS updates as well.
If you have a laptop you want encryption enabled. Just to know if someone steals the laptop they can’t access anything.
Getting a copy of the BitLocker key is very easy in windows so no worries really, just store in a safe spot in the cloud and you are fine. The TPM security just helps enable it more easily, if it changes you just need the BitLocker key to unlock the drive contents.
I would suggest not encrypting additional drives unless there is sensitive data on them. But you won’t actually notice it being there otherwise so not too much impact on a day to day use case.
Obviously having cloud backups is a good idea 
Well, after using it for a day I have to say it is pretty smooth and stable. It’s performing better, and more bug free, than Windows 10 on my Razer Blade 14. The new external monitor arrangements do actually work, as everything was always messed up when unplugging 2x externals and plugging them back in.
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Yeah additional screens are slightly better managed on 11 than 10. Just remembers things better than 10 did on my laptop.
The casting or projecting is also faster on 11 than it was on 10.
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Tried doing the same on my desktop PC this morning, but mbr2gpt utility reported that it can’t validate and (therefore) can’t do the conversion. After lots of reading up, I found out that my system reserved partition (boot files) is on my 1GB SSD, while the OS is installed on my 500GB NVMe SSD. So seems like I have to reinstall Windows at this point, as most solutions to move this partition on an active Windows installation seem sketchy.
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Okay, so after using Windows 11 for 24 hours, my first impression is, it’s Windows 10 HD remake. For average users the changes are minor and small and you don’t really have a major incentive to upgrade. But so far it’s been stable and fast and works absolutely perfectly, so there is also no reason Not to upgrade. It’s free, it’s familiar, it’s new, it will get lots of updates, most likely won’t break your stuff. So yay?
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I kind of like the multiple desktop thing, I think I might use it. Haven’t noticed much else new that’s good or bad.
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Genuine question, can you give me an example of when you’d use multiple desktops? For my personal computer where I don’t work on I feel like there’s no real reason to implement it. It’s a very cool feature but perhaps I’ve not seen a good example of how this can used for.
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Sure, right now I’m busy working on a page for a new competition we are launching, I created a desktop just to work on that as I need at least 4 windows open while working on it. In the meantime I have my main desktop with other stuff I’m working on during the day, like stuff I quickly have to do for my boss or clients. In my third desktop I have MEW, Reddit, Youtube etc, all the after hour stuff.
Each one has their own Firefox instances so it’s WAY easier to find what I was working on than to search through all 50 tabs in 10 different windows that I usually have open by the end of the day.
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It’s been a thing since Windows 10… In fact it’s identical to Windows 10. I’ve been using it for years to sort my messaging apps and music player from my work / dev tools. The Logitech MX mouse range even have gestures built in whereby pressing the gesture button under your thumb and swiping left / right swipes between desktops, just like a four-finger swipe would act on a touchpad.
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I wouldn’t call it identical if it wasn’t as easy to find 
Either way I didn’t know about it but now I do, and I like it.
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There was a task view button in the task bar in Windows 10 as well and Win+Tab still opens up the task / desktop switcher. You could hide the task view button (like Cortana and the dreadful search bar), which is what I suspect most savvy users did. From a functional and aesthetic perspective it is near identical.
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I’ve also been using this feature for years. Was slightly confused at first when everyone was talking about this “new” feature.
Another shortcut is Ctrl+Win+Arrow (Left or Right) to scroll between desktops.
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