Windows 11 General Discussion

P4-630 · Nov 16, 2022

Is there a safe and simple tool to set windows 11 transparency with a slider for windows and taskbar?

Like you could do in windows Vista.

P4-630 · Nov 23, 2022

I made a shortcut to "This PC" for the taskbar, but it's icon is a folder.

Does anyone know what the path is to the "This PC" icon??

Pictus · Nov 23, 2022

P4-630 said:
I made a shortcut to "This PC" for the taskbar, but it's icon is a folder.

Does anyone know what the path is to the "This PC" icon??

Check this

Change Default Icon for This PC in Windows 10

How to Change Default Icon for This PC in Windows 10

www.tenforums.com

P4-630 · Nov 23, 2022

Pictus said:
Check this

Change Default Icon for This PC in Windows 10

How to Change Default Icon for This PC in Windows 10

www.tenforums.com

Thanks! Got it fixed!

P4-630 · Nov 24, 2022

Yesterday I did a motherboard BIOS update, when after a while back in windows I was greeted with a message that windows was no longer activated because of a change in hardware or something.... :wtf:

I didn't replace any hardware , just a BIOS update.

Anyway I was able to activate it again luckily with the same key I bought... (I paid 140 EUROS for it)

It seems I wasn't the only one: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...e/0f57a891-dd68-4aad-b18e-2009cee13b43?page=1

This was a first time for me that a BIOS update deactivated my windows license.

Did it happen to anyone else here before?

Sombreuil · Nov 25, 2022

P4-630 said:
Yesterday I did a motherboard BIOS update, when after a while back in windows I was greeted with a message that windows was no longer activated because of a change in hardware or something....

I didn't replace any hardware , just a BIOS update.

Anyway I was able to activate it again luckily with the same key I bought... (I paid 140 EUROS for it)

It seems I wasn't the only one: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...e/0f57a891-dd68-4aad-b18e-2009cee13b43?page=1

This was a first time for me that a BIOS update deactivated my windows license.

Did it happen to anyone else here before?

I've seen it a lot with Windows 11, especially on MSI mobos.

lexluthermiester · Nov 25, 2022

P4-630 said:
Yesterday I did a motherboard BIOS update, when after a while back in windows I was greeted with a message that windows was no longer activated because of a change in hardware or something....

I didn't replace any hardware , just a BIOS update.

Anyway I was able to activate it again luckily with the same key I bought... (I paid 140 EUROS for it)

It seems I wasn't the only one: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...e/0f57a891-dd68-4aad-b18e-2009cee13b43?page=1

This was a first time for me that a BIOS update deactivated my windows license.

Did it happen to anyone else here before?

This happens a lot. It's really very stupid. Yet another example of why DRM is unacceptable and idiotic.

P4-630 · Nov 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1594330975659433984

lexluthermiester · Nov 28, 2022

P4-630 said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1594330975659433984

Interesting. It might be kinda useful.

P4-630 · Nov 28, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Interesting. It might be kinda useful.

I wonder if you see it when using wifi...

Arco · Nov 28, 2022

Hello, thanks @lexluthermiester for referring me.

So far I kind of like Windows 11.

My only issue has been some games show a black screen for a few seconds when tabbing in or out of them.

windwhirl · Nov 28, 2022

P4-630 said:
I wonder if you see it when using wifi...

You don't. The feature seems to be still very WIP.

lexluthermiester · Nov 28, 2022

Arco said:
Hello, thanks @lexluthermiester for referring me.

Yeah, welcome!

Arco said:
So far I kind of like Windows 11.

Last I was skeptical at first, but the refinements resonate with me.

Arco said:
My only issue has been some games show a black screen for a few seconds when tabbing in or out of them.

That seems like a driver/monitor resynch thing. When this happens, is your resolution changing? If so, that momentary black screen is normal and nothing to be worried about. It's a very common.

Arco · Nov 28, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Yeah, welcome!

Last I was skeptical at first, but the refinements resonate with me.

That seems like a driver/monitor resynch thing. When this happens, is your resolution changing? If so, that momentary black screen is normal and nothing to be worried about. It's a very common.

No, currently I'm running a GTX 1060 3GB.

It may be due to my DisplayPort cable using DSC because the HDMI port on the GPU cannot support 4k@120FPS.

Overall, I welcome the changes done to task manager, file explorer, and others.

P4-630 · Nov 28, 2022

Get a notification when your webcam is turned on/off

Sombreuil · Nov 28, 2022

Does anyone have the same issue when adding a library in Windows 11?

lexluthermiester · Nov 28, 2022

Arco said:
No, currently I'm running a GTX 1060 3GB.

It may be due to my DisplayPort cable using DSC because the HDMI port on the GPU cannot support 4k@120FPS.

That could be it too. It's possible with any adjustment to the display output configuration.

And now for something completely different...
@CyberCPU Tech
Over on YouTube we were discussing using Windows 11 on a HDD. Here is the screen shot I mentioned.

This is on an old Dell T3500 with a Xeon W3680 CPU. As you can see, that system has 3 HDD's and disk usage is not pegged at 100% on any of them. The laptop I mentioned is dual core i3-2310 and it's running a laptop HDD. While boot up times on a HDD are longer than an SSD(naturally), it's only longer by about 25 seconds and once on the desktop, you barely notice the difference.

Please don't take offense to my objections, I'm not trying to attack you. It just that there is this silly myth floating around that using an HDD as a primary drive is a horendus experience. It isn't. It's fine and with any HDD made in the last few years, performance is good and completely usable. So telling people that they need to use an SSD or they will have laggy performance is just not true.

LifeOnMars · Nov 28, 2022

@lexluthermiester 100% agree with the HDD statement, the amount of FUD that is spread simply because people cannot maintain/configure their system correctly is infuriating.

R-T-B · Nov 29, 2022

I mean, SSDs are more forgiving to the end user by not requiring much maintenance for optimal performance, but otherwise in agreement. HDDs are of course slower, but that's kind of "water is wet" territory.

Solaris17 · Nov 29, 2022

This is off the wall (update my windows 11 installs work great with no mods)

but as someone with 3 4k displays I wont lie keeping up with wallpapers can be a pain in the dick. So I usually just set everything to dark mode and forget about it. I recently came across the "Pantone color of the year 2022" theme from MS in the store however and I love the purple/blue hue.

Pantone Color of the Year 2022 - Official app in the Microsoft Store

Live in color with these four custom images of the Windows bloom re-imagined using the Pantone Color of the Year 2022, PANTONE® 17-3938 Very Peri, a dynamic blue hue that blends the faithfulness and constancy of blue with the energy and excitement of red.

www.microsoft.com

solarmystic · Nov 29, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
This is on an old Dell T3500 with a Xeon W3680 CPU. As you can see, that system has 3 HDD's and disk usage is not pegged at 100% on any of them. The laptop I mentioned is dual core i3-2310 and it's running a laptop HDD. While boot up times on a HDD are longer than an SSD(naturally), it's only longer by about 25 seconds and once on the desktop, you barely notice the difference.

Please don't take offense to my objections, I'm not trying to attack you. It just that there is this silly myth floating around that using an HDD as a primary drive is a horendus experience. It isn't. It's fine and with any HDD made in the last few years, performance is good and completely usable. So telling people that they need to use an SSD or they will have laggy performance is just not true.

I think the myth spread from insane responsiveness gained when moving from those incredibly slow and low performing 5400 RPM laptop 2.5" drives that handled Windows 10 poorly to any form of SSD storage.

In addition, if Windows decided to do anything disk intensive like downloading updates/updating, indexing, engaging Superfetch, or Malware/Virus scanning using Defender, those drives would grind to a halt.

On the desktop front, your average HDD is 7200 RPM and has much better responsiveness, thus it makes sense that it would handle Windows better.

So in short, i think it's not so much a myth on the laptop front, since laptop spinners do not have the performance metrics that their desktop spinners enjoy.

freeagent · Nov 29, 2022

That disk usage in 11 looks pretty good honestly, I thought it would have been much worse.

Count von Schwalbe · Nov 29, 2022

solarmystic said:
I think the myth spread from insane responsiveness gained when moving from those incredibly slow and low performing 5400 RPM laptop 2.5" drives that handled Windows 10 poorly to any form of SSD storage.

Didn't even have to be 5400RPM. SSD swapped a whole bunch of computers in the past that used 7200RPM drives; any 2.5" will perform like crap in my experience.

R-T-B · Nov 29, 2022

Count von Schwalbe said:
Didn't even have to be 5400RPM. SSD swapped a whole bunch of computers in the past that used 7200RPM drives; any 2.5" will perform like crap in my experience.

I think laptop drives (modern ones anyways) going shingled hasn't helped as well.

lexluthermiester · Nov 29, 2022

solarmystic said:
I think the myth spread from insane responsiveness gained when moving from those incredibly slow and low performing 5400 RPM laptop 2.5" drives that handled Windows 10 poorly to any form of SSD storage.

In addition, if Windows decided to do anything disk intensive like downloading updates/updating, indexing, engaging Superfetch, or Malware/Virus scanning using Defender, those drives would grind to a halt.

Very likely.

Count von Schwalbe said:
Didn't even have to be 5400RPM. SSD swapped a whole bunch of computers in the past that used 7200RPM drives; any 2.5" will perform like crap in my experience.

The laptop mentioned above runs a 7200rpm, it runs fine.

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus
Cooling	Thermalright Frost Commander 140
Memory	2x16 3200@3733 Crucial Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT WindForce OC 6G (GV-R56XTWF2OC)
Storage	Some
Display(s)	Acer XV280K
Case	Cooler Master HAF XB EVO
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 650 Bronze
Mouse	Logitech G502SE
Keyboard	Ajazz AK35i with AKKO CS Rose Red Switches and white YMDK PBT keys

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

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System Name	Firestarter
Processor	7950X
Motherboard	X670E Steel Legend
Cooling	LF 2 420
Memory	4x16 G.Skill X5 6000@CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX Gigabutt 4090 Gaming OC
Storage	OS: 2TB P41 Plat, 2TB SN770, 1TB SN770
Display(s)	FO48U, some dinky TN 10.1 inch display.
Case	Fractal Torrent
Audio Device(s)	PC38X
Power Supply	GF3 TT Premium 850W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	OG Razer Black Widow

System Name	System V
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 // a bunch of 120 mm Xigmatek 1500 RPM fans (2 ins, 3 outs)
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz (BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE) (CL16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Storage	SHFS37A240G / DT01ACA200 / WD20EZRX / MKNSSDTR256GB-3DL / LG BH16NS40 / ST10000VN0008
Display(s)	LG 22MP55 IPS Display
Case	NZXT Source 210
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G430 Headset
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M
Mouse	Microsoft Trackball Optical 1.0
Keyboard	HP Vectra VE keyboard (Part # D4950-63004)
Software	Whatever build of Windows 11 is being served in Dev channel at the time.
Benchmark Scores	Corona 1.3: 3120620 r/s Cinebench R20: 3355 FireStrike: 12490 TimeSpy: 4624

System Name	Bad Moon Ryzen
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asrock B450M Pro4-F
Cooling	Vetroo V5
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 32Gb (8gb x 4) 3200 MHz DDR 4
Video Card(s)	6700 XT
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb, Samsung 860 Evo 500Gb,WD Black 8Tb, WD Blue 2Tb
Display(s)	Gigabyte G24F-2 (180Hz Freesync) & 4K Samsung TV
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact w/Dark Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	MSI MPG A850GF (850w)
VR HMD	Rift S

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

Processor	12th Gen i7-12700KF Stock
Motherboard	MSI B660M Pro M-A WIFI
Memory	4x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16 @ 3466 CL16
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER
Storage	4x HDDs, 2x SATA SSDs, 2x NVME SSDs.
Display(s)	1920x1080 180Hz AOC, 1920x1080 60 Hz BenQ.

Processor	AMD R9 5900X
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3 1x TL-B12, 2x TL-C12 Pro, 2x TL K12
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, Asus Hyper M.2, 2x SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s)	JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 750w G+, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD