[rod5591]

is there a downside to downloading and running the new release? I’ve always heard its best to keep your devices updated...

[MayflowerMadam]

“is there a downside to downloading and running the new release?”

I don’t know about you, but for the last 25 years, each update has reduced efficiency and quality. Why I’m still in love with Windows 7. The best thing ever was when MS stopped “supporting” it.

[ransomnote]

I'm concerned about the use of the TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) required for Windows 11. Just the name reminds me of all the deep state organizations and techniques which were tightening the noose on free speech during the Brandon Regime. Some examples of the deceptive way they named industrial strength censorship programs and organizations below:

Trusted News Initiative 

Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington 

German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy 

I watched a high level geek talk about the use of TPM to secure computing and came away with the impression it wasn't what he said it was. It sounded like you would have to have the TPM to access certain websites farther down the line (e.g., No vaccine? Initiate TPM shutdown...). Yes, that's all paranoid but the players pushing this do not inspire trust.

If Microsoft ends all support for older versions in October of 2025, and you have to have this TPM to run the new, and only remaining version (consumer level, anyway), of Windows then I think Microsoft has unusual control. When it first came out, descriptions really sounded like the end of anonymity to me, because the TPM module must be present for the Win 11 upgrade, so Windows 11 machines without it cannot be upgraded.

But, the upgraded windows 11 has features which automatically take images of your desktop while you work. So you have a record of absolutely everything you've done on your computer (including content of typed documents which you later deleted or revised before saving) which you can then use to search so your 'memory' (ability to recover any moment in time, any document or image etc. is complete. Also the AI component of windows 11 allows you to search your computer for content, say, by asking the ai to locate photos of a brown hat, and it will find it.

All this to say, your computer will retain records and is feasibly searchable via AI by people we don't want to access our computers that way. Hackers, the state etc. That's not the stated plan - advertising is about how great it will be for us, and parts of it does sound good. But, with the TPM module ensuring you are unique/authenticated, and the capacity for your activities on your computer to be conveniently searched - it just sounds like the Tech giants at Microsoft are tired of this 'anonymity' trash.

I picture the 'searches' the Biden administration would have conducted on FReeper machines during the Covid plandemic if we had this 'Improved' version of Win 11/TPM on our machines - searching for any document criticizing Brandon that you typed on your computer, even after you deleted it etc. "Advocating Vaccine Hesitancy, Comrade?"  Yeah, I got trust issues.

Now when I look up TPM or other new Win 11 features, I don't see the kinds of text I used to see that made me cringe and turn away from this pile of 'improvement.'

[LouAvul]

Lotsa glitches regardless what MS says. I downloaded 11 on a new MS notebook and could no longer get sound. I uninstalled it and then had sound.

Stuff like that.

[ransomnote]

I think I remember the interview that made me reject Windows 11 & TPM. It was a tech giant being interviewed in an office setting. He was treated with hushed reverence and is he held THE TRUTH. He was saying something like the TPM module would be required to make sure you were not a bad actor, to make sure you are who you say you are. That way when you interact on a network or internet, everyone else is protected (from hackers). Doesn't it sound like "get the vax to protect grandma?"

Well, it sounded likely that the only way for that system, as described, to work is if you are uniquely identified by the TPM in your computer. Microsoft owns the TPM and upgrades. (I've seen troubleshooting content as to how to correct issues with TPM which prevent you from logging on). Currently, Windows 10 pressures you to create a Microsoft account to log on to your computer. No more working offline. That means you have to rely on an internet connection to log onto your home computer, at least according to Microsoft, for now. Users are creating work arounds, but I'm skeptical that will always be in place. Predictably, removing our access to a stand-alone local account is said to be intended to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11. You see, they are simply altruists!

How to Install Windows 11 with Local Account (April 2025)
 Konstantinos Tsoukalas , Last updated: May 5th, 2025

If you're looking for a way to clean install or set up Windows 11 with a Local Account and skip the Microsoft Account requirement, this guide is for you.

Microsoft announced last week that it had removed the ability to install Windows 11 with a local account using the well-known "bypassnro" command, which removed the requirement to connect to the Internet and use a Microsoft account to configure the operating system, by adding the "BypassNRO" value to the registry.

More specifically, Microsoft says that "We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11. This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account."

However, there are still ways to bypass the network and Microsoft account requirements to set up Windows 11 with a local account, and in this guide you will find the most common of them.

MORE AT THE LINK: https://www.wintips.org/how-to-install-windows-11-with-local-account-april-2025/