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personal | 1/10/23 | mistfree

Posted on 01/10/2023 5:29:50 AM PST by mistfree

I stupidly said yes to downloading windows 11. It has downloaded but not yet installed. I want to uninstall/delete it preferably before it installs itself. I am computer illiterate and need some handholding. I know my fellow Freepers are all knowing and can help me


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: uninstall; windows; windows11; windowspinglist
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To: mountainlion

His vaccines for it don’t work right either.


41 posted on 01/10/2023 6:41:05 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: TexasGunLover

Do you mean that you do want Windows 11?


42 posted on 01/10/2023 6:42:32 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: Blennos
Huh? Do you mean that Windows 11 is better than 10? Or better than 7?

In reliability and stability, unequivocally.
43 posted on 01/10/2023 6:50:59 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: mistfree

Would you like to be on the Windows Ping List?


44 posted on 01/10/2023 6:54:18 AM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: bert
My experience is that Windows 11 is good

Just stop, bert.

45 posted on 01/10/2023 7:23:46 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: mistfree

I just switched my entertainment computer loaded up with Win 10 that does not have a processor that can be upgraded. MicroSoft already deleted and WIPED my Win 7 Pro hard drive without my permission, before loading Win 8 home. When a storm took it out last week, I replaced it with UbuntU mini-computer that attaches behind the big screen.


46 posted on 01/10/2023 7:25:18 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: mistfree

If you are using an older Windows machine, and are contimplating an upgrade, the first question I alway ask is “what are you going to use it for?”

For some, it’s gaming. This is going to demand higher end everything. Fast drives, fast processor, fast graphics, fast memory. $$$

If you primarily shoot off email, surf the net, watch youtube and other social media - odds are that a current Unix or Linux install will liklely meet your needs, but make your old clunker much faster, and more secure.

If you run specialty programs, such as Quicken, TurboTax, and other business suite stuff; then a mid-range current laptop or desktop at Costco is probably what you want.

So much depends on what YOU will use it for. It’s like asking what car or truck you should buy - the answer depends on your purpose, intent and desires; as well as how much you have to spend.


47 posted on 01/10/2023 7:28:06 AM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: TexasGunLover

I agree 10 and 11 are solid. 8 was an awful interface that I skipped.


48 posted on 01/10/2023 7:28:11 AM PST by pas
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To: dforest; mistfree
My son knows quite a bit about computers. He was telling me I needed a newer computer to run it.

One of the problems with Win10 and Win11 is the background processes consume a lot of RAM [working memory].

I loaded Win11 on a brand-new box back in August, and I just got done thumping a single process that always threatened to go wild in the streets when I wasn't looking.

Took me 3 months to figure IF I could get rid of it, and then HOW to get rid of it.

Disclaimer: computer professional.

49 posted on 01/10/2023 7:29:33 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: pas
I agree 10 and 11 are solid. 8 was an awful interface that I skipped.

The Windows 7 interface was always there in 8, but I am really just speaking in stability and reliability.
50 posted on 01/10/2023 7:31:47 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: unread
I find working with old photos and getting old software to work VERY frustrating..

I switched to ImageGlass and got rid of the native Win11 Photo app.

The native app was a POS.

https://imageglass.org/

51 posted on 01/10/2023 7:33:43 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: mistfree

Do like I have done for the last 30 years or so, keep everything updated and avoid the goofballs with all of their nutty ideas, paranoias, and conspiracy theories about why you should avoid updating your operating system.

I am a go-to guy to help friends with their computers and use Teamviewer for a number of people, and the ones always running into problems are the ones who avoid just staying with the newest and updated systems and software because of all the trash they hear from the nutters.


52 posted on 01/10/2023 7:35:39 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: TexasGunLover
Have you been having any issues with AppXSvc, the process that fires up when you look sideways at the Start menu?

Mine started acting up several months ago - it was winding up in RAM and flashing a goofy fake keyboard icon on the screen when it was doing it.

I finally was able to neutralize it last month.

53 posted on 01/10/2023 7:37:22 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: kiryandil
Have you been having any issues with AppXSvc, the process that fires up when you look sideways at the Start menu?

No, but we did see problems in 2021 in beta with SearchProtocolHost.exe causing problems on the start menu. No issues since early 2022 though.
54 posted on 01/10/2023 7:40:16 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: TexasGunLover
I've disabled SearchHost.exe, because it sucks up 100Mb of RAM for no reason, every minute my box is running.

I think SearchProtocolHost.exe is a related process, so that's disabled on my machine, also.

55 posted on 01/10/2023 7:47:48 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: mistfree
Were you able to get anywhere with the links in post #27 and post #34?
56 posted on 01/10/2023 7:50:02 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: kiryandil
Both are required for the start menu to work properly. Disabling them slows the menu down significantly. They're not optional services in Windows.

100mb of ram is nothing. Average low end PC's have 16GB and most midlevel to high end run 64gb. 100mb of ram is nothing.
57 posted on 01/10/2023 7:56:50 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: mistfree

Before major installs, consider disk imaging/cloning/back-ups.

I have used Macrium Reflect — free for home use — version, but they discontinuing support of it.

I recently found a similar program — Hasleo Backup — which is also free for home use.

https://www.hasleo.com/index.html


58 posted on 01/10/2023 7:59:30 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: kiryandil
"I switched to ImageGlass and got rid of the native Win11 Photo app."

Thanks for that, I give it a try.

59 posted on 01/10/2023 7:59:38 AM PST by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: TexasGunLover
100mb of ram is nothing. Average low end PC's have 16GB and most midlevel to high end run 64gb. 100mb of ram is nothing.

It is when you've only got 4Gb of RAM.      

Ask the original poster how much RAM they have. I'd be surprised if they have more than 6Gb. :)

But I agree about your low end and high end assessment.

60 posted on 01/10/2023 8:36:03 AM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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