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[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

fun fact(s).

I was installing 3 different (new) office-PCs yesterday/today and thought I might check how win11 performs on them, as they're sitting here for few more days anyway.

the win11-installer refuses to install at all^^ - YES, I am aware why it does that, and I am aware how to get around it, but the point here is:
the fact that they DO make your life that hard and discourage you to put it on any mundane/standard-system easily imo speaks volumes about win11 in its current state, and I don't see myself installing that without any real good reason in the near- to mid future.

[Ignatius Audene]

Your system not meeting the system requirements is no fault in the OS. Simply stick to 10 until 2025 or switch to linux if an office style pc is all u need.

Win 11 runs smoothly on my end (like all os before) but without android app support or direct storage implemented bye now, there is no need too rush for it. Ofcourse if u do a fresh install and your pc fulfill the requirements i would suggest to start with a fresh win 11 over upgrading your OS later.

[Meep Meep]

Windows 11 can technically run on older hardware starting from the 4th gen haswell line but the catch is that win 11 is looking for active tpm 2.0 and that is mainly a newer security feature on the latest generation mobo. There are plenty of hacks to bypass that check so you can run win 11 normally on old hardware. I'd be wary of enabling it too because it can snafu you just like bitlocker on storage devices. If its accidentally triggered by a bug or some other misfortune you can be permanently locked out of the mobo requiring you to buy a new one to put the other hardware back in.

[aldarmoon]

i got windows 11 on my new computer and i can't run MechWarrior now. I played for years on windows 10 and my system is highend and it wont run win11

Edited by aldarmoon, 29 January 2022 - 02:14 AM.

[Meep Meep]

aldarmoon, on 28 January 2022 - 10:55 PM, said:

i got windows 11 on my new computer and i can't run MechWarrior now

It's not very stable for gaming right now as its still mainly a beta product using the public for mass testing. Downgrade to win10 if possible. You can disable tpm 2.0 too if you don't wan't m$ to sneak in an upgrade in the background like they did for the previous versions.

[aldarmoon]

i got windows 11 on my new computer and i can't run MechWarrior now. my new system is med to highend system and exceds the basic to run outside of win11. My old computer could run mwo lol my new system is far better

Edited by aldarmoon, 29 January 2022 - 02:16 AM.

[Gagis]

11th gen intel processors have an issue that reguires a workaround before MWO can work. Its probably that and not the operating system. The instructions are somewhere on these forums.

[MrVaad]

aldarmoon, on 29 January 2022 - 02:15 AM, said:

i got windows 11 on my new computer and i can't run MechWarrior now. my new system is med to highend system and exceds the basic to run outside of win11. My old computer could run mwo lol my new system is far better

If MWO does not start and you have an intel cpu 10th gen or later, the workaround is here :
https://mwomercs.com...l-cpus-and-mwo/

Edited by MrVaad, 29 January 2022 - 05:19 AM.

[knight-of-ni]

LordNothing, on 30 October 2021 - 01:46 PM, said:

i usually have to assault the gui with various third party utilities until it looks like win2k.

Heh, heh, I know what you mean.... Classic Shell to the rescue!

[Ch_R0me]

Nightcrept, on 29 October 2021 - 12:09 PM, said:

Before upgrading to Windows 11 I wanted to check and see if any of you know of any issues running the game on Windows 11.

Using Windows 11 on unsupported hardware (i3 5005U, HD 5000 + GF 920M, 8 GB RAM & 500 GB SSD laptop).
So far works well, yet I saw performance drops.

[LordNothing]

knight-of-ni, on 29 January 2022 - 05:23 AM, said:

Heh, heh, I know what you mean.... Classic Shell to the rescue!

its open shell now. same thing really but you can thumb through the code on github.

[w0qj]

I don't plan to use Win11 for a long time, probably just before Win10 EoL (just like I stuck with Win7 until EoL).

I'm upset that Win11 does not allow me to "Pin_To_Start" for my favorite programs that I use everyday, like MWO
I'm not holding my breath for this 'feature' to return though...

That's because Win10 took away the ability to "Pin_To_Start" for my favorite Folders/Documents (eg: the MS Excel file that I use everyday). Actually had to use Win10 Registry hacks to enable this--->the ability is still there, just diabled by M$ !!!!
Edit: And this Win10 feature never came back.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, on 24 December 2021 - 04:05 PM, said:

...win11 in its current state, and I don't see myself installing that without any real good reason in the near- to mid future.

Edited by w0qj, 29 January 2022 - 10:29 PM.

[knight-of-ni]

LordNothing, on 29 January 2022 - 06:19 AM, said:

its open shell now. same thing really but you can thumb through the code on github.

Oh nice! Glad to see someone new took over the project.

Google took me right to it:
https://github.com/O...Open-Shell-Menu

[Ch_R0me]

LordNothing, on 29 January 2022 - 06:19 AM, said:

its open shell now. same thing really but you can thumb through the code on github.

I tended to use it when I've updated my Win7 PC back then to Windows 8, and then 8.1

w0qj, on 29 January 2022 - 07:39 AM, said:

I don't plan to use Win11 for a long time, probably just before Win10 EoL (just like I stuck with Win7 until EoL).

Suit yourself. I just hope that I would play MwO on Linux via Steam Proton one day...

w0qj, on 29 January 2022 - 07:39 AM, said:

I'm upset that Win11 does not allow me to "Pin_To_Start" for my favorite programs that I use everyday, like MWO
I'm not holding my breath for this 'feature' to return though...

That's because Win10 took away the ability to "Pin_To_Start" for my favorite Folders/Documents (eg: the MS Excel file that I use everyday). Actually had to use Win10 Registry hacks to enable this--->the ability is still there, just diabled by M$ !!!!

Do you mean this?



Well, years of using different launchers on Linux (along with Win 8 Start fiasco) prepared me for such "change", eventually.

Edited by Ch_R0me, 29 January 2022 - 10:34 AM.

[RacerX]

I upgraded my gaming laptop to Windows11. No issues running MWO. Game is stable and frame rates are stable. CPU is an i7-10870H Processor. I did not make any modifications to the system or OS to make MWO run.

I upgraded from Windows 10 to 11. MWO was installed under Windows 10.

Edited by RacerX, 30 January 2022 - 05:28 PM.

[C E Dwyer]

Win 11 is basiclly the same as win 10 with several changes.

They've made it more secure, however, it won't operate on older PC's there's an easy test to take, if it will run.

My personal perception is it's been created for two min reasons.

First is to make you play for features that used to be free with Win10. A bit silly if it really is the case, as there are third party alternatives, from what I've noticed.

Second is that the intterface seems to be made for phones, so cuts out develping the same product for different hardware.

I've had, zero issues with it, other than the annoyance of very to find things, and it seems dumbed down for the average Face book addicts , than looking like a product aimmed at PC users

[LordNothing]

i wish they would keep the phone style interface to the home editions only and leave the classic windows ui in the pro editions. ive never met a phone ui i didnt hate.

Edited by LordNothing, 30 January 2022 - 07:24 PM.

[Nightbird]

LordNothing, on 30 January 2022 - 07:24 PM, said:

i wish they would keep the phone style interface to the home editions only and leave the classic windows ui in the pro editions. ive never met a phone ui i didnt hate.

Free tool to change the taskbar back, other than that everything else is the same.

https://github.com/v...ExplorerPatcher

I installed W11 because of CPU 12700K upgrade, everything is working great.

[Ignatius Audene]

Jup. Many here are mixing up the MWO with intel 10th+ Generation problems with windows 11.

[Thorqemada]

Win11 Pro is dirt cheap and you need not to register yourself (yet).

Win12 i guess at latest will force anyone to register which at that point i will either stay with an old Windows or switch to Linux.

I mostly play older games now with a massive backlog on GOG.com i am sure by then they will just run fine...