Question So, Win 11 ....

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Why did you select those min/max states?

Testing. Curiosity.

To see if they would make any difference.

I've since dropped them to 30/40. Temp has dropped again, CPU blue line dropped again, and I've seen no functional difference in what I do.

 

[manly]

^^^ Doesn't work. Oh well.

Powershell doesn't seem to work either.


I have an older device that I can only log in to in IE 11. None of the other browsers work, including Edge.

I can't seem to find a version of IE 11 to load on Win 11.

Ideas?

VMware Workstation is now free; if necessary you could run Win7 in a VM.

 

[tcsenter]

You can use Winaero Tweaker to get back a number of 'classic' behaviors such as the ribbon in Explorer, context menus, move the start/taskbar menu button to the left (or right) side of the task bar instead of the middle. It's a great utility. See:

Question - Microsoft giveth then taketh away....the "ribbon"

Nice. Spent four or five years jamming the Explorer (and MS app) ribbon onto everyone and when you get accustomed to it, learn to use it effectively, MSFT takes it away in W11 with NO solutions (after 22H2) for getting it back. THANKS Edit: there ARE working solutions below! WinAero Tweaker FTW!

forums.anandtech.com

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

VMware Workstation is now free; if necessary you could run Win7 in a VM.

Tell me about this.


I managed to find an installer for IE11 on my old unit. It will not install on 11 because a 'newer version is already installed'.

Will this VM thing allow me to install it?

 

[igor_kavinski]

Will this VM thing allow me to install it?

Yes. But you have to install Windows 7 or 8 inside the VM with a bootable ISO file. Then just work inside the VM or maximize it to full screen when you need it. Just be sure to get the ISO from some reputable site. Otherwise, you can burn your own by popping in the Windows 7 DVD and saving it as ISO with https://www.isodisk.com/

 

[igor_kavinski]

If you can type a few commands, you can use these readymade VMs direct from Microsoft (if they still work): https://gist.github.com/JayHoltslander/e7de2c19a37b6783b8d9

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I've got some kind of silly figure on my Search Tab for somebody's birthday.

How do I disable that?

 

[mikeymikec]

I've got some kind of silly figure on my Search Tab for somebody's birthday.

How do I disable that?

search tab? Do you mean the search bar on the taskbar?

 

[igor_kavinski]

I've got some kind of silly figure on my Search Tab for somebody's birthday.

Screenshot would be helpful.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

search tab? Do you mean the search bar on the taskbar?

Screenshot would be helpful.

 

[mikeymikec]

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There are registry tweaks I believe to get rid of pretty picture. I would just disable the search box in taskbar settings.

There's also a registry tweak to disable Bing searches in Windows search results which I'm happy to share if you want it. I disable it mainly because Bing had an outage once and it stopped the Windows search function working *completely* until Bing was back up again. It's just mind-bogglingly stupid design.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Is that a web search box or a PC search box? If it's web, I don't need it.

And yeah, I'll kill the Binger.

 

[mikeymikec]

Is that a web search box or a PC search box? If it's web, I don't need it.

And yeah, I'll kill the Binger.

It's both, just like the search box on the Start menu.

Here's the reg file data to kill web searches from Start / search box:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Disable web searching on Start menu
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search]
"CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000
"BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000

The Cortana bit probably doesn't do anything on Win11.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I don't have that. This is the only thing starting with Search.

 

[In2Photos]

I don't have that. This is the only thing starting with Search.

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That's the wrong spot. The location is in HKEY_Current_User not local machine.

 

[mikeymikec]

I don't have that. This is the only thing starting with Search.

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It helps if you look in the right place 🙂 HKCU not HKLM.

I hadn't actually applied the change to my Win11 install (which I only really use for gaming), imported the reg file and it had an immediate effect.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I still don't have it:

 

[In2Photos]

I still don't have it:

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Then you probably have to create one. Right click on the right side and click New > Dword (32). Then use the text in the quotes to create the key name and put the value at 0.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Much easier to copy paste mikeymike's code, paste it in a textfile and rename it as "magic.reg" and then simply import into the registry by double clicking.

DISCLAIMER: That's what I would do but I take zero responsibility for any issues 🙂

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I just unpinned the Search Box from the Task Bar.


I was led to believe win 11 was a terrible abomination. It isn't. I find it very similar to 7 and XP.

Was it 10 that was terrible?

Like whatever was between XP and 7? Vista? Me? And 8? Whatever happened to 9?

 

[mikeymikec]

I just unpinned the Search Box from the Task Bar.


I was led to believe win 11 was a terrible abomination. It isn't. I find it very similar to 7 and XP.

Was it 10 that was terrible?

By most accounts it was 8x that was terrible. I personally think it had shortcomings but at least Microsoft hadn't fully embraced YOLO OS development during 8x's era.

Like whatever was between XP and 7? Vista?

Yup

And 8? Whatever happened to 9?

Because 7 8 9.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I was led to believe win 11 was a terrible abomination. It isn't. I find it very similar to 7 and XP.

You will change your mind when the next update borks something you were depending on. Win10 is stable. Win11 they can't make up their mind on what needs to stay and what needs to change.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Whatever happened to 9?

Win10 IS 9. They just can't call it 9 because a lot of software was hardcoded to associate Windows and 9 with the old Windows 9x family (95, 98 etc.) so they decided to skip 9 to avoid breaking compatibility of legacy software.

 

[dainthomas]

I've got some kind of silly figure on my Search Tab for somebody's birthday.

How do I disable that?

That someone is none other than author of the 20th century JRR Tolkien.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

There's something wrong, but I don't know what it is or how to explain it.

Adobe Reader won't open. Not by its own link or by double clicking any pdf document. It will show in Task Manager, but that's all.

I can open pdfs in Brave, or another browser, or in LibreOffice.

Deleted and reinstalled Abobe Reader with no change.