#update to windows 11

[duckmessiah]

Your stuff tastes like strawberry sponge cake and crackers. Great combo. Slightly crunchy. 10/10. Also may you spare a dirk and jake strife?

i love receiving compliments and requests on the internet! many thanks

[sea-buns]

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[jjeremysstash]

Fixing Windows 11 - A Masterpost

Windows 11 is absolute crap for a good bunch of stuff so yeah, have a masterpost with most of the things I've found around to fix it haha (they're not all here because I did stuff around and I don't remember what)

YES, I KNOW at this point Linux would be a better alternative, however some here can't use Linux due to some proprietary programs that are not on Linux. This Masterpost is for the people in the same situation as I, aka those who have to have Windows or they can't do their job.

I am currently unemployed and haven't worked enough for the government to help me. I have a ko-fi if ever you want to help.

Stopping W11 from making you create an account/setting up your computer without internet (with a way to create gpedit.msc if your version doesn't have it)

Fixing the Taskbar (in case you also don't like the grouped Battery/internet/sound or the way the windows look)(there's more to it, check the settings)

There is the chance that Windows can't update because of this, you just have to uninstall it and reinstall it afterwards. They also completely nuked the Windows 10 look in the 24H2 update, so use the "Windows 10 (Explorer Patcher)" option instead of the plain "Windows 10".

Removing the rounded windows (since ExplorerPatcher doesn't do it anymore on 24H2)

https://github.com/valinet/Win11DisableRoundedCorners

How to move the volume and luminosity pop ups (so you can finally see those sweet sweet subtitles)

In case ModernFlyouts doesn't automatically start up, possible solution

Fixing the Start Menu (ExplorerPatcher can do that too, btw)

How to show all options right away

A way to bring back the Calendar

https://github.com/matej137/OutlookRemover

MICROSOFT FULLY NUKED THE CALENDAR!!! Possible fix is to downgrade the app (which is fine if you don't use the Mail), but do use the OutlookRemover to stop the automatic installation of the new version.

https://github.com/matej137/OutlookRemover/issues/15

How to remove Copilot if you have it (I don't, but it might be because I'm in Europe??)

Archive

Apparently Copilot is being forced on people so hummm

Other stuff not specifically related to the shit W11 did

Changing the size of the scroll bars

How to fully remove Cortana

Website with tools to fix W10 and W11

[muffinlance]

Woo got Linux working! On a related note I have gotten over any fear of breaking things through the command line and also can now roll back to an earlier system backup. Yes those are related. In my defense, breaking things in interesting ways is a great way to figure out what's actually going wrong.

[rpfisfine]

im literally 22 and like in the prime of my youth my mind should be flexible and easily adaptable to new things and i consider myself kind of moderately tech-savvy and yet it will never stop amazing me that stuff like electric cars exist even though they've been around for ages by now i see an electric car when im outside and im like what the fuck what is this are we living in the year 2751 how have we learned to do that

[piko-rose]

Never noticed this until now, but you can actually see Sonic's eyes dilate for a brief second in this shot when he watched himself get vaporized lmao-

[kde-plasma-official]

funny, seems like windows got an update again

[deathbypixelz]

Alright. I'm making this post because I was unpleasantly surprised to find Microsoft had forcibly downloaded an """"ai assistant"""" onto my computer (called Copilot), and because finding a site that actually told me how to kill it for good -- in clear, truly step-by-step terms -- was way harder than it needed to be.

Preface: this is only relevant if you're running Windows 11.

Here is your target:

If you see this logo on your taskbar -- or... have Edge installed on Windows 11 -- you've got Copilot. You can't delete it on its own, Microsoft has integrated it into the OS as best they can. The most you can do is disable it (instructions for which are at the very end of this post).

So... to REALLY get rid of it you need to uninstall Microsoft Edge, because it's a part of/reliant on Edge. A lot of bells and whistles of Windows are also reliant on Edge, like widgets, but I never use those. I use my PC almost exclusively for gaming, and I don't want this slimy "ai" shit on my computer. I use Firefox anyway. Edge can go die as far as I'm concerned.

Here's the actual steps, copy-pasted from a website that took me way too long to find. It also really makes my browser chug for some reason, which is why I'm copy-pasting the whole thing. If you still want to look at the site itself, put it in reader view as fast as you can (link to site).

1.) Open Microsoft Edge, type "edge://settings/help" in the address bar, and then press Enter.

2.) Click "About Microsoft Edge" at the bottom of the left-hand pane. Copy the version number at the top of the screen, under Microsoft Edge.

3.) Press Windows Key + S to open Windows Search.

4.) Type "Command Prompt", right-click the result, and then select "Run as Administrator".

5.) The User Account Control (UAC) prompt will appear. Click "Yes".

6.) Navigate to Edge’s “Installer” directory by using the cd command. Depending on which directory your Command Prompt opens in by default, you may need to use the "cd .." command to go back a level or two.

Once ready, run this command:

cd “Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\Version Number\Installer”

Replace "Version Number" with your actual version number copied earlier.

7.) Next, run this command to uninstall Microsoft Edge:

setup –uninstall –force-uninstall –system-level

((It will look like nothing happened! Don't worry!))

8.) Restart your PC for the changes to take place.

((HOWEVER, Windows will try to reinstall it the next time your PC updates (or whenever it feels like it lol) so there's a second half to this))

1.) Press Windows Key + R to open Run.

2.) Type "regedit" in the text box and click OK to open the Registry Editor.

3.) The User Account Control (UAC) prompt will appear. Click "Yes".

4.) In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\Microsoft.

5.) Right-click the "Microsoft" folder, hover your cursor over "New", and then select "Key".

6.) Rename the new Key to "EdgeUpdate".

7.) Right-click EdgeUpdate, hover your cursor over "New", and then select "DWORD (32-bit) Value".

8.) Right-click the new value, which is currently named "New Value #1".

9.) Select "Rename" from the context menu.

10.) Rename the value to "DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium".

11.) Right-click the newly-named DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium value and select "Modify" from the context menu.

12.) The Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value window will appear. Change the Value data to "1" and then click OK.

((You are now free. If you ever run into a really serious, unavoidable issue with your OS that's clearly a result of Edge being gone, you can redownload it like a regular app. But you should be fine.))

((And, if for some reason you want still want Edge around but just want the copilot thing gone, here's what you do:

The command, for ease of copy-pasting: reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

You can't actually truly delete Copilot (without deleting Edge), only disable it. And as the reply says, you do have to do this every time you turn the computer on. I haven't tested that myself, but I believe it. I assume/hope that excludes just waking the computer up after it goes to sleep, but I don't know for sure.))

[magicalgirlsandcerulean]

My Windows 11 woes are over, so here we go...(Note the 2025 designs of the LOVE! Defence Club and Conquest Club were revealed on Jan. 31st 2025.)

As a reward for surpassing 100000 followers, the official Boueibu account has been sharing icons. Here's En, Karurusu, Maasa and Akoya (2025 vers.) and Kinshiro, Wakura, Aye-aye and Ryuu (2025 vers.)

This pic of 2025 Ryuu was posted when it was 5 days until the Tokyo Dome City Attractions collaboration on Jan. 31st 2025. Likewise for 2025 Io on Feb. 1st.

Quiz time: "Which of these is not true, according to the lesson Karurusu taught on how to have a proper Japanese summer?" (options from top to bottom: Sleep in every morning, indulging in baseball, doing summer homework while crying, confusing barley tea with mentsuyu and drinking [mentsuyu] (<- Note: Mentsuyu is a noodle soup base with a lot of umami flavour, so you shouldn't drink it like it's barley tea.)

Another quiz question which has already closed: "In the All Men Swimming Contest, which of the following was Kyotaro a part of?" (options from top to bottom: Splash With Your Butt! Butt Sumo, Clippety-Clop Obstacle Course, Fundoshi Relay, All-Cute-Guys' Cavalry Battle)

(More to come later...)

(Update: Added link to Tokyo Dome collab dot point.)

(Update 2: Added pt. 2 in a link.)

[fereldanwench]

....

and now out of nowhere cyberpunk is launching with a black screen

audio still works, i can hear the menu navigation sounds so it's not frozen

it's just

a black screen

[elliwoods]

>new shitty discord mobile ui

>new shitty tumblr mobile ui

>new shitty youtube desktop ui

And none of them have options to go back to the old layouts!

[grey-wardens]

giggling kicking my feet etc over wyll's dance scene, wyllstarion edition

[bfoxgamescreens]

[devastator1775]

Okay ...Updated to Win11 and my Autistic brain is hating the change. Anyone know any fun tricks with the new update?

[albatris]

should I upgrade to windows 11

[naggingatlas]

i feel my joker moment coming. its so close. its so close.