I can download and update to windows 11 from my current version for free. Would all my installed programs (Brave, MS office, third party music/video players, favourites and passwords etc.) be automatically transferred to windows 11?
Thank you.
Here's a question for all the computer experts here on EF. I searched for answers on google but still confused on what would be the outcome
Before moving to Switzerland this was part of my job back in the US.
First thing. Yes they will all transfer, but especially the third party apps may not work correctly. Brave and Office? I would say there is a 99.9% chance you will have no problems. It is the third party stuff that may give you issues.
I am sure that Win 11 will have a compatibility mode to run older apps. That works somewhat, but it is not perfect.
My advice is: 1) Wait for the first major revision before upgrading and installing a new OS. If there are Win 11 issues, most will be fixed in the update. This also allows for 3rd party apps to get their stuff in order and have updates if they are needed.
2) Make sure you have a complete backup of your entire computer before doing the upgrade They do not always go as smooth as you would think, and I have seen entire PC's worth of information lost, because the user did not bother to backup their data.
Finally I would add: If there are third party apps that you cannot live without. Check out their websites. They will almost always have information on their compatibility with OS upgrades.
Good Luck!
Did the upgrade on release date or thereabouts (same as I did for 7->10).
1. No need to reinstall anything I already had (or at least none of the things that I used so far).
2. Same applies for passwords, settings etc. - no disruption.
One thing that I hated instantly was the new taskbar & start menu. I got "StartAllBack" for $5 (you can apparently get it for free from chip.de, but thought it would be nice to support the authors) and never looked back - technically, I have pretty much the same experience as with Win 10.
No compatibility issues so far, a few visual improvements, no stability problems. Do note that you would need your computer to be compatible with this (most recent ones will do, there's a tool somewhere which checks this - the only tricky bit for me was Trusted Platform Module or TPM, which has different names and ways of enabling for various motherboard manufacturers).
And the advice for doing a backup of (at least the most critical) files is very important. Do so before you start anything.
I did the upgrade and all my installed programmes are working as they previously did under W10, even an antiquated Microsoft Money 99 (i.e. a program that's ove 20 years old!).
Same for my computers that can have the update. Realistically there is not a whole lot of difference between 10 and 11, other than unneccessary hardware requirements.
I have the impression that my machine runs faster and that startup in particular is faster, but I haven't put a stopwatch to it. My general feeling is that the engine driving the whole thing hasn't changed that much and much of what's new is cosmetic/looks and that's largely reflected in the bla-bla put out by Microsoft's marketing. That they moved the Start button from the left to the centre of the screen is the number one highlight seems to support that view.
To update: The upgrade was done last night. All went pretty smooth, no issues. All my old files and settings were untouched. The computer seems to be faster to start, from 16 seconds to 14 sec.
I need to get used to the start key change to middle. Also my weather information bar seems to have disappeared.
So far loving it
Another observation is that it uses slightly more battery power than usual.
Windows 11 also got rid of the weather information from Task bar. I installed "weatherbar" and it works fine with Windows 11.
The only thing I noticed was that some microsoft apps open alot faster, but probably because they optimized the code, the other ones seem to be the same.
I got Windows 11 installed on both my unsupported machnes. Working wonderfully.
The original post was from 2021... But never mind. I used Rufus to make an image on USB of a new win11 DVD, and it gave the options to skip hardware requirements.
I recommend installing treesize (free) and checking out the windows folder. You'll find that candy crush and a few other games are there, taking up GB. To get rid of them you need to take ownership. On my desktop I removed the hiberfil.sys file - it's only useful if you ever hibernate your computer. To get rid of it open cmd as administrator and type:
powercfg -h off
Thanks. I simply deleted the installer file from the Windows 10 iso and replaced it with the installer file from Windows 11 iso. Then I ran the setup file from the Windows10 iso. Worked perfect.
Unfortunately the Windows Security (Windows Sicherheit) in settings won't open. Everything elso works fine. Tried everything but no success. Any ideas here?