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Windows 11 has got to be the worst Operating System I've ever used in my life
I've never ever been this disappointed in a software product as much as I am disappointed with Windows 11. I've always held onto the current WIN for as long as I could, and last month I bit the bullet and thought I'd give WIN11 a go, and I'm regeretting it ever since. It's not even, "omg this is new, I don't know how to use it" type of frustration - no, the OS is a complete mess, it's unstable, messy, unprofessional, and the entire thing felt fake and dysfunctional on so many levels. It really makes my blood boil.
- When I drag the volume all the way down in the sound mixer, it doesn't mute the app, I have to click on the app icon itself
- When I select a lot of files, and I click in that little small gap in-between each file, it deselects all of them
- When I have a lot of windows open and I would hover over them to select one, it rarely catches it from the first try. I'd click the window I want to use and it never selects it
- If I have a file path selected in a window, I click away, and I click back again on that window, I get the drop down list of paths that lead to that path and I end up clicking on a completely different path that would take me out of the window I selected
- When I click on and out of a folder, it updates in the Quick Access bar and in doing so, it glitches the entire UI across all windows open
I could go on and on and on, this has got to be the worst product I've ever used. I have a couple big projects I'm finishing now, but after I'm done, I'm going back to Windows 10, and I'd stay with that until it gets hacked by Anonymous or something. My lord what a joke of a product.
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I think the upgrades of Windows 11 break things instead of fixing them (apps, services, the menu, the settings etc) and apps offered by Microslop (Teams, Outlook, Clipchamp) are half baked (slow, bad interfaces, inconsistent operation).
Why break things that used to work?
When I select files i have to mess around with it so much just to select files
I agree. I have been using Windows 11 since day one and I have always tried to be optimistic about new features, updates and even occasional glitches. But I think I have had enough.
Here are some things that used to work but are now broken on Windows 11:
- Snipping tool. Once a screenshot is captured a notification would pop up to let the user process that screenshot. After one of the latest updates, that only works on the forth attempt for some reason unknown.
- (New) Outlook and Teams. Both are great examples of a badly designed application with a cluttered interface, incomprehensible functionality and really slow performance.
- Start menu. Version 25H2 of Windows 11 can proud itself of having the worst Start menu of all time and the sluggiest one, too. Generally speaking, the Start menu never was of much value to me and I do prefer the Spotlight of macOS over it.
- Updates. The whole Windows Update process is a mess. Most of the time, any new update either breaks things instead of fixing them or pushes unwanted features such as worthless AI or malware-bound news widgets.
- Settings. The struggle to get rid of the Control Panel in favor of the ill-designed Settings would even make George Lucas jealous of how long an ordeal can last.
Windows users need to speak up and their voices must be heard.
Unfortuately you are correct......Win 11 vers 25H2 is a pile of shambles.....take it from an old horse..the great mistrust puts it lightly with so many minor issues. I use a poor man´s Aspire 3, (should work and do the jobs) but it regulary hangs and has the Win update settings on, except I now I check any updates and choose when to load. The most annoying is when "print" is selected in the word/excel app, the notebook freezes. This doesn´t happen on an older notebook. More pain is the Acer aspire doesn´t shut down when it should, and this is a risky security aspect. I regulary have to depress the boot button underneath the unit. Is this really how MS has to work ? The other grubby thing is when the headphone is removed the notebook hangs. WHy ? I removed the Realtek app, reinstalled it as it comes with windows installed but still don´t work properly.
The mouse doesn´t double click on desktop files but works on-line. What on earth is going on ? My biggest gremlin is the desktop files gradually getting deleted and moved around other files for no reason. I decided to delete OneDrive and things have improved but the hunt for everything and where it is becomes daunting. I dread resetting windows (which I haven´t done) as it would automatically re-install onedrive which I don´t want more takeover troubles.
I think everyones confidence in Windows is being shattered, is putting it lightly. I´m getting on in life and gets harder when one´s eyesight is on the wane from trying to sort this out. Never have I been so badly handled and really should never come to this..
rj
I am using windows from 95, windows 11 is worst os, it's very bad. Best versions windows XP and windows 7. Windows issues have after release versions.
I've been using Windows since 3.1 and can tell you that Windows 11 has to be the biggest stain on Microsoft.
I have compiled a list of issues I have with Windows 11 and agree with the items you have also mentioned. Some issues have remained since Windows 2000 which microsoft have failed to fix.I have moved from Microsoft O/S with Windows 11 making it a easy decision. At home I moved to Ubuntu and its been a significant uplift which actually blows my mind.
As advised (leveraged AI to make these clearer)
Windows Issues:
- Windows has never reliably remembered multi-monitor layouts or display configurations.
- Audio randomly breaks: default devices change, services stop, or sound just disappears with no warning.
- Clipboard history pastes old entries or fails to update properly.
- Windows 11 removed or redesigned core UI elements that actually defined Windows — especially the Start menu.
- Privacy is basically nonexistent, with telemetry, AI features, and cloud syncing enabled by default.
- Control Panel still works better than Settings, yet functionality is awkwardly split between both.
- Start menu search insists on launching Edge or web results instead of local applications.
- Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive syncing is unreliable, confusing, and frequently broken.
- Traditional Blue Screen error visibility has been reduced, making real troubleshooting harder.
- Microsoft acknowledges many “known issues” but leaves them unfixed while shifting focus to AI and telemetry.
- Windows updates regularly break drivers, applications, or previously stable systems.
- Context menus hide common actions behind extra clicks (e.g. Properties in File Explorer).
- Registry edits are still required for basic power-user functionality.
- Sleep, hibernate, and general power management behave inconsistently.
- VPN clients frequently break after Windows updates.
- High-DPI scaling is inconsistent across applications.
- Taskbar customisation is significantly reduced compared to previous versions.
- Windows sometimes removes applications without notifying the user (e.g. Guitar Pro disappearing with nothing logged in Event Viewer).
- Microsoft products occasionally fail to update for long periods (e.g. Edge stuck on 1.33 while 1.56 exists).
- Volume adjustment sounds loop repeatedly instead of scaling cleanly to the selected level.
- File Explorer increasingly behaves like a web app — clicks misfire, paste actions register as delete or move, and basic interactions feel unreliable.
So very well said. Windows has become a "Three Gorges **bleep** Scenario" (Look up that reference please. YT has some info on recent problems with it). I have been using Windows since v3.11 to your v3.1, and was watching the OS come to be during the v.3.1 days back in the 80's. I saw this all coming when they put a certain person in charge after Bill Gates was ousted... This guy is only concerned with how much money he can squeeze from every corner, and how much spying he can install until everyone has all of the last of their privacy gone, right down to knowing when, and how much we even poop. (11 takes 4x the setup time than even 10 due to all the garbage and MAAAASSSSSIIIIIIVVVVEEEE Security holes.) This is a huuuge backdoor mistake, and furthermore.. This guy is ObViOuSly a "Crapplist" apple lover.. as are the people he's hired to shred windows into a now Ai (Another Idiot) apple knockoff.. Windows was never meant to be what it is now.. (they need to go) The best thing Old Bill, Dearest Dave, and the rest of the crew did was to build the thing in such a way that they can't actually remove things without breaking the OS.. Ummm... It's obvious they have committed the sin anyway (The Faults became utterly, prevalently noticeable when they screwed the start menu and tried to actually remove the original taskbar [This is the first major thing that actually broke the OS.. We are only seeing the exacerbated results now])... The last truly good feature has been Dark Mode, and they are STILL!! stringing us along on that as well. Carrot on a stick only works for donkeys. Even stupid human people give up on the old carrot after a while. Windows is broken. I've never really liked Metro Apps.. It's just another excuse for folks to be lazy and to do bad coding... Look at Asus Armory Crate and it's unending problems. Windows was never meant to be like a phone. All that junk running in the background, and they only now even began to enlarge the desktop heap and other deep core settings even the tiniest bit. The main processing throat of Windows was set to 32 bit until the very end of 24H2 when it has needed 64 bit there since windows 8. (I wonder just how many of you are aware of this) Someone please.. Build a new OS PLEASE!!! Linux is useless, and also too difficult to use for my clients and most of my friends, and for me.. save for on utilities like Kiosks, Nas, Phones, and other smaller devices..
Namaste...
ZahZu.
p.s. I totally agree with Bojesen's comment below... and I quote, "Copilot is for id..ts, its proving how stupid people like to be, even universety levels around the the world are cheating in exams cause the "brain" is stuck on "do it for me" all the AI is for, is to take more control over people that are stupid enough to use it, instead of learning with reading"
p.p.s (Just GPS was enough until she realized she was doing it, for even my niece to join the "Idiot Brigade" for a while.. TG she came to her senses and chose to start learning again.)
Here are the facts:::
- Windows 7 Was just like Heaven
- Windows 8 Everyone Loves To Hate
- Windows 9 Would have almost been fine.
- Windows 10 ~ OMG!!! Here we go again!
- Windows 11 ~ Windows catches 40 kinds of Cancer
- 25H2 Windows has a Grand Mal Seizure and several Mini-strokes.
- Microshaft says, "I Didn't Do It!"
- Megaloslop continues on as if nothing is wrong.. Like two certain country's government's like to do.
- Windows makes a personal request for a "New Lover - I mean.. New Liver".
Omg, where to start ?
This not my first or last rant about Windows , I want to put a storm shutter over it.
For me this whole nightmare started with W11.
First of all, the only thing windows does is force more control over everything I do.
Life is about choices, w11 is about taking choices away from the user.
I played the game, upgrade computer, so w11 can control it better. I don’t need all the extra levels of security and that is the problem. I spent money to upgrade. I had all of software installed, turns out w11 would not let the 3rd party software operate (drivers) all of the wonderful tech everywhere and no one could help. I gave up retro grade to 10 and it worked fine until the end of support.
It seems not unlike our government, windows is unhappy that I don’t run the latest system controller.
My software that was working (dongle for music software licenses) conveniently now is ignored. Perfect, I changed nothing. The program is in charge. How horrible is this?
No one even notices this, we are sheep.
Windows 11 is fine for me. i like the design and improved search function.
why you must learn it it is will be excellent when you learn it it has file explorer with copilot and etc the apps is optimized after update you will see !!😇😇
Copilot is for id..ts, its proving how stupid people like to be, even universety levels around the the world are cheating in exams cause the "brain" is stuck on "do it for me" all the AI is for, is to take more control over people that are stupid enough to use it, instead of learning with reading
Totally agree!!
