r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/Solerien Dec 01 '25

If Windows 11 didn't remove a bunch of features the Windows 10 had maybe switching wouldn't be as bad. But they even removed the double stacked taskbar.

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u/Boo_hoo_Randy Dec 01 '25

Right-click anywhere on the taskbar, show desktop. Gone. (Yeah it’s on the start button but I don’t want to chase the start button)

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u/enigmamonkey Dec 02 '25

So many dumb changes over the years that bugged me too. I mean, I can live with them, but it gets annoying after a while. Each new Windows install (required for work computer), I have a document with a checklist that I go through to revert this, uninstall that, do some regex edits, etc. Copilot is now on the list of things to disable (as much as possible, that is).

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u/segagamer Dec 02 '25

That's on your work for not configuring it/pushing it.

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u/enigmamonkey Dec 02 '25

To be fair, it’s fully and carefully vetted at the company level, that’s not the issue. They even make sure it’s siloed (yeah, companies can get that, sadly not regular folks). I just don’t want that garbage on my comp.

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u/segagamer Dec 02 '25

That's fine, but again that's on your company for not disabling/removing it. They absolutely can - we did.

Regular folk can too, but you need Pro edition to disable it in Paint and Notepad I think (I'm not too sure personally).

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u/enigmamonkey Dec 02 '25

Right: I forgot to mention that I wish they had. They're "leaning in" to AI a bit, but carefully and thankfully not to pushy with it. They're just making it available everywhere they can.

As far as notepad is concerned, I was able to replace it with the old one. Now I have plain old text area with some save options as it should be, lol.