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I started duel booting with Linux over the weekend so I can ease myself into outright switching. Unfortunately I'm stuck with Windows 11 for my work computer and it's honestly surprising how bad it is for productivity. All the bloatware, notifications, and unnecessary addictions/changes makes working with Windows 11 frustrating. I'm sure it's decent for gaming and general use, but when I have to use it for actual work it's a significant downgrade. Plus it's getting significantly harder to use the software that I need for my job. I've had to start going into the registry and download 3rd party software just to do my job. And don't even get me started on Microsoft 365.
Just curious, what do you do for work where you need special stuff like that? Also why are you allowed to edit the registry and download third party apps on your work computer? What previously built in features/apps does Win 11 lack so that you need third party apps?
I'm a CAD tech for a land surveying company. We do a lot of things like 3D scanning and hydrographic surveying as well. A lot of the software that we use for hydrographic surveying and 3D scanning is relatively old and cryptic. Still updated to this day but definitely not what some would consider "modern." Some of the software just doesn't work or has huge performance issues in Windows 11 without changing the way Windows works with the software. And the compatibility mode that Windows 11 offers isn't robust enough to get some of them to work so I have to download third party software as a work around. And with every update there's always a new and exciting way it fucks with the something I need to get my job done.
I'm sure there are more, but off the top of my head the new right click menu doesn't even have half the shit I need. So I had to go into the registry to get the old one back because I was tired of clicking the "more options" button every time I needed to run a program as administrator for example. Add onto that the constant notifications for features that our company doesn't use get shoved in my face is constantly annoying. I've had to uninstall so much bloatware just to get it to shut up.
It's not like it's the worst OS I've ever used. It's just all the little things that add up over time that generally makes things more difficult or frustrating. I've had to troubleshoot more issues with using Windows 11 than I can even count and with each update the list only grows.
Just so you know, if you hold down shift and right-click on something, run as admin is there.
Ctrl+Shift+Click or Ctrl+Shift+Enter will launch most things as elevated. Works in Start, taskbar, run dialog, explorer, etc.
also if its on your taskbar you can right click on the icon>properties>Advanced and check the box to run as administrator every time.