[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Windows 11 22H2 now available!

[Drew King]

Correct, Windows 11 is not a radical change. The new taskbar is a lot 
nicer than 10. It's more about Windows 10 being an old, dead end product 
rather than a radical new operating system. Some folks upgrade to 11 and 
don't even know they did. I don't like having to keep a Windows 10 
machine around, but I need to be able to provide Technical Support for 
Windows 10 users, so I'm stuck with one computer running Windows 10.

Personally, I chose to do what I refer to as a "Clean" upgrade. I blew 
away Windows 10 from my computer and reinstalled it using the Microsoft 
cloud download feature. Then, I did an immediate Windows 11 upgrade, 
followed by the reinstallation of software. All data is stored in the 
cloud, so nothing to do there.

If your Windows 11 eligible computer is running a bit slow because it's 
a few years old, you might want to consider doing a clean upgrade as well.

Some say it's a bit more "Mac like".

I also like the new File Explorer. You will have browser-like "tabs" in 
File Explorer sometime in October/November. My beta version of Windows 
has it now.

Voice recognition is vastly improved thanks to the acquisition of a 
company called Nuance. They are the manufacturers of dragon naturally 
speaking voice recognition software.

There are a few features such as File Explorer tabs that did not make it 
into the final release of 22H2. Microsoft has suggested in the rollout 
notice that they will be incorporating those missing features into 
Windows 11 over the next two months. It will likely be part of the 
Windows 11 patch Tuesday in October/November.

There is no harm in updating to 22H2 now. It's been in testing and 
pre-release for several months. I've already applied the update with no 
ill effects.


Drew.


On 9/22/2022 3:13 PM, Robert Primak wrote:
> I will wait a little longer, but my plan is to have both of my PCs 
> which are eligible upgraded to this version of Windows 11 by 
> mid-October to mid-November.
>
> I have the current version of Windows 11 on my new PC, and it works at 
> least as well as Windows 10, once certain security and privacy 
> features are tweaked a bit.
>
> Frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about the interface changes. 
> Yeah, it's a bit different, but it's not a radical paradigm shift the 
> way Windows 8.0 was vs. Windows 7.
>
> Drivers can still be an issue, but that's being worked on every day.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 10:46:02 PM EDT, Drew King 
> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> If you have Windows 11 you can now ask Windows Update to give you the 
> latest and greatest they have to offer.
>
> https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-version-22h2 
> <https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-version-22h2>
>
>
> -- 
> Drew King
>
>
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