Windows 11: Installation, prerequisites, features and first impression

Windows 11 - installation, innovations and more

Microsoft has officially published Windows 11 on Tuesday, October 5th. But what is there to consider if you want to use the new operating system on your PC - where we also use laptops with the word PC ? What changes are there compared to Windows 10? This and more we want to clarify in our special, for which we Also, with a laptop an upgrade to Windows 11 executed.

Table of contents

1. Page 1Windows 11: Introduction, security as a bouncer
2. 1.1Hardware requirements: Security as bouncers
3. Page 2Windows 11: License, Availability, Installation
4. 2.1 License, availability and installation
5. Page 3Windows 11: Practical test by upgrade and impressions
6. 3.1 self-test: Upgrade with laptop
7. 3.1.1Windows 11: First impressions
8. Page 4Windows 11: New features in the taskbar
9. 4.1New functions in the taskbar
10. Page 5Windows 11: More innovations and possible performance issues
11. 5.1For new features: chat and smartphone
12. 5.1.1Windows 11 as a power killer?
13. Page 6Pictures Gallery for Windows 11: Installation, Features and First Impression

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Hardware requirements: Security as bouncers

With Windows 11, Microsoft in public relies on security forward in the request list as so far, and it s not just about integrated virus scanners or a firewall. Rather, Microsoft requires certain characteristics of certain properties that make the PC safer in conjunction with Windows 11, so that certain attacks are not or only very difficult.

As a result, Windows 11 demands comparatively modern components from the PC. So far, new Windows versions were also compatible with very old hardware - the main thing, she was strong enough and offered enough resources. With Windows 11, this looks different, because by the compulsion to offer TPM in version 2.0, even some still quite new systems fall out of the race. TPM is the Trusted Platform Module, which is usually realized in conjunction with a suitable software via the mainboard or for example in notebooks via a network module and must be supported by the CPU. If there are problems for TPM 2.0, although the hardware would have to offer this, the best way to follow the tips from Microsoft. With TPM 2.0, for example, it will be possible to use a well-encrypted face scan for the PC without additional a normal password on the system - the latter would be readable in doubt by attacker.

Windows 11 - Status message When installing the upgrades with the assistant tool Source: Antonio Funes besides TPM 2.0, which is no longer missing in mainboards and CPUs for about five to six years in itself, so modern games PCs basically have no problems with the There are other requirements, there are other prerequisites, where we refer to the home variant of Windows 11. The resource side requires 64GB of storage space, 4GB RAM and a graphics card with DirectX 12 support. The processor is theoretically a dualcore with 1 GHz as clock and 64bit support - but it also has to be on the compatibility list of Microsoft. Anyone who wants to find out in advance will find the lists at Microsoft for the CPUs of AMD and Intel and Qualcomm. For OEM PCs, it also applies that the BIOS must be a UEFI Secure Boot system.

This latte on prerequisites with the intention of Microsoft, to strengthen security, seems to lock up many systems from Windows 11 - but some will surprise that these partly strict rule in practice only apply to upgrades, so for users, on their PCS Windows 10 is already installed and want to change the Windows Update on Windows 11. Because here Windows checks exactly whether the conditions are fulfilled or not. Who installs Windows 11 but by the USB stick or burned DVD or via the ISO file from scratch, this can also do this on very much PCs that do not meet the above requirements because the setup does not test the conditions. But we strongly recommend that only experienced users consider such a procedure. Because otherwise problems can occur, which may only be very difficult to handle or by which you even lose data. Likewise, it can be good that Windows 11 later refuses updates, which can restrict security in addition to the functionality.

From Antonio Funes author 09.10.2021 at 08:00

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