Microsoft Says It Is Fixing Windows 11 (nerds.xyz)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/20/2043213/microsoft-says-it-is-fixing-windows-11
- Source link: https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/microsoft-windows-11-quality-fixes/
> Microsoft says it is finally listening to user complaints about Windows 11, promising a series of changes focused on performance, reliability, and reducing everyday annoyances. In [2]a message to Windows Insiders, the company [3]outlined plans to bring back long requested features like taskbar repositioning, cut down on intrusive AI integrations, and give users more control over updates. File Explorer is also getting attention, with promised improvements to speed, stability, and general responsiveness.
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> The bigger picture here is less about new features and more about fixing what already exists. Microsoft is talking about fewer forced restarts, quieter notifications, and a more predictable experience overall, along with improvements to Windows Subsystem for Linux for developers. While the roadmap sounds reasonable, users have heard similar promises before, so the real test will be whether these changes actually show up in day to day use.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[2] https://nerds.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Microsoft-email-2-938x2048.jpg
[3] https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/microsoft-windows-11-quality-fixes/
Hahahahhah (Score:5, Funny)
Hahahahahahhahaha
No, really.
Hahahahhaha
Not Appearce of AI But Presence Made Me Switch (Score:2)
As a longtime Windows user, since 3.01, I stopped using Windows as my main system because AI was added and because of the presence of Recall. You can hid the AI, but it's still there. Also Bluetooth has been hobbled. Logs are still slow to read. Start menu is Microsoft's and not yours. The constant attacks on the Local Login and the Quick Launch are infuriating. My Window 11 systems fail to log in. Windows is now slower than Linux. As we are dragged into a RAM crisis, Windows irrecoverably bloated and fat.
Too little (Score:3, Interesting)
Waaaaaay too late.
Not interested. (Score:3)
I already "fixed" Windows 11 by relegating it to a Proxmox VM that I can revert to snapshot when it eats itself.
Intel and AMD already enabled the "fix" when they got IOMMU and PCI-e passthrough working in Linux.
Fixed with AI, I presume? (Score:2)
As in the "Here is the COMPLETE FIXED version of XXXX.cpp"?
Does it include a "Why does it work now?" explainer?
Sure (Score:2)
The fix will arrive with an update that nukes your drive C: and bricks your printer.
Requested Feature: Privacy! (Score:2)
There! Put privacy and trustworthiness into Windows!
git revert -bytag Win7-GM (Score:3)
Oh, that's not what they meant?
Nevermind, not interested.
bring back long requested features (Score:3)
> ... the company outlined plans to bring back long requested features like ...
Windows 10? :-)
Internet Explorer (Score:3)
I feel like we're at that point around 2010, where Internet Explorer was still dominant, but cracks were appearing. IE was invincible . . . right until it wasn't. If Microsoft doesn't play their cards just right, it won't happen overnight, but the same thing is going to happen. Ten years from now will look unrecognizable.
Windows is in trouble, and they know it. Conservatively the Linux market share has more than doubled globally in just a few years and will likely do it again over the next few. It's not new like Chrome was, but from their point of view, I don't think it matters. It's growth is new, and it's the same.
I would bet virtually anything, behind closed doors, this is exactly how Microsoft execs that have been there for 20+ years are discussing this. They are scared for Windows in a way that has never happened before. And it must be extra dissonant for them, because frankly, Microsoft would be relatively fine even if Windows somehow completely died at this point, but it's also their most important brand, and still a money machine.
Fixed (Score:2)
So there will be no more offspring.
make your garbage a system setting (Score:2)
Turn off spitlight in one place for all users. Get rid of AI in one place. Stop installing all that shit with every new user login.
Just bring back the classics. (Score:1)
All I want is Windows 2000 with support for 4K displays and the latest DirectX. Why canâ(TM)t I just have that?
Why did they have to learn this the hard way? (Score:2)
Oh, its because some MBA/Marketer type said that an AI-based agentic operating system will bring in more recurring revenue by forcing everyone to pay a monthly subscription. They got drunk off of that.
Meaningless (Score:2)
Notable missing, perhaps the two most important and biggest problems for people:
* Remove/reverse artificial hardware requirements
* Remove/reverse requiring a "cloud" login
Don't hold your breath
Will believe it when it happens (Score:2)
How did they let it get this bad?
There are a whole bunch of decision makers who need to be fired
It's not THAT difficult (Score:3)
Just wonder who'll be left once it's all done? I can understand them developing something new and failing, like it was back in the day w/ Windows ME and Vista, but what they've been doing since Windows 8 has been downright asinine - making user experience, which was almost perfect in Windows 7, absolutely horrible. In fact, the user experience in Windows 11 itself might have been just like Windows 10, until they started doing things like getting rid of Wordpad, changing Notepad and Paint and infecting the
Re: (Score:3)
they asked clippy to vibe code via copliot
Re: Will believe it when it happens (Score:2)
What they mean is that next release will be even more neutered.