Moving from one operating system to another can be a grind — like watching sausage being made. Get ready for the long process of moving on from Windows 10 to its successor.
The beta testing of Windows 11 will be starting soon and its release reminds me a lot of the transition from Windows XP to Vista. Or Vista to Windows 7. We’ve been living in a world where approximately 75% of computers are on Windows 10 with most of the others running Windows 7. Soon, we’ll be in a world where most PCs will be running an operating system (Windows 10) that will be still getting serviced until at least 2025. So as you take in all the hype over Windows 11, one thing to keep in mind is this: it will be a long migration process to Windows 11. Another thing to remember is that we are just at the beginning of the sausage-making process for Windows 11. The ingredients are still being measured and identified, the cook is still in the kitchen testing how the dish tastes and users are already complaining about some of the menu changes being introduced in Windows 11. For example, Windows 11 will require you to log into a Microsoft account when setting up Windows 11 Home. While the idea behind this mandate may be to increase password security — especially when cracking and hacking passwords is one way attackers come after us — the requirement is causing a few to balk. I’ve already seen people such as Joel Hruska say they will never log into a Windows computer with a Windows account. That said, folks have already figured out “when Windows 11 Home asks users to join an Internet network, a simple ‘Alt + F4’ shortcut closes the prompt and the screen goes straight to the local account creation page.” At least for the beta, people that love to fiddle with computers have found a workaround.
