Windows 11 broke my PC!

Anonymous
2022-01-22T21:10:43+00:00

DO NOT DOWNLOAD AS OF YET.

it's not ready, I don't know why it was released when there's all these issues! I upgraded and had alot of freezes, slow loading times where as on windows 10 my pc nothing wrong with her until a couple of days in my computer says ''sorry but your PC ran into a problem''. I was never able to fix it, this was a £2K PC!!! it broke my audio drivers for days until the above message killed my PC! NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

if you have an expensive computer DO NOT upgrade unless you want to kill your entire machine.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-05T22:15:07+00:00

    Win11 upgrade worked great - until i made the mistake of rebooting. Then it said 'something happened' to my PIN, and couldn't connect to WIFI so I couldn't login.

    Also noticed I had to hit the power button 3-4 times to even get my laptop to boot.

    Finally I tried rebooting, and after waiting several minutes my PIN magically started working again and was able to connect to WIFI. I thought whatever problem it was had resolved itself ... until the next time I rebooted.

    Now, under Windows 11, here is my new startup sequence for my Lenovo Legion laptop:

    1. hit power button repeatedly until PC boots. If this fails, disconnect power, hold down power for 1 minute, reconnect power and then power on.
    2. wait extended period of time for Windows 11 to boot, and then display the "Something happened and your PIN isn't available...".
    3. Attempt to reset PIN, only to be informed that internet access is required.
    4. Restart (and pray)
    5. At this point, Windows 11 usually boots correctly - my PIN works and I have wifi access.

    I'll go out on a limb here and say this Windows 11 release is not quite ready for widespread release.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T05:18:16+00:00

    Ok, let's work out a few things:

    1. Do you remember which version of the "upgrade"? Please specify if yes.
    2. Have you tried searching online if it's a known issue, and if there are any workarounds for the same?

    Also, you're entirely free to complain to Microsoft about this. They could help you in this matter.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-04T19:27:45+00:00

    Not mine, constant problems since upgrade 2 months ago. What a nightmare.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-01T13:21:41+00:00

    Glitches were present in my early days of using Windows 11 but were not so significant as to affect my PC usage. And yes, I'm a minor and don't use any check register since I don't need one. I don't know if I'm being lucky in this case, since I've heard several complaints like these.

    If the update was the problem, rolling back to the previous version is the right choice, although I'm confused why the system restore didn't work. You can't choose which upgrade you want to install unless it's an optional upgrade. You could pause the Windows updates if you want to.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-30T15:07:18+00:00

    In addition to my previous reply; the "problem" you asked about was that I could no longer backup my check register. A backup for any data is very important as you should know. Maybe Windows 11 is unstable. All I know is after the "upgrade" everything went south after I did a restore to a date before the stupid "?upgrade" and my new Dell computer is ruined. I, along with many others, want Microsoft to replace it, they trashed it!

    Patrick Stagg

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