![]() One thing I found intriguing was the Windows 11’s Personalization page, which splashed my PC’s current theme and added six other choices, right at the top of the page. But, yes, the legacy Control Panel still exists. ![]() Microsoft UX designers clearly stepped though Settings almost page by page, tidying and making each page more attractive and providing more context on what choices and adjustments you can make and where. The functionality remains largely the same, but there are small visual improvements literally all over the place. Once you start diving into Windows 11’s Settings menu, more changes become apparent. Windows 11’s Settings is a fresh take on Settings… ![]() The index view of the applications now shows your PC at the top, complete with name and model, as well as the status of any updates and whether you’re signed into OneDrive and are up-to-date with Office. In Windows 11, the new Settings menu explodes into visual and functional glory, dramatically changing the look and feel of a familiar Windows application. In the leaked build of Windows 11, the Settings menu remained unchanged from Windows 10, prompting insiders to scoff that the leaked build was simply unfinished. Seen for the first time: Settings, Notification Center, and File Explorer The gorgeous Settings app Like in the leaked build, the Windows 11 Start menu can’t be resized, and the background doesn’t offer the sort of translucency and color accenting that we’ve seen elsewhere in Windows. Click it, and the Windows 10 Search widget opens up, offering shortcuts to recently used apps, plus shortcuts to searches Windows thinks that you’ll want to make. Where Cortana once lived front and center, the Windows Search icon now stands in. Cortana remains missing as a direct integration in Windows 11, though you can launch Cortana as the same app that she was in Windows 10. At this point, we haven’t determined whether Windows 11 allows the hack that re-enabled the previous Live Tiles that were part of Windows 10. Microsoft’s startup sound for Windows also returns in Windows 11, with a soft chime that signals you’re ready to work.Īs before in the leaked build, the centered Taskbar can be moved to the left to approximate the look and feel of Windows 10. It even looks a bit like a lock screen Google might show you as part of Chrome OS. Notably, it doesn’t offer any of the familiar contextual text that usually accompanies the Windows lock screen until a few seconds pass. Right from the beginning, Microsoft tips you off that this is a new version of Windows with a new lock screen that employs a different font. ![]() Microsoft really wants you to pair Microsoft Edge and Bing together. I was asked for my preferred browser settings (including search engine) as shown in this screen below. I did see a new screen as part of upgrading the PC to the Windows Insider program, however. Microsoft said Monday that if you’d like to entirely reset your PC, you’ll see the new OOBE experience (shown below) as well as something new: the choice to rename your PC as part of the setup experience. Because this was an in-place upgrade, Microsoft didn’t show the traditional “OOBE” (Out of the Box Experience), and instead left preferences in place. Downloading the build took about 20 minutes or so on my 400Mbit/s home broadband connection, then required about 10 additional minutes to install and reboot. ![]()
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