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Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2022

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Can you change the sentance? Here it is:

Original: "Across all platforms Windows 11 runs on a share of 2.6% of PCs."

Rephrased: "Across every single platform throughout history, Windows 11 has a run on a quota of 2.6% of PCs and laptops." 2601:205:C002:D1E0:D11:AA22:BE7:46C1 (talk) 06:08, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: i don't see why it needs to be this verbose, the original is easier to understand 💜 melecie talk - 14:39, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2022

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+Available lp.cab language packs !Language/region !English translation !Surface !Samsung !HP !Lenovo !Asus !Acer !Dell !LG 105.163.1.224 (talk) 04:18, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 04:21, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 May 2022

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Can you add this link? There is confirmed source about Windows 11 ice cream which happened in mid 2021. Ice cream 204.129.232.191 (talk) 20:42, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:37, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2022

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At the Reception section, remove the following paragraph:

Marc Menzies, president and CTO of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based Overview Technology Solutions believes that “Microsoft is doing the right thing by prioritizing security” with Windows 11, and that he is “fine with them prioritizing security over being able to roll this out to every computer.”

This may be an implicit ad. 93.42.69.97 (talk) 14:49, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, done. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 03:34, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reception of Windows 11

In reference to this passage in the lede: "Windows 11 has received a mixed reception. Pre-release coverage of the operating system focused on its stricter hardware requirements, with discussions over whether they were legitimately intended to improve the security of Windows or as a ploy to upsell users to newer devices..."

It seems that the "ploy to upsell users to newer devices" is only the tip of the iceberg. Recently I was helping a friend with her purchase of a new laptop, which came with Windows 11 installed. Previously she had always used the Firefox Browser, as do I, so I recommended downloading the install application from the Firefox website, as she wanted to transfer bookmarks that took years to accumulate. When I attempted to install Firefox, a Microsoft message window popped up and said there was no need for other browsers because Windows 11 comes with Microsoft's browser Microsoft Edge. Okay, so I ignored the message and continued to try and install Firefox, but got these run around messages trying to lead me into setting up some other kind of account, and ultimately I simply could not install Firefox.

Also, it seems more and more Windows is being dumbed down and tailored for online shoppers, video-gamers and media minded users. For example, 'Window Explorer', where you can see an outline of one's folders, has been dumbed down in its search capacity. Before Windows 10, you could confine your search to a date range of files, say from 2017 to 2018, but now what they give us are options to search "this week", and "last week", "this year", and "last year", with no provisions to define a date range search.

Re: 'Cut-paste' and 'copy-paste': Before one could simply block text, or select a file, right click and select the cut or copy function, go to the target page or folder and simply select 'paste'. Now to select cut, copy and paste you have to select a file, right click, and then, to use any of these basic functions, you have to select 'other options' and make the selection there. Very tedious when trying to manage or transfer dozens of individual files.

It would seem problems like these are going to be among some of the criticisms that Windows 11 will be receiving, and should be noted in the Reception section. I realize, however, that reliable sources to this effect would be required, so it seems criticisms like these have a remote chance of making it into the article. Hopefully I'm wrong on that account. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 00:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cut, copy and paste are the first three options in the right-click context menu (the top row). You might not have noticed them because they are flat icons now, not text.2405:201:F010:408A:A525:11E0:67DC:1C3C (talk) 10:34, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Windows Subsystem for Android

The page Windows Subsystem for Android redirects here so I was thinking should it be separate page with technical details? Limyx826 (talk) 03:22, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]