Acematrix.

Good for you for giving it a go, hope you enjoy Win11, if it was not for this Topic too, i would never have given it a go either, it set me off down a path i did not think i would go, now i am a Beta Tester for themes in Win10 and Win11 whilst i wait for WB11.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying Win 11 as well , Don.  Congrats on the new laptop , I'm hoping to get a new one as well hopefully in the spring.

-- Ace --

I wouldn't be surprised if things started to move along pretty fast from here on out.

In many ways it does seem that start 11's taskbar has been under development for a very long time. But there are indications that it may be making its way to Beta very soon. Particularly because start 11's taskbar can be seen here https://twitter.com/bdsams

This would give Windowblinds 11 a completed tool to run on Windows 11 and would allow development to finally begin.

I wouldn't have an HP or a Dell if you gave it to me.  Only Lappy I've ever bought [new] was an ASUS. ...

Nothing wrong with Asus, they make good Motherboards too.

Agreed don, good solid company Asus, had bits and pieces from them over the years. I do own several Laptops but do not use them a lot for everyday use, more for shopping E Bay, and doing experiments i do not want to attempt on My Desktop Machine as it's used for work and my own Forum.

It can be made to work , Win 11 can Run WB10, but that is a whole other thread.

My resolve crumbled neone6, so pound notes moving to your dinner table have commenced.    

It can, but it also looks like Windowblinds 11 is going to make changes to how it works. Just for the fun of it, I tested Windowblinds 10 with the Start 11 taskbar. I wouldn't recommend doing this by the way. What I found is that Windowblinds 10 doesn't fully hook in all the taskbar elements. The only thing that is carried over is the texture, all the tab skins are not present. On top of that explorer crashes in an infinite loop.

What this tells me is that we can expect a bit of an overhaul with how Windowblinds 11 handles the taskbar. I suspect the overall look will be a more native taskbar to Windows 11 which should differ from the Windows 10 style we are used to seeing with any sort of Windows 11 skinning that is currently available.

I do wounder what this means for backwards compatibility with skins that are currently available. In example does this mean skinners will have to touch up their taskbar on all their skins or will there be something in Windowblinds 11 that allows parts of a skin to be translated into the Windows 11 taskbar automatically.

Just something to pounder as we wait.

I Guarantee a work around will be made available as soon as we see this new term brought in, i have said it before so many times.

I presume this will come with the next Feature update to Win 11, and as i usually do clean installs of feature updates as doing it MSs way, one OS over another more or less, never sat right with me.

All i can say is i will do whatever i need to continue working with Win11 without the need to be forced to use a MS account at set up, either that be making a Modded OS, Or using a Registry Hack Or another type of fix of which i am sure the longer it goes on forcing peeps to do this, many will pop up all over the net, then it is up to each individual to choose what method suits there skillset and conscience.

Microsoft try's to push users into doing exactly what they want, and that is why enterprising peeps will always push back. Every single bad move made by MS in there favour has always been fixed to better suit the user, that will not change.

Hi Phoenix hope you are well mate.

Just noticed a new update to Explorer Patcher, maybe it will solve the Crashing loop of explorer like you mentioned above with the latest Start11.

I was aware the account needed to set up new Windows 11 installations, and you have mentioned the easiest fix so far, Use A Bogus MS account then move to a Local account with Admin privileges, deleting the original account. I am sure will will see more and more ways around this as we get closer to many peeps seeing it in action.

I suppose at the end of the day it is about how many MS services you are used to using per say how it will affect the user, I do not use MS store or cloud storage, and can easily use 3rd party apps to allow cross platform syncing and sharing. That is why i am not worried whatever MS try on, there will always be several fixes created to negate this.

As I said back when...

Take a peek here:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/699100/microsoft-extinguishes-windows-11-pro-account-loophole-in-latest-build.html

"Put another way, you’ll still need some Microsoft account to use Windows 11’s consumer editions — though if you currently use Windows for work or school, you won’t need to be connected while you sign up, and can presumably use a local account on top of that as well. But the freedom to use an entirely local account within Windows, and not sign in to a Microsoft account at all, is apparently dead for Microsoft’s Insider program. We’d bet that it will be soon for the general public, as well."