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December 3

Windows 11 vs. Windows 10

I've got a strange problem. Until about a week ago I had as my working computer HP Pavilion with Windows 10. Over time it seems to have become much longer to boot. I began thinking perhaps one of the four processors died out. So, I bought a much faster Dell machine., It came with Windows 11. I cannot find a way to shut it off through software. In Windows 10, in the lower left corner, exists a small pop up. I can invoke it, find a proper button and a choice of shutting off will appear: Restart, Shut down and Sleep. It is a very convenient arrangement. Where is a similar option in Windows 11? Did they forgot to implement it? Now I do everything hard way, by pressing a hidden button on the left of the computer frame. Will appreciate guidance. Thank you, AboutFace 22 (talk) 14:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Going off of memory, the button's now in the middle of the taskbar by default. (Google Images is claiming it's a blue Windows icon on the left edge of the list of apps, which then has a power button in the bottom-right of its popup.) 2603:8001:4542:28FB:D088:DDE4:16D3:E77C (talk) 17:00, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I did find a tiny button on the task bar which has given/shown the shutdown popup once. Then it stopped working and only a brief flash appears. I wonder if I should install Windows 10 and wipe out Windows 11 for good? Need advice. Thank you, AboutFace 22 (talk) 20:55, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

CPU cores tend not to just fail. To check, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, choose Windows Task Manager and click Performance tab. There is a 99.99% likelihood they all are there. On the other hand, your original problem (Windows gets slower) has been a constant complaint since Windows 95. It is a very well-known symptom. I would suggest that Windows 10 on the HP could just need a good clean-out of all the accumulated junk that even a year's full-time use gathers. A decent local PC repairer would ideally make a call-out to your house and go through everything in the OS/installed apps/browser with you, for not much more than an hour's work. As for Win 11, there seems to be a skin for that: search for "make windows 11 look like windows 10". MinorProphet (talk) 15:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Even if they do fail, it's not something Windows or really I expect any desktop oriented OS will cope with. Nor does any consumer board I'm aware of know how to just disable one core which is having problems. (If it's a dual socket board then possible it can work fine with only one socket in use but I think often those will only be the first socket and the CPU will have to have failed in such a way that the board just doesn't use it.) In other words if one core has failed, the OS isn't going to just get slow, it will crash or otherwise not work. Nil Einne (talk) 15:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)