Microsoft Wants to Find Out Why Windows 11 is So Slow
an Anonymous Coward writes:
https://www.osnews.com/story/142855/microsoft-wants-to-find-out-why-windows-11-is-so-slow/
Microsoft wants to know why, exactly, Windows 11 is slow, so it's adding a feature in the latest Insider Preview to collect data when a Windows 11 machine is experiencing slowness or sluggishness.
As part of our commitment to improving Windows performance, logs are now collected when your PC has experienced any slow or sluggish performance. Windows Insiders are encouraged to provide feedback when experiencing PC issues related to slow or sluggish performance, allowing Feedback Hub to automatically collect these logs, which will help us root cause issues faster. Use the Desktop > System Sluggishness category when filing feedback to allow Feedback Hub to automatically pick up these logs. These logs are stored locally (%systemRoot%\Temp\DiagOutputDir\Whesvc folder) and only sent to Microsoft via Feedback Hub when feedback is submitted.
The replies are interesting - even if you disregard the expected but unwelcome 'replace it with Linux' suggestions. Some existing Windows users are complaining about the excessive telemetry and what they describe as spyware. This is an "Insider Preview" so it is more of an Alpha release.
One comment requests:
- - allow the option to fully disable telemetry.
- - allow the option to fully disable a feature the user doesn't need (bonus: reduced attack surface)
- - allow the option to create offline accounts without having to rely on shenanigans
- - remove ads from the system
- - stop reinventing the wheel and replacing working components with much heavier ones (cough, notepad, cough)
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