[Daniel's Intro (Subtitles made by: Chaimann]
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As you may know by now, a new version of Windows - called Windows 11 - was unveiled on the 24th of June, 2021.
But many people were dissatisfied with its stability because they couldn't see any point in this version of Windows, since, apart from the new design, there was essentially nothing at all.
Indeed, this very new design didn't make it everywhere. You can find a complete mess of different interfaces, starting from a window from the era of Windows NT 3.1 up to the icons from the era of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
And I personally wonder, why would you release Windows 11 when there's basically nothing worthwhile other than support for Android apps, based essentially on Hyper-V?
Windows 11, of course, is coming along nicely now with some major updates, although the enthusiasts are not sitting still.
A project like Rectify11 has been going on the web for the last few months, aiming to make the Windows 11 design consistent, taking away those oddities like different icons from different periods and elements from older eras.
This project's official site is based on the Weebly engine, which is not available in Russia, though this is not because Roskomnadzor blocked it, since Weebly itself decided to shut down access to its service for Russian users in 2018.
I'm not from Russia, however, so it opens perfectly here.
This image is over 5 gigabytes (!!!) and the version is only 64-bit...
So, I can't wait to try it; I wonder what it really looks like...
So the first thing I see is a complete installer redesign.
The one in the original Windows 11 hasn't changed since Windows 8 came out, which was around even in Windows 7.
And now, the installer is trying to resemble the Fluent Design.
Even the system cursor has been modified, yet it's from another theme that just blends in with the style.
In terms of design, the installer itself has changed everything. Even Windows PE. Well, they've changed that too, but now it looks a little bit ugly.
As you may have noticed, there is a patch for bypassing the TPM, Secure Boot and RAM capacity checks.
An official minimum requirement for Windows 11 is at least 4GB of RAM with a TPM chip as well as UEFI with Secure Boot enabled.
But it seems like a good thing they bypassed these checks, as the system worked just fine without them.
Alright, let's install this and see what it's all about.
Just select the disk and wait for the installation to finish. In terms of image unpacking time, it is in no way faster than Windows 11, but during the post-installation phase it is instantly set up.
No "getting devices ready", no initial setup...
Once everything is finished, a welcome screen appears in front of us with the administrator account logged in. And there you go - your system is installed and ready for use.
During the first behind-the-scenes testing, however, I had this kind of thing going on. Huh.
During the first behind-the-scenes testing, however, I had this kind of thing going on. Huh. [voice from video message: okay... *light laughter*]
But honestly - I like the new system design for sure, it's really awesome, just a joy to look at.
For the original Windows 11, this new design wasn't done everywhere so it's literally a mess of designs from different eras.
Well, it can be found here too, but at least it somehow blends in with the current system design. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong...
You can also see that icons are changed all over the system here.
The progress bar, all the tabs, and a full-blown dark theme - it just looks wonderful. This is exactly how I'd like to see Windows 11, certainly not exactly like this one, but with a redesigned look in all places.
Also, the standard right-click taskbar list is now back, except for the drag'n'drop, which is coming back soon in the original Windows 11.
The task manager in this system is not new, which was announced by Microsoft, but the regular one from Windows 8, 10 and the initial build of Windows 11.
In case someone is wondering about the memory consumption, it is currently using less than 700 megabytes of RAM.
As far as I remember, the Plasma 5 was using almost the same.
BTW, KDE's design is also very nice, especially if you use custom icons.
Okay, back to the subject.
There are hardly any UWP apps like Groove music, Maps, Alarm Clock, and other garbage that somehow migrated from Windows Phone to Windows 10.
Meanwhile, the classic applications like Wordpad, Notepad, Paint and Character Map have been replaced by their UWP equivalents.
The progress bar, copy animation design and other graphical indicator layouts are all the work of a modified standard theme of Windows 11.
You can also find UWP-based Rise Media Player here, instead of Windows Media Player, which has been cut completely out.
In place of Microsoft Edge, which I am 100% sure is even left somewhere, we have Chromium, and not an ordinary one...
...but an "Ungoogled" one - meant to increase your privacy by removing every Google component possible from the browser.
You can also see a Microsoft Store here, although it was removed in the first version.
The standard volume switches have also been replaced - now their role is done by the "Modern Flyouts" program.
You will find a file on your desktop called "Notes", describing this project in detail.
And it seems that here it is - the ideal solution! An upgraded Windows 11 with a full-fledged new design.
One small group of enthusiasts got the whole company with a staff of 180,000 people and multibillion-dollar annual revenues bent.
One would think that Microsoft would have something to improve on..
BUT
Well, like in every Windows build that strives to look beautiful, there is, shall we say, a flip side to the medal.
And here's a good place to start...
The old Control Panel settings are now back, such as "Personalization", "Desktop Background", as well as the old "System Information" page.
In addition, one of the settings in the control panel does not even seem to work - the path to the file is broken.
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Increasing the DPI by more than 100% breaks all the redesigned system icons. The DPI represents the number of dots per inch or, as the system calls it, the scaling factor.
It is helpful for enlarging items on large screens.
This system does not make it through the regular integrity check (running "sfc /scannow").
Although not every build passes it on the one hand, but still.
SFC (aka System File Checker) is a Microsoft Windows utility that lets you find and repair damaged system files.
It debuted in Windows 2000.
Meanwhile, the "sfc /scannow " command scans the file system and replaces damaged or modified files with the original ones.
In our case, it found some files which did not match the original and restored them.
And after recovery you can see a broken system theme, Microsoft Edge (or at least its shortcut), and a broken dark theme, that should be in all applications.
The next thing I'm gonna say is not a minus, but rather a fun fact. We can see the PC used to make this build.
As you can see, the author is using AMD Ryzen 3 and even Intel Pentium processor-based PCs.
That's funny. :D
At the first startup the notepad crashes on its own for some reason, but from the second time it comes back to normal. Once again, it's not a minus, but still a strange phenomenon.
The next minus might be quite questionable: this build can be broken if you install an other language pack, e.g. Russian or Ukrainian.
One person who tested this build for me, at least, had it.
This action turned the system into a "brick": only a black screen is shown along the cursor, and nothing else.
At this point the minuses are over.
On the other hand, the language packs in this system are installed and applied normally, the system does not crash, everything works. However, it has some risks.
To sum it all up I got the following: the system was certainly brought up to the level in terms of design, however, it took some payback in terms of performance and stability.
But, it's not a bad attempt at the very least, so enthusiasts still have something to look forward to..
I have no doubt that someone might actually install this on a main computer. To me, however, it looks like a risky.
And I wish this project's authors a lot of success, patience, and most importantly, not to fail.
And what do you think about it?
Don't hesitate to write in the comments - they are always open.
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