Windows 12 coming in June 2024

[Sky-Knight]

@phaZed HA that's funny my home desktop is doing it now!

I click the copilot button and my desktop icons move, I click it again to close it and they move back!

Meh, cosmetic issue for me but that's kind of funny.

 

[MDD1963]

12 really? Many many people are sticking with 10 until October 2025. Ugh.

That's an easy choice when on an 'ancient' non-Win11 eligible 7700K cpu, as pre-8th gen CPUs were ruled 'unworthy'...

(My little Alliwava MiniPC4c/4t N5105 Celeron is fully eligible, even if less than half as fast and half the threads....)

 

[seashore]

Everyone loves to "skip" odd releases, and so I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to do Windows 12 just to get the idiots to upgrade.

And I'm pretty sure MS will skip the next odd release anyway purely due to marketing.
Triskaidekaphobia is a thing.

 

[Sky-Knight]

And I'm pretty sure MS will skip the next odd release anyway purely due to marketing.
Triskaidekaphobia is a thing.

True, but darn it... Windows 13 would be hilarious!

@MDD1963 When most malware breaches are slowed or halted with modern microcode and TPM, yeah... Microsoft says no. Old CPUs carry with them too much risk in the business world. It's not the performance, it's the security features and design. I'm not quite sold on the home world... but gen 8s will be quite dated when next October gets here, much less the older stuff. Upgrade darn it! You'll probably want the newer USB interfaces and other features anyway.

 

[Philippe]

And I'm pretty sure MS will skip the next odd release anyway purely due to marketing.
Triskaidekaphobia is a thing.

Let's use the names again. Like XP, Vista, Millenium...
I'm pretty sure Windows 12 as "Windows Genisys" will do it

 

[GTP]

PS, if you don't want copilot - just hook up a second monitor. Apparently, Copilot doesn't work with multi-monitor setups.. and it's still not installed on my 11 23H3 system with 3 monitors.

@phaZed You are correct.

I can confirm that Co-Pilot does not appear on multi monitor systems.
Today I upgraded a business clients systems to Windows 11 23H2. (You stated yours was 23H3?)

One desktop PC with 2 monitors and one Desktop PC with 4 Monitors.
I don't think Co-Pilot even installed?

However, on an HP AIO Touch PC (at the front desk) Co-Pilot showed the icon on the Taskbar and the side panel when the icon was clicked.

I could find no reference to Co-Pilot on the multi monitor systems.

 

[britechguy]

I can confirm that Co-Pilot does not appear on multi monitor systems.

If this is true, and I'm actually not doubting that it is, you know it won't be true for long. Copilot is absolutely central to Microsoft's business plans going forward. This is a bug and one that will likely be fixed, promptly.

 

[phaZed]

@phaZed You are correct.

I can confirm that Co-Pilot does not appear on multi monitor systems.
Today I upgraded a business clients systems to Windows 11 23H2. (You stated yours was 23H3?)

It's 23H2(not 23H3) - My fingers got in a rhythm there.

I was able to get it installed yesterday using Vivetool - and it works fine, just displaces the Desktop Icons while the panel is flown out. When the panel flies back in the Desktop icons return to their positions. @Sky-Knight had mentioned this behavior - and he is correct on that.
But yes, before, there was not one entry, one iota of Registry or Folder or file related to Copilot (Yes, I checked!).

I suspect @Sky-Knight was able to get it because he states he hooks up to a docking station - while other times he's single-monitor. Mine, being a desktop - is always 3 monitors.

@britechguy - Ya, this is certainly just a bump in the road - they'll have this sorted in some time. I'm actually surprised it's not already sorted out, as much as they're pushing it.

 

[callthatgirl]

I've seen copilot on some systems.

 

[Sky-Knight]

@phaZed I installed the update that activates copilot before it was pulled, as did most in my company. The desktop I'm typing this on has two monitors, always has had two monitors, and yes I have Copilot. It moves my icons around... but meh, no big deal.

Also, as far as I know it's US only right now, everyone in the EU is still waiting, not to mention elsewhere.

 

[GTP]

The Reg tweaks that @Porthos posted work great!

The person using the aforementioned AIO with Co-Pilot decided they didn't want Co-Pilot after all, so I used the reg tweaks which removed all reference to it.

 

[frase]

I remember no Windows Nine as Germans would be offended. Maybe it would have suited it if released.

 

[callthatgirl]

I watched the video, the personal or work or school is going to still cause upset lol.

 

[HCHTech]

I can't resist pointing out that it's no longer June.

 

[Sky-Knight]

She responded to a bot that necro'd the thread.

 

[Blues]

Well, I guess they will be skipping 11

Which fits the pattern since Win 98/ME time

Win 98/98 SE: Preferred
Win ME: Generally Skipped
Win XP: Preferred
Win Vista: Generally Skipped
Win 7: Preferred
Win 8/8.1: Generally Skipped
Win 10: Preferred
Win 11: ???
Win 12: ???

Too soon to say 11 vs 12 but if 12 hits soon enough it may generate the same result due more to timing than where the others had flaws or aspects that people generally complained about. I also haven't seen much about 12 to know how it compares to 10 and 11 myself.

I personally and mostly done with Windows I just need to find and learn which version of Linux I want to use and work to get all my things working on it. I might keep a Windows VM or boot just for select compatibilities and if so it might end up with multiple versions of Windows for optimal compatibility.