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Very interesting results!

Please keep doing the survey.

 

(Perhaps adding a question to determine who uses SSDs vs HDDs as their main drive would yield interesting results)

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Will Fastie

[Ascaris]

I have two SSDs that are used intensively every day. One is my system disk and the other  is used for large weekly backups involving deletion of older backups. I have had both for over 6 years. Hard Disk Sentinel App shows % life remaining as 99% and 98% respectively. Looks pretty reliable and safe to me!

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@joep517

Indeed, fully aware of that!

I have tried “The New Outlook” after selecting it from within Outlook for Microsoft 365.  I switched back almost immediately.

The current “New Outlook” currently cannot make use of ones existing Outlook data files; and it cannot sync with iCloud, thus denying me access to synced calendar, notes and contacts on my iPhone.  This is potentially going to be a major issue down the line, since I see (from the video link you provided) that .com add-ins will NOT be supported in the final product.  Whether or not some other means of syncing such data will be introduced, remains to be seen.

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@joep517:

Many thanks.  A very useful video clip; it answers most of my questions.  Much appreciated.

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@Imacri:  Thanks.  The bottom line is, I can’t understand why/how Microsoft can be suggesting users try “The New Outlook” from within existing Outlook for Microsoft 365 accounts, since it requires a “downgrade” in functionality.

It’s crazy to currently have three “versions” of Outlook: “Outlook for Microsoft 365”,  Microsoft Outlook (as in Outlook.com), and “The New Outlook”.

Outlook within Microsoft 365 is far more then an email client.  The others are essentially email clients only.

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@Imacri:  Many thanks.  Yes, I’ve seen similar notifications elsewhere.  My issue is that currently “the new Outlook” is nowhere near as functional as Outlook in Officer 365.  This gives rise to two questions:

 

1.  Will “The New Outlook” eventually be equivalent in function to Outlook as included in Office 365?  If not,
2.  why is “The New Outlook” currently being offered from within Outlook for Office 365?  In other words, why would I currently shift to “The New Outlook” and effectively downgrade the functionality presently available to me in my paid subscription?

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@Drcard:))  Many thanks.  Sounds like a good solution!  (After posting above, I came across a free App called “MailStore Home”.  It creates full backups of any type of mail account; and one can restore any backed-up message if required).  I’m currently giving it a “test drive” to see what it’s like in practice.

 

Details here:  https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@Paul T.  Many thanks, but of course the server does not keep all mail for ever, so I assume regular archiving of mail using Outook’s Auto Archive is a good idea?

In your opinion, would a three-monthly Auto Archive backup regime be safe?

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Download “all the mail again”.  Even if it’s been in a folder for several months? Or longer?  I understood that online servers cannot possibly keep all mail belonging to all users?

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@joep517:

 

Thanks.  (Since I merely “play” with Dev builds in the VM Workstation Player, it’s not too serious if access to updates eventually ceases.  I use both the Beta and the Dev builds, and so far, Beta builds update in the usual way within VM Workstation Player).

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

I decided to create a full backup of my Win 10 system and then do an in-place update to Windows 11.  (I used the MCT to create an installation Flash Drive).  All went smoothly and I am fully up and running with no issues detected (as yet!)

I may go back and do a full clean install in a week or so, just to ensure I have got rid of any old “junk” created by numerous builds of Win 10 over time).

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@joep517:

Thanks for the clarification.  I am using VMware Workstation Player, and the current (latest) version has no means of ‘turning on” TPM2.0 or Secure Boot.  Hopefully an update will correct this.  (I assume it is the latest build of  Windows 11 (Dev) that cannot “see” the host PC’s TPM through VMWare, because the previous virtual machine build of Windows 11 Dev still works just fine).

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core CPU; ASUS Cross Hair VIII Formula Mobo; Win 11 Pro (64 bit)-(UEFI-booted); 32GB RAM; 2TB Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. 1TB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 NVME SSD; MSI GeForce RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC; Microsoft 365 Home; Condusiv SSDKeeper Professional; Acronis Cyberprotect, VMWare Workstation Pro V17.5. HP 1TB USB SSD External Backup Drive). Dell G-Sync G3223Q 144Hz Monitor.

@joep517:  Many thanks.  Noted.  I refer to you link:   (“…Running Windows 11 in VMs in other virtualization products from vendors such as VMware and Oracle will continue to work as long as the hardware requirements are met.”)   My VMWare has been installed on a desktop that does meet Windows 11 requirements.  I have a Windows 11 VM fully up and running in VMWare on that compatible desktop.   When I run Windows Update from within the Windows 11 Dev build, the UPDATE fails due to the (VM) “PC” not being Windows 11 compatible!!  That’s what concerns me.

However, when I use an ISO of the latest Insider (Dev) build of Windows 11, I AM ABLE to update the existing build of Windows 11 running within the VM.

Perhaps this is just a passing anomaly of the evolving Windows 11 Dev build?

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Many thanks.  I look forward to the change!  (However, I must confess I have not been able to shake off my preference for the format/appearance/functionality of the old Windows Secrets Lounge!)

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@Alex5723:  Yes, as stated in my quote above “It remains to be seen if it will also work on the official Windows 11 release, which will start rolling out on 5 October 2021″

I certainly do NOT advocate using the ‘hack”.

A pity that my issue has still not been answered by anyone in  this forum, though.

 

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