This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

I just installed a bunch of Windows 11 instances in a VM for product testing, and the amount of popups and notifications is making me livid. It. Never. Ends. At this point the culture at Microsoft is ...

A clean Windows install is a great way to keep your PC feeling snappy. However, every time you do this, certain critical features are reset to their Microsoft defaults—including some that could lock ...

If you want to de-enshittify Windows 11 but find starting over from scratch to be daunting, then this is for you.

I've used computers daily since the 80s, and feel like they have peaked in real usability along the way. While I used to look forward to new releases, now I dread them. What always baffles me, while ...

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