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

When you're planning a fresh Windows 11 installation, a bit of preparation can save you time and hassle later. From backing up important files to downloading drivers, getting everything ready makes ...

Windows 11 customization utilities are a dime a dozen these days, and more enthusiasts are customizing their installs every day, in a bid to remove unnecessary cruft and save on disk space. NTDEV's ...

...long-time Firefox user here. Very satisfied. Sometimes have dozens of open tabs. I read this in the piece: "In a vacuum, Firefox aligns better with what I want from a browser, but it just doesn't ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft continues to impose strict and, to many, unfair requirements for Windows installation, prompting users to push back by finding creative ways ...

Vanilla Windows 11 is quite a storage-hungry operating system, but with this script, you can shrink it down to "just" 2.8GB. Since Microsoft is not willing to budge on Windows 11 hardware requirements ...

Microsoft should be the one to clean up a fresh install of Windows 11 24H2 and Edge, NOT the users. If they did just that I bet MANY Win10 users with suitable PC's would be willing to install 11. As ...