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

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

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

The latest Windows 11 update is an optional one, but Microsoft has a few solid reasons for you to pull the trigger and install it right now. On January 30, 2026, Microsoft released KB5074105, the ...

Microsoft has released the KB5077241 optional cumulative update for Windows 11, which comes with 29 changes, including improvements to BitLocker, a new network speed test tool, and native System ...

Microsoft has linked recent reports of Windows 11 boot failures after installing the January 2026 updates to previously failed attempts to install the December 2025 security update, which left systems ...

You can easily uninstall bloatware with Winhance. Winhance is an open-source app available free of charge on websites like Git Hub that makes debloating and configuring Windows almost as easy as Linux ...

Complaining about Windows 11 is a popular sport among tech enthusiasts on the Internet, whether you’re publicly switching to Linux, publishing guides about the dozens of things you need to do to make ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s optional Windows 11 update KB5074105 introduces Cross-Device Resume for Android apps and numerous system fixes. The patch addresses critical issues including Start ...

Moving from Windows to Linux doesn't require much of a learning curve and brings some real benefits, but you need to accept a few compromises. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 ...

First look: The next Windows 11 update promises more than incremental fixes. Microsoft has begun rolling out the first preview of Windows 11 version 26H2 to Insiders in the Dev Channel, introducing a ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Let's face it: most monthly Windows 11 patches are ho-hum. They usually focus on bug fixes and security updates, with the occasional new feature ...