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 ...

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 last October. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and ...

If VirtualBox stuck on Saving state, your machine is in the hung state. Kill the VM via the Command Prompt, disable Core ...

Use Windows Sandbox to safely install and test unknown apps in an isolated environment. Protect your PC from malware and ...

Two months after .NET 10.0, Microsoft starts preview series for version 11, primarily with innovations in the web frontend ...

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 ...

The Windows 11 non-security feature preview update for February just landed, and it's the first in a while that includes a ...

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 ...

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

Microsoft has released the KB5074105 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 32 changes, including fixes for sign-in, boot, and activation issues. KB5074105 is an optional ...