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

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Well, gamers, after a long series of controversies, Highguard has finally hit the shelves. However, tons of gamers are not able to dive into the game due to the Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 not being ...

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Windows Thanks to Microsoft adding all those extra features to Notepad, it now unfortunately sports one more: An exploitation vulnerability with a high security rating Motherboards Fortnite adds more ...

In response, Microsoft has issued a bunch of out-of-band emergency updates for Windows 11 and 10 and Windows Server 2019, 2022, and 2025 to solve the problem. This is not the first time that Microsoft ...

Microsoft has struggled with update-related issues since releasing the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11. While the company already pushed emergency fixes for shutdown problems and ...

Microsoft is investigating reports that some Windows 11 devices are failing to boot with "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" errors after installing the January 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates. The issue ...