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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Microsoft's KB5077181 security update has caused endless restart loops and system lockouts for Windows 11 users, with no ...

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Natasha Lyonne has relapsed after nearly a decade of sobriety. “Took my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne, 46, wrote via X on Friday, January 23, shortly before responding to a fan sending the ...

There is a new security feature in Windows 11 to protect system files, which was quietly rolled out in the latest update. Last week, Microsoft released KB5074105, the latest non-security update for ...

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