The new setup experience takes inspiration from the Media Creation Tool, the official app for creating bootable Windows media. The familiar violet backgrounds are gone, replaced with a sleek black and ...

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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To clean-install Windows 11 without Bloatware, boot your PC with the Windows 11 USB drive and press any key to continue. When Windows Setup asks you to select the Time and Currency format, from the ...

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

If you see the “Setup needs space to update” message when trying to install or update Windows 11/10, take these steps to free up disk space: Use Disk Cleanup Disable Page file and Hibernation Delete ...