A clean Windows install is a great way to keep your PC feeling snappy. However, every time you do this, certain critical features are reset to their Microsoft defaults—including some that could lock ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. Microsoft keeps adding more and more stuff to Windows and it often seems to get in the way more than it helps. A ...

When installing a fresh copy of Windows 10, you typically use a USB flash drive to launch the "Windows Setup" wizard to continue with the installation process. However, on a device that has a Unified ...

Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and more. With the Windows 10 end of support date arriving on October 14, ...

Microsoft told Windows Latest that it's rolling out a new feature that allows you to skip forced Windows 11 updates during device setup.

As part of its recent campaign to make Windows the platform of choice for "hybrid work," Microsoft is rolling out a new security feature. It's called Smart App Control and it's kind of like Windows ...

It’s that time of year again—temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing color, and Microsoft is gradually rolling out another major yearly update to Windows 11. The Windows 11 25H2 update is ...

If you get the We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one when you try to clean install Windows 11 or Windows 10 on your device, you can try the recommended solutions in the order ...

If you encounter the “No device drivers were found” error when installing Windows 11 or Windows 10, here is how to fix it. It occurs when you try to clean install ...

After trying out in-place upgrading to Windows 11 24H2 from 23H2 and measuring the differences, we tried a clean install to see if this was the better way to go. Microsoft this week lifted another ...