Ars Technica

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

I just installed a bunch of Windows 11 instances in a VM for product testing, and the amount of popups and notifications is making me livid. It. Never. Ends. At this point the culture at Microsoft is ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I let Claude clean up my Windows install, and it found bloat I didn't even know existed

Having a large boot disk is a curse and a blessing ...
Ars Technica

Dozens of things you can do to clean up a fresh install of Windows 11 24H2 and Edge

One other suggestion: there are normally a bunch of updates queued up when you first install it. These may complete even if you've deleted the app and may be why they seem to reappear. Make sure there ...
Neowin

This Windows 11 feature no longer requires clean-installing the system to activate it

When you clean-install Windows 11, Windows Defender sets Smart App Control into evaluation mode. It analyzes the apps you run and determines trusted software. After a few days of use, it switches to ...