Your clean Windows 11 install comes preloaded with junk you never asked for.

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Microsoft has listed a reason why Windows 10 users should update to Windows 11 and do so via a clean install. It is no secret that Microsoft wants more users to update to Windows 11 from their Windows ...

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 ...

The Windows 2024 Update has been hanging out in the Insider channel for almost a year, and now it’s finally available for all users. This update marks the third major version release for Windows 11, ...

When power users get a new PC, sometimes they like to start fresh — so they pull the pro gamer move of re-installing Windows with a fresh ISO image direct from Microsoft that has no pack-in bloatware ...

A freshly installed Windows 11 PC was tested against a 'dirty' older install to see who wins. The results may surprise you. Back in February earlier this year, we benchmarked Windows 11 24H2 vs 23H2 ...

No affiliation and I usually avoid "tools" because of the way most work, but I've been using "O&O ShutUp10++" since Windows 10 and I find it to be very helpful in ...