This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Just when you thought it couldn't spread any further.

When installing Windows 11/10, you go through the setup process, known as OOBE (Out of Box Experience). It’s the first startup experience impacted by image customizations and software add-ons. In this ...

Microsoft has released a new OOBE update under KB5043939. This applies to Windows 11 24H2 PCs alongside the Patch Tuesdays.s Alongside these, Microsoft also released OOBE (out of box experience) ...

Microsoft has started showing Copilot during Windows 11 setup when updates are installing, letting users try AI before ...

Alongside the setup and recovery updates under KB5065378 and KB5064097, Microsoft has released new OOBE (out of box experience) updates for all supported Windows 11 versions. The updates are available ...

A new demo experience lets users try Copilot for the first time before ever hitting the desktop, during the out of box setup ...

If when you start a new Windows 11/10 computer for the first time and the Windows OOBE (Out-Of-Box Experience) fails to complete with an error message, then this post ...