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

Windows 11 is adding Baseline Security Mode to block unsigned apps, services, and drivers by default, plus new consent prompts for sensitive access and bundled installs, with exceptions when needed ...

IT admins will be busy this month patching Microsoft software and apps, but not nearly as busy as they were in January.

Workforce monitoring software was abused in two cases of attempted ransomware attacks, researchers from Huntress found.

CISA ordered federal agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager vulnerability patched in October 2024 and now exploited in attacks.