When you set up a new Windows PC, you can choose from up to four types of user accounts - but your first choice might not be the right one.

If you're tired of constantly reinstalling Windows 11 because it's broken, these PowerShell scripts are going to be huge time savers.

Make sure you comb every inch of these tabs. Many tweaks are applied by default, and may confuse you when you first install your new version of Windows (for example, the taskbar is set to use ...

What started out as a personal project to fine-tune new Windows 10 has blossomed into a full GitHub project supporting versions 1809 and up. It lets you uninstall OneDrive the correct way, and more.

You can still type OOBE\BYPASSNRO into Command Prompt during the Windows 11 setup experience, which lets you skip connecting to the internet and by extension linking a Microsoft Account.

For example, installing Apple's iTunes on Windows 10, after initializing the setup, in the installation options screen, there is a "Destination Folder" section with a Change button that allows you ...

Don't want Microsoft's default bloatware with your fresh installation of Windows 11? Selecting a certain option during setup can sidestep the bloat.

Windows Setup.exe or simply SETUP file comes with a set of command-line options. ... ScanOnly is only an example. An IT admin who excels in Windows installation would know all the commands.

As Windows Exploit Suggester is written in Python, you will need to download and install the Python before you can use it. When testing WES-NG, BleepingComptuer used Python for Windows 3.7.2 and ...

Windows setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware. Download Windows Speedup Tool to fix errors and make PC run faster.

Keeping that baseline in mind, here's everything that happens during the OOBE stage in a clean install of Windows 11 22H2 (either Home or Pro) if you don't have active Microsoft 365/OneDrive/Game ...