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

You can now find, install, and update Microsoft Store apps using a command prompt on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. No GUI ...

If you still have a deprecated V3 or V4 "legacy printer," you'll need to install drivers manually going forward.

Microsoft today announced a new command line interface (CLI) for the Microsoft Store in Windows 11 called the Store CLI.

SQLite has its place, but it’s not fit for every occasion. Learn how to set up install-free versions of MariaDB, PostgreSQL MongoDB, and Redis for your development needs.

If you are the kind of person who sips his morning coffee in front of a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document, the best app for you would be OneDrive. On Windows, it quietly backs up your Desktop, ...

It's been over four years since Microsoft released Windows 11, introducing a new OS experience while leaving a whole bunch of devices out of the support pool. Though the hardware requirements were not ...

Starting in January 2026, Microsoft will no longer distribute new "official" printer drivers through Windows Update. First announced back in 2023, the move is meant to ...

It's free and open-source.

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

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