Recently, for the first time in my life, I bought a used computer. Even though it looks like the store did a clean install of Windows 11 Pro, I’m going to do a clean install myself to be sure it’s really clean.

Here are some articles related to this:

• microsoft.com: Windows 11 Clean Installation

• 2025-November-5: How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 - Ars Technica

• 2025-October-30: Still Another Way to Install Windows 11 With Only a Local Account - Ask Leo!

• github.com/zoicware/

After I do a clean install, I’ll write about my experience here in this article.