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

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is rolling out critical Secure Boot certificate updates for Windows 11 systems to replace certificates expiring in June 2026. Without these updates, older Windows 11 PCs ...

Get ye to Windows Update, because there's a good chance you've got new Secure Boot certificates to install. Microsoft just ...

Refreshing new certificates represents one of the largest coordinated security maintenance efforts across the Windows ecosystem,' Microsoft explains.

Microsoft has started automatically replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 systems. Secure Boot is a security feature that blocks malicious software (like ...