Windows 11’s February update, KB5077181, is failing to install for some users and causing a range of system issues,.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. After a few years of letting it slide, Microsoft is removing the workarounds that let you install Windows 11 without an internet connection or a Microsoft account.

If you want to de-enshittify Windows 11 but find starting over from scratch to be daunting, then this is for you.

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