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How to Actually Clean Install Windows 11 (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Basically, install Windows as you normally would, but when asked for Time and Currency format, select English (World) instead of your country.

Then let the installer do its thing. Eventually, you will see a window with an ice cream cone on the floor with the words “Something went wrong” and the error message “OOBEREGION.” This cryptic message means that the “out of box experience” (OOBE) didn't launch because it didn't know which region to launch.

Click Skip, though, and Windows will install just fine. You won't be prompted to buy Microsoft 365, you won't be prompted to pay for a OneDrive subscription, and your Start menu won't be cluttered with apps.

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[-] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

ive heard this for years and i always laugh, "there is nothing windows does that linux doesn't!" yeah, totally man.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

name one thing. Besides bluescreens.

[-] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, games. Proton/wine came a long ways but it's far from perfect or has the same depth of software as native windows. Also potentially having to mess with lutris can be annoying. Graphics drivers are also better on windows too. If you'd like to try to argue this just look at protondb. Is it a 100% compatible with every title? No? Hmmm.... Not to mention proton triggering some games anti cheats.

It's also why there are several memes including the one posted just yesterday or the day before about "cheating" on Linux with windows for gaming. Plus the whole standard advice ive seen on Lemmy being "Linux for daily driving, windows partition for gaming." Now again, why would that be the standard advice? https://lemmy.world/post/5834366

^---thread in question where Linux gamers commiserate their difficulties getting certain games to run on their Linux systems.

Linux is fine, windows is okay if you disable the telemetry, just use what ever os and software you want but it's really silly to make false claims.

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