Best (IMO/E) is to update so the ms servers log the hardware as valid, back up any/all drivers - just in case there are none avaiable atm - so ya can "force" install them if necessary. Download the win 11 ISO for "clean installation", completely wipe the entire drive (delete all partitions) and let the boot-able (by whatever means one chooses and/or is available) ISO do the reforming and setting up the recovery partition(s).
Updates SUCK ass and render PCs mostly useless as they have become disposable like all else.
If ya can do the above you will have a brand new race car.
It is my opinion that this "option" is no longer on the table.
I don't get it though, are you just telling me wipe the drive and perform a format via clean ISO i.e the microsoft media installation tool, or whatever its called?
If so, that's exactly what I used to do a few times a year. Since I got my new system 2 years ago and went from W7 > W10, I didn't have to format for two years, it was like magic, and I just debloated after each update.
Since march I've had to format it
five times, and that was by no means out of choice. It's like a brand new race car for sure, but then it's like somebody comes and flips all the switches round and replaces all the furnishings, and it's back to the format, only for it to happen again the next month
It's really, really pissing me off.
- I've got no idea why I've got a hypervisor virtual adapter which is I believe connected to my router, even with the wi-fi unplugged and no sensors on my MB.
- I've got no idea why my settings change
- I've got no idea WTF type of language event viewer might be written in
- I've got no idea if there's some kind of 'policy on my machine'
- I've got no idea what this constant auditing is.
- I've got no idea what it means when event log notifies me that a "non virtual" administrator called "negotiate" connects to my machine, and if that makes them a real person.
It's all written in ultra-nerd double dutch.
It is my opinion that this "option" is no longer on the table.
I agree, although I believe sophia script might be a solution, yet harder to impliment and possibly susceptible to a dreaded forced update.
If you're suggesting a different option to what I already do, I'm all ears and genuinely very eager to understand. But I can't stop the updates. Cheers. x