Well so far I’ve found that with a clean install of either windows 10 or 11 with a local account, if you uninstall it, it is completely gone. Although there is still a one drive empty folder in c drive. However you have to find it! Sometimes it’s in control panel programs and not in the apps...
Thanks - yes that didn't work for me as it wasn't in the apps list - but it was in control panel. I'm not planning on signing in with a microsoft account on this machine so it should stay uninstalled - unless I install office. It's a spare laptop so I don't plan to.
And the wifi issue was...
Yes installing any Office definitely reinstalls it - had that before. But I just uninstalled it again. But that was previously - it seems a bit different on 23H2 and 24H2. Anyway it's uninstalled now and the only thing left is the one drive folder in c drive. Which is presumably where it...
Ok I'll go back to where I started in this thread. When clean installing Windows 11 23H2 (or 24H2) with a local account - One Drive is NOT THERE TO UNINSTALL in the list of apps. It only shows in the start menu program list - if you right click on that and select uninstall, it takes you back...
Just as an update - I gave up on that - and am reinstalling Windows 11 24H2 on the spare laptop. So - @glasskuter - the first thing I should do is unlink one drive and then uninstall it right?
But - I have set up with a local account - so presumably there is nothing to unlink? Can I just...
My route was to buy a "new to me" second hand 10th generation laptop quite cheap :-) When my old laptop packed up. When that packed up (my own fault), I bought an identical model even cheaper! When another identical model came up I got that too, so I have a spare. It's a pretty basic Core i5...
"Microsoft urges you to stay calm as it doesn’t loosen your system security mechanisms, and it is a harmless error code that shouldn’t be there." (re firewall)
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-kb5060829-issues-but-you-can-safely-ignore-it/
Yes I use rufus too :-) I guess the command might be useful if someone already has Windows 11 on usb via the Microsoft website and doesn't want to burn a new one (or hasn't downloaded the iso to computer).
I think this was a tip from @Bree (correct me if I'm wrong). To install the new driver. Then when Windows reverts back to the old one, right click on it and open properties and select "roll back driver" and it should roll back to the new one - and stay there hopefully! That did work for me on...
I just read this on ten forums - maybe it's old news? If so sorry!
"typing "start ms-cxh:localonly" into the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup experience will allow you to create a local account directly without needing to skip connecting to the internet first."...