That&#x27;s really good advice but also hard to do because most OEMs stopped providing a reinstall option which doesn&#x27;t reinstall their bundled software as well.<p>Here&#x27;s the ArsTechnica guide for doing a clean install of Windows 8.1 – imagine walking the <i>average</i> home user through this process, even before you factor in discouragements such as the likelihood of tech support blaming any problem more subtle than catching fire on your reinstall:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;save-yourself-from-your-oems-bad-decisions-with-a-clean-install-of-windows-8-1&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;save-yourself-from-yo...</a><p>This, in a nutshell, is a major source of Apple selling so many iOS devices – I regularly hear people say that it&#x27;s easier to have a good, secure computing experience that way and they&#x27;re not wrong.