Windows 11 ISO downloads failed, and Rufus points the finger at Microsoft. Here’s what you need to know.

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

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Microsoft has seemingly blocked Windows 11 ISO downloads for certain users as it may be trying to get them to only use the ...

Pete Batard, the developer behind Rufus, suspects Microsoft introduced backend changes that detect and block unofficial download methods. The Fido script, which Rufus relies on to retrieve official ...

The latest version of Windows 11 ISO is called the Validation OS 2601 release, with the ISOs hosting the ...

Microsoft has blocked Rufus from downloading Windows 11 Insider Preview ISOs, marking the third time the open-source utility ...

Windows 11 February 2026 update adds Cross-Device Resume, MIDI upgrades, security fixes, and major bug fixes for 24H2 and 25H2.

Insider builds of Windows 11 are unaffected by the issue; if you're not part of the Windows Insider preview program, you ...