By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2026-03-29 14:12:00
Buying a new laptop or smartphone is supposed to feel exciting. You unbox it, power it on, and within minutes, your device is ready. That’s how it should work. But not on Windows 11 PCs.
Instead of getting to the desktop quickly, you’re pulled into a long, interruption-filled Windows 11 setup process that really tests your patience. And it’s not like Microsoft isn’t aware of it.
In their recent commitment to Windows quality announcement, the company promised that Windows 11 setup will become “quieter and more streamlined, with fewer pages and reboots,” and that users will be able to skip updates during setup to “get to the desktop faster.”
With the wave of new Windows 11 laptops coming soon, courtesy of Intel’s Panther Lake and Snapdragon X2 series, Microsoft has to nail the Windows 11 setup experience.
Because, as of now, a typical Windows 11 OOBE (Out-of-Box…
