Disclaimer — Clean Boot Lab

Editorial independence

Everything on this site is written by one person, on their own time, using their own hardware. No payment, product, service, early access or other consideration has been received in exchange for any article, mention, review or link published here.

If that ever changes, the disclosure will appear at the top of the affected page, clearly labelled, before the content it applies to — not buried in a footer.

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Advertising

Where advertising is displayed or where visitors arrive from paid campaigns, advertising is kept separate from editorial content. Advertisers have no input into what is published, and no ability to review articles before publication.

No affiliation

Clean Boot Lab is an independent publication. It is not affiliated with, authorised by, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, nor by the authors or maintainers of any software project referred to in an article. All product names, logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned only to describe, factually, what the author did on their own equipment.

No software, no downloads, no distribution

This is a text publication. No installers, executables, scripts, ISO images or modified Windows builds are hosted, mirrored, bundled, sold, linked to or otherwise distributed here, and there is no download of any kind on any page. Where an article mentions obtaining something, it does so only to insist that you get it from its own developer and verify it yourself before granting it administrator privileges.

Technical accuracy and risk

Windows changes with every feature update. A setting, path or behaviour described here may differ on your version, your hardware or after the next update. Test results come from a small number of machines and should be treated as one data point, not a general claim.

Before you change anything

Back up your files, create a system restore point, and export your current configuration. You are responsible for changes you make to your own systems, and for any consequences of them.

No services are offered or sold

Clean Boot Lab sells nothing and offers no services. It is not a technical support provider, a repair business, a remote assistance service, an installation service or a consultancy, and it does not diagnose, service or work on anyone else's computer. Nothing on this site is an offer to do so, and no arrangement of that kind is available through the contact page.

Not professional advice

Nothing here is professional IT, security, legal or financial advice. If a system matters — a work machine, a machine holding irreplaceable data, or a machine you are managing for someone else — consult a qualified professional and follow your organisation's policies.

Corrections

Errors get corrected, not deleted. When a substantive change is made after publication, a dated note is added at the bottom of the article. To report an error, use the contact page.