You wiped the USB stick. You did not wipe the witness. 🔌 Admin PowerShell (it returns nothing without admin): Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR\*\*" | Select-Object FriendlyName That is every USB storage device ever connected to your machine. Make, model, and when. Old work drives. Drives you borrowed and gave back. Drives you forgot existed. Why does Windows keep it? So drivers load faster. That is honestly the whole reason. It is also the first artefact a forensic examiner pulls, because it answers "what was plugged into this machine" without needing any of the drives. I am not going to tell you to delete it. That is a registry key and people who delete registry keys they do not understand end up reinstalling Windows. Know it exists. Know what is in it. 41 records like this one, none of them on the same page. Until now 👻 link in bio. Fan-made parody. NOT affiliated with Adult Swim or Warner Bros. Discovery. #privacy #cybersecurity #techtips #windows11 #forensics #datasecurity #pctips #computerscience #rickandmorty #picklerickursion