Leo had already accepted his fate. He imagined the headline: Senior IT Guy Found Buried Under a Pile of Reboot Prompts.

Then, on a whim, he opened Notepad and typed:

He logged in. He clicked checkboxes like a madman: Chrome. Firefox. VLC. Spotify. Steam. .NET. Every single one. He hit .

ninite.com

He saved the last machine for himself. He sat down, double-clicked the Ninite installer one final time, and watched the green checkmarks bloom like digital flowers.