diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
index 74befafd6e..29afe7753d 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine init - windows only", func() {
 		newFileServerVsocks, err := vsock.LoadAllHVSockRegistryEntriesByPurpose(vsock.Fileserver)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(newFileServerVsocks).To(HaveLen(countFileServerVsocks))
-		for i := 0; i < countFileServerVsocks; i++ {
+		for i := range countFileServerVsocks {
 			Expect(newFileServerVsocks[i].Port).To(Equal(fileServerVsocks[i].Port))
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/hyperv/vsock/vsock.go b/pkg/machine/hyperv/vsock/vsock.go
index 818ed63607..cec3300562 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/hyperv/vsock/vsock.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/hyperv/vsock/vsock.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (hv *HVSockRegistryEntry) exists() (bool, error) {
 // already being used by another hvsock in the Windows registry.
 func findOpenHVSockPort() (uint64, error) {
 	// If we cannot find a free port in 10 attempts, something is wrong
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+	for range 10 {
 		port, err := utils.GetRandomPort()
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
diff --git a/pkg/machine/machine_windows.go b/pkg/machine/machine_windows.go
index 670834f361..921e1947de 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/machine_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/machine_windows.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func PipeNameAvailable(pipeName string, maxWait time.Duration) bool {
 
 func WaitPipeExists(pipeName string, retries int, checkFailure func() error) error {
 	var err error
-	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
+	for range retries {
 		err = fileutils.Exists(`\\.\pipe\` + pipeName)
 		if err == nil {
 			break
diff --git a/pkg/machine/windows/util_windows.go b/pkg/machine/windows/util_windows.go
index 2651b10fe1..443347d9fe 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/windows/util_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/windows/util_windows.go
@@ -210,12 +210,7 @@ func wrapMaybef(err error, format string, args ...any) error {
 
 // IsReExecuting checks if the current process was re-executed with --reexec flag
 func IsReExecuting() bool {
-	for _, arg := range os.Args {
-		if arg == "--reexec" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return slices.Contains(os.Args, "--reexec")
 }
 
 func CreateOrTruncateElevatedOutputFile() error {