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And then finding your way around the forced windows account. ANNOYING

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Use no@thank.you as the account name, anything as the password. It will say “whoopsie, there was an error” and then you can create a local account.

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Holy shit are you serious?

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100%. I use it all the time on test machines at work.

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you can type anything you want in both fields to skip it. a keysmash is my preferred method

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Or something about not connecting to a wifi or ethernet connection during install. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/

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Windows will display a “Let’s connect you to a network” or similar screen. The upcoming Windows 11 version 22H2 does not allow you to skip this anymore to create a local account.

they actually restricted this method, evil

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Neat. Thank you

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Doesn’t work anymore in the current version. Now you can use Rufus to create the install drive from an ISO, or isolate your PC from the net and drop to a shell during installation to remove the requirement.

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Or just anything invalid. I usually do “m” as the username and “m” as the password.

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Have to try virtually! Even if Windows 10 are so much better than Windows 11.

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Ooh, that reminds me, I need to delete the Windows VM i made for hte STALKER: Anomaly - Gamma installer.

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I don’t know about these workarounds but I remember Win10 has something like “Create for another person” then “I don’t have their info” and it will just let you create a local acocunt. I don’t know about 11 tho

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don’t forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!

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If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.

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I had to create new registry keys and relaunch the OOBE with special flags to get around it in windows 11. Such a pain in the ass.

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Dude, how the fuck?

I did it once some how making a Rufus USB stick but next time I used Rufus I either didn’t get a settings prompt or it just didn’t work.

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