Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 42m Just bought a new PC laptop and it won’t let me use it unless I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their Al access to my computer! This is messed up. There used to be an option to skip signing into or creating a Microsoft account. Are you seeing this too? This is not cool of Microsoft.
(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-02-25)
Even on the Pro edition, on the most recent version it doesn’t have an option up front for a local account.
Apparently the workaround, for now at least, is to try signing in with a@a.com and a random password. It then tells you the account is locked due to incorrect sign in attempts, and gives you an option for a local account.
If you set it up wothout an internet connection you will not be forced to log in. That workaround has worked for like a decade.
About a year ago an update came out where even without an internet connection it wouldn’t even let me get past the sign in screen. It just told me to connect to the internet to proceeds or something. Not sure if that’s still a thing or not.
Last I checked, there was a command prompt method. I think this still works: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account
I used some command prompt to get around it, so I’m not saying it’s impossible. but unless you are decently techy, you will not know to do it.
The guides I found give you every single detail you’d need to know. If you know how to read, you can use the terminal bypass method.
Right, but my mom and dad would not even think that there is a way around it. They wouldn’t even know to look.
Sure, but are they ones who care about not having a Microsoft account?
They might even think it is convenient.
If someone is privacy aware enough, they’ll find the solution themselves.
Bingo.
I did it the other day without issue. Went back to fedora when I realized that the middle click could only do either of its functions in windows on my ThinkPad, while it can do both in Linux.
Confirming, in December I didn’t have Wi-Fi drivers and thus couldn’t login to install the Wi-Fi drivers.
It is but here’s still a workaround. If you open the windows terminal on the login screen, disable the internet connection and run “oobeypassnro” you will not be forced to log in.
I think you are missing a \b. OOBE\ (Out of Box Experience) bypass NRO (eNROllment).
Nope, the command I shared is correct.
Microsoft: May we please fuck with you endlessly with these pointless settings?
Me making Trollface.jpg: Sorry bruv it’s the year 2024 and I still don’t have an internet connection.
Microsoft: Oh ok nevermind then!
it worked on windows ten. apparently not so on eleven.
True. There’s still a workaround though. If you open the windows terminal on that screen, disable the internet connection and run “oobeypassnro” you will not be forced to log in.
Good luck if it comes with S mode enabled though
I would assume it was for work and he would have it connected to a domain. With group policy you can set to use local accounts as default if I remember correctly.