Comment on Microsoft Ruined Windows
Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I recently reset a laptop with Windows 11 on it, prior to installing Linux, and went through the setup process again. It is so bad now, the offline account option was completely missing and it was constantly trying to push Microsoft services on me. It felt very reminiscent of how freeware installations often try to trick users into accepting additional third party garbage.
Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 1 month ago
FWIW, you can still press Shift-F10 to open a command prompt, then run
oobe\bypassnro. The computer will reboot / restart the setup process and this time there’ll be a small link “I don’t have internet” that’ll allow you to set up a local account.Just make very sure not to connect it to the internet (cable or Wi-Fi) before this point.
There have been rumours of newer versions of Windows 11 not allowing the bypass anymore, but I haven’t personally seen any evidence of this so far.
Still a shit show though - trickery like this shouldn’t be necessary.
flipflap@mastodon.social 1 month ago
@Radiant_sir_radiant @Ilandar I just used this feature on a Dell that was just purchased. So they haven't updated their image of win11 to that newer version.