Is this a hardcoded opt out or something? Couple of months ago I had to install windows for a friend. I tried to not make a windows account. All the exploits I found, were “patched”. I finally just gave up and made the account. My friend doesn’t care enough about privacy and I don’t care enough about windows for all that effort.
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.
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.
but the installer doesnt cause its written in windows powershell. Had to install a VM just to get the installer to download/unpack the game, then i set up lutris for it.
Supposedly the next version of the installer is going to use a more agnostic scripting, but i dont know if thats come out yet.
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
And then finding your way around the forced windows account. ANNOYING
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.
Holy shit are you serious?
100%. I use it all the time on test machines at work.
Is this a hardcoded opt out or something? Couple of months ago I had to install windows for a friend. I tried to not make a windows account. All the exploits I found, were “patched”. I finally just gave up and made the account. My friend doesn’t care enough about privacy and I don’t care enough about windows for all that effort.
But, no@thank.you would be awesome.
I’m not totally sure but I would guess that it’s not hardcoded. Probably just buggy behavior, as is usual for Microsoft.
you can type anything you want in both fields to skip it. a keysmash is my preferred method
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/
they actually restricted this method, evil
You can make it let you skip it with a shell command.
Neat. Thank you
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.
Or just anything invalid. I usually do “m” as the username and “m” as the password.
Have to try virtually! Even if Windows 10 are so much better than Windows 11.
Ooh, that reminds me, I need to delete the Windows VM i made for hte STALKER: Anomaly - Gamma installer.
Hehe. That edition of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. works in Linux through Lutris 😊 Not perfectly, but it works.
but the installer doesnt cause its written in windows powershell. Had to install a VM just to get the installer to download/unpack the game, then i set up lutris for it.
Supposedly the next version of the installer is going to use a more agnostic scripting, but i dont know if thats come out yet.
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
don’t forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!
If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.
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.
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.