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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.
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
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.
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.