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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.


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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Last I checked, there was a command prompt method. I think this still works: tomshardware.com/…/install-windows-11-without-mic…

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right, but my mom and dad would not even think that there is a way around it. They wouldn’t even know to look.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Confirming, in December I didn’t have Wi-Fi drivers and thus couldn’t login to install the Wi-Fi drivers.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you are missing a \b. OOBE\ (Out of Box Experience) bypass NRO (eNROllment).

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Nope, the command I shared is correct.