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Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got a message on my computer, Win10, saying my computer wasn't capable of being upgraded to Win11, but it would be protected by updates until October? 2025. Nice of them to give me a reminder to switch to Linux.

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have a low spec desktop for work, I just load Tiny11 on it.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Distributions of Windows are an inherently terrible idea. Maybe look at amelioration scripts instead.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Can you still skip connecting to internet?

[–] BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Don't connect to internet, Shift f10 to bring up command prompt, oobe/bypassnro, wait for restart, click I don't have internet, make local account. Did it today.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The fact this is even necessary makes me want to shit a brick.

"Do you want to make an online account?" No. "Okay, please set up your local account."

That should be it. And honestly, even that's egregious to me. Signing into online bullshit should be opt-in, not opt-out. Thank goodness I don't use Windows anymore, finally wiped the last Windows machine in my house this past week.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Microsoft's insidious insistence on online accounts is the main reason I stopped using Windows. Even with a local Windows account, one time I accidentally opened Edge, and it started automatically importing browser info from Firefox and then syncing it to the Microsoft account that I was using for MS Office. From my point of view, that was some extreme bullshit. Too much to tolerate. I didn't want Edge to import anything from anywhere - no matter how 'convenient and easy' it is. and I certainly didn't want it to upload anything - no matter what assurances of 'privacy and security' are claimed. And until that point, I thought accounts for individual apps could be keep isolated to just that app.

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[–] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 0 points 5 months ago

They work fast dont they? How long has this loophole existed in windows 10?

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Time for Linux. I don't like to change, I've used windows from 3.1. But I see no other option. They will pull the plug on 10 while at the same time are trying their best to make their shitty 11 even worse.

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[–] Netrunner@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Glad I use Arch.

Many years of windows. No longer my problems.

[–] Jahuffine@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I use Arch too btw

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