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Title I do not want a Microsoft account. Microsoft doesn't need any more info about me than they already have. Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When you reach the screen asking for your Microsoft account info hit shift + F10 to open a command prompt and type in oobe\bypassnro. Your laptop will restart and you'll start over with the setup process. Disconnect from WiFi/Ethernet and go through the setup process, including setting up a local account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This is the answer. That's how i did it for my client

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This works because there is a bypassnro.bat file in the oobe directory, which modifies the relevant registry entries. If it gets removed, you'll need to find its contents online and type them into the command prompt manually.

Or use this as an opportunity to learn Linux. It's been very usable for a while. If you're confused by distro selection, try Mint Cinnamon first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

or copy it to a usb drive; last time i checked external drives will automatically map to the next available drive letter, so you could just plug one in and type D:\bypassnro

that is assuming the script doesnt use relative paths or have any checks against doing this

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Doesn’t work anymore if the computer has been updated on Windows 11.

Two of my family members bought two different laptops from Walmart on the same day about a month ago and asked me to help them set them up. This method worked on one but not the other. Nothing I did on the second worked. I even got Task Manager to open and close the OOBE but then the computer restarted and wouldn’t let me do that again.

Edited for clarification: Both computers never connected to the Internet prior to or during initial setup of Windows. I always try to set up a computer without connecting to the Internet because of crap like this. The second computer simply hit a virtual brick wall and wouldn’t let me proceed until I connected to the Internet to sign into a Microsoft account.

I ended up having to sign in with my Microsoft account and then create a local account/andmin and then delete the account with my Microsoft account attached.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just did it last night on windows 11 24h2

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Huh, that’s strange.

But now that you say that, I started thinking of differences between the two laptops I had worked on, and one of the differences between these two laptops was that one was the standard Windows 11 and the other was Windows 11 in S Mode. The laptop in S Mode was the one that wouldn’t let me bypass the OOBE.

I wish I would have checked the exact version each were running but I did not, so it may not come down to the version but laptops with S Mode may just have zero way to bypass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

was it on wireless or plugged into network? can't skip if it detects you have internet, need to disconnect the nic and try again, just 'ipconfig /release' is enough to kick it and reboot, then you get , "I dont have internet" option and can make locak account.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Never connected to the Internet. This was straight out of the box and didn’t connect to a network at all.

Seems some computers have been updated to later versions of Windows 11 before being boxed up and these newer versions have this even if you never connect to a network.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Matter of Time... Take note folks