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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 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

So glad I'm a Linux user..

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing new.

How is seemingly everybody blind to the actual workaround but "knows" about a supposed "bypass" email??

Actual solution/workaround: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/set-up-windows-11-without-internet-oobebypassnro/4fc44554-b416-4ecb-8961-6f79fd55ae0f

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

It won't be long before they block that too. I really wouldn't put it past them to just say "Fuck it, no internet, no computer."

[–] alphapuggle 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have and use a Microsoft account. I would always setup my computer offline because I don't want my home folder to be called "myema"~~[email protected]~~

Seriously who thought that was a good idea? Your account literally has your name tied to it, call it that!

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[–] Netrunner 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Glad I use Arch.

Many years of windows. No longer my problems.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I use Arch too btw

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Airplane mode. Don't connect to internet

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I believe this does not work for Home. You can bypass it in Pro like this though. Unless something has changed I am not aware of.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The Kingdom of Torvalds becomes more and more attractive for Windows refugees every day.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

OOBE\BYPASSNRO FTW

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

U can just open cmd and run a command or Evan better use tiny11 and the activator program that way u dont even need to pay the assholes

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

People really be out here preloading their computer with viruses to get around Microsoft's latest bullshit instead of just using Linux, we ain't never gonna have the Year of the Linux Desktop

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

we ain't never gonna have the Year of the Linux Desktop

Yes, but at this point you can't even blame Microsoft for this. Maybe the issue lies elsewhere?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Wow, exactly the feature I wanted. An account that Microsoft can link its spyware too. I'm sure that database won't be sold or stolen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

So am i missing something (yes well definitely but still)? You need an online account to login to windows. So if im somewhere where there is no internet i just cant login to my w11 laptop? I cant use my laptop.. wow. I havent touched windows in a long time but still. Thats gotta be nice for ppl that are always on the road for work. Damn.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Wow.. it's like Microsoft really does want to lose customers. Welp.. I guess I have to find a linux distro as my main driver. Ubuntu seems so damn user friendly and "mainstream" I might just stick to that. I'd play around with ArchLinux or Fedora, but fkin lol at a noob trying to setup either one through terminal/commands.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That’s the thing, they have such a monopoly, they are sort of impervious to losing customers. That trope is long dead. The belief that a mega corp can be dethroned thru sales hasn’t been a thing for nearly 20 years. MS has a monopoly on personal computers. The only they don’t control is mobile (and likely never will). But when it comes to desktop and laptops, they are untouchable.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you haven't found one you like yet, consider trying Debian. It's basically the same as Ubuntu, everything works the same on Debian as in Ubuntu but it's better because of less bloat.

Due to a slower update schedule, it may be worse at steam proton gaming than arch or something with a rolling release because that stuff heavily depends on how up to date your mesa or Nvidia drivers are. I can play everything except Starfield on my Ubuntu 22.04 laptop pretty much.

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[–] JackbyDev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I did this on Windows 10 not because I didn't want my Microsoft account linked but because I wanted my username to by my first name and not like part of my first and part of my last name.

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