• Ace! _SL/S@ani.social
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      Imagine having no internet for real when setting up Windows. I guess the hardware you bought is useless then

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        It actually bypasses this when there’s no Internet access, which I had to force manually in order to work around this, as the console would not come up for me last time this happened.

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          I just set up new PC for my grandparents that I imaged myself using the latest windows 11 iso from MS. It wouldn’t let me bypass the account require when I was offline. It just stalled at the “no network” screen and wouldn’t continue unless I connected the PC to a network.

          I had to use the OOBE/BYPASSNRO or whatever the command was

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            Same here. There has to be no network whatsoever. No wifi, no wired connection.

            You can completely cut out any internet access to the device (via the router), and it will still cry like baby and say that you need to use a Microsoft account.

            There is absolutely no reason why disabling this needs to require a special keystroke let alone command.

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              There i$ ab$olutely no rea$on why di$abling thi$ need$ to require a $pecial key$troke let along command.

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            I setup my dad’s framework using this method a ~month ago - it took an extra 10 minutes but MS can blow me. I would have opted for no OS pre-installed/linux but he uses a critical application that is Windows-only, and 10 is no longer available…

            Actually consume feces, Microsoft.

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              Don’t worry it’s not automatically connected without consent the moment he logged into email

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          Really? I seem to recall being shit out of luck when it couldn’t figure out my WiFi drivers and wanted me to connect via Ethernet instead.

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        I always setup my own new installs offline, with no Internet connected and assumed that the was the workaround this was referring to. Guess that’s my fault for not reading the article. I wasn’t even aware of the fake email bypass.

        But my reasons were primarily because I wanted to disable as much telemetry as possible and tweak other settings before putting it on a network.

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          Just call anyone that has Linux they will gladly bring their favorite distro to your door on a flash drive. Be forewarned though, they will stick around and talk to you about it for at least two hours though.

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      I wasn’t able to open the console last time Windows updated itself and attempted to force me to link an email address. The solution was to disconnect from the network.