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Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Unless I missed something, the article states as follows

Another method of bypassing the account lockdown still exists. You simply have to enter OOBE\BYPASSNRO in the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup process, which allows you to skip the connection to the Internet and thus also the link to a Microsoft account.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Tried that a few months ago with a factory new machine and it did not work. Though it might work on Pro machines

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You just need quotes on it, ms fucked up the directory traversal “oobe/bypassnro.cmd” worked for me setting up a user machine yesterday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Of course they did, urg

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