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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Funny you say that, setting it up without internet is one of the few ways left to still be able to create a local account.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If I understand correctly from the article, you have to enter ‘OOBE\BYPASSNRO’ in command prompt during installation to prevent it from asking to connect to internet. If that’s the only way to set up a local account, that’s hardly an accessible option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As as I said in my other comment: you can unplug your ethernet cable, and on Win 11 Pro and above there's an "I don't have internet" button you can click.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

FYI it's extremely easy to upgrade windows and activate it without buying. ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah if they're a legitimate business they might not wanna risk that but yeah for most people, just run the activation script

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Businesses would already have access to domain join and would provision accounts, so it's not relevant to them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's no clear path from getting the computer out of the box just setting it up without internet. If you call the manufacturer and they know what the hell they're doing they'll walk you through doing the OOBE no internet fix. It just needs to be an option in the damn operating system. The fact that they're hiding it from you is unconscionable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The antitrust machine hasn't had its scheduled maintenance for a few generations. It's gonna take a little while to spin up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hope they haven't disassembled it and sold it on eBay for bribe money

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

It was not an option one week ago when i tested it. Maybe because I was in WiFi range and Microsoft assumed you have to know the password to at least one of them to pass the wifi screen. No skip button. But could create a new account as unverified using gmail address.