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You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users (gadgettendency.com)
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You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a "system component" that can't be

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Use local accounts only and do not login to a Microsoft account.

Edit: In my situation, I used an MS account during a reinstall and disabled backups and logged out quickly after. There are methods to still do an offline install, from what I understand.

Disabling backup is annoying, but not hard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Is that possible on Windows 11?

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

Yes. I had to do that on my latest reinstall. I had to create a local account after the install and log out of my MS account. It really tried to force backups, which is super annoying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it still possible to install Winndows 11 without network connection? It was the optimal solution for local account Windows back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yes it is, at least for now. Shift + f10 to open cmd in the OOBE, then "OOBE \BYPASSNRO"

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

I quickly tried, but I gave up as I just needed the install done. It didn't occur to me to pull the network cable as that may have worked. If I remember what I was reading at the time correctly, it will take a bit for the option to show to do an offline install if you don't have a network connection. (I could be completely wrong on that! It's been a couple of months already.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can get the Windows 11 ISO and mount/image a drive with it using Rufus which will let you disable telemetry and build a local account into the image IIRC

Hell you can even make a “mobile” windows install and have windows on an external drive with Rufus

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