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The company is cracking down on the ability to install Windows 11 on older PCs that don’t support TPM 2.0
But still runs fine in a VM (where it belongs to) on Linux on a system without TPM, right?
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
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Funny how corporations think taking away consumers freedom and privacy is a good idea.
Have fun losing customers.
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Even MORE reason not to upgrade!
They give me more and more reasons to stay on W10 until I give up games and move to Linux permanently.
I'll miss my TCMD scripting, though. But besides that and gaming, most of what I do nowadays is cross-platform.
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lol there's already a fix: run start ms-cxh:localonly from a CMD line in the installer
Is it possible to skip account creation by installing while not connected to the internet?
Nope, you need an internet connection to get past initial setup. Unless you use pro, there you can select to domain join computer instead and it'll let you create a local account
You are wrong for now, it is still possible.
- Ctrl + Shift + F3 during setup gives you access to sysprep
- In an admin CMD you can excecute the BypassNRO.cmd script. In C:\Windows\System32\oobe\
- I have encountered one 24H2 installation where the oobe folder was empty, but if you copy the file from another device it works just the same
- Reboot from sysprep and you can now select "Install without internet" when selecting a WIFI
This will not work if you're already connected to a wifi. BypassNRO sets a registry flag, so it's only a matter of time till they patch it out, but it works for now.
Edit: Rufus also allows the creation of a local user when making the installation USB, skipping the entire setup process.
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Chiming in as well with a Linux distro: peppermint , debian based. If you want the horrors to persist but kind of limited check out windows ameliorated. https://ameliorated.io/
Tried Pop PS recently. Night and day difference.
Any gamers looking to switch, I've had a good experience with Bazzite.
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Every time I hear about Microsoft it makes me wanna take a shit
Pavlov Reaction?
Steam OS 3.8 ... Any moment now 😁
Ah sweet vindication for getting my gaming PC and daily driver laptop on Linux
LibreOffice better step up their games and make their office suites better. Outside of very niche and specialized applications like CAD or video editor, the average Joe will just need a good office suite to do stuff.
How does this work nowadays when you buy a PC from a store?
Does it come with Windows already installed?
And if so, with what account?
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Meh... Yet another thing that everyone will just accept as a new norm. :c