One of the biggest pain points for Windows 11 users in recent years is Microsoft’s insistence to log into an online account to access Windows 11. Seemingly as part of the Windows team’s recent initiative to address community feedback, Microsoft may be moving towards a Windows 11 that no longer requires that online account login at the initial setup. While no official plans have been confirmed, Scott Hanselman, a Microsoft Partner Product Manager and VP of Developer Community, recently hinted at the change in a post on X. This announcement comes after Microsoft revealed plans to improve Windows 11 memory management and the overall user experience.
Rather than all the setup bullshit just throw us straight into the desktop and let us take it from there. It’s a pain having to click through a bunch of crap.
🤫Linux with Plasma does exactly this
Did this and didn’t look back.
A Linux user? On Lemmy?!
What is linux? I’ve heard of it, but when I search the Microsoft store, but all I see are a bunch of black Notepad looking apps. I’ve heard it is free. Is there a paid one with no ads? How much are the add-ons? How do I play Fortnite if it’s all just text? I’m so confused.
Is what I would say if I weren’t also a Linux user.
Ha, you’ve not tried to search the store. You’d find that there actually is Ubuntu, Debian and Kali Linux available for free on MS Store.
Yeah, and all the screenshots are just black boxes full of text!
There’s dozens of us! Both lemmy and linux users.
Good for those living in submarines who couldn’t set their new machine up before going out of internet reception, I guess. Never been an issue for anyone I know.
Boy that macbook announcement really rattled them
What do you mean?
probably about the Macbook Neo (cheap new apple laptop)
I did win 11 install like this:
- Install windows
- On login screen create a throwaway Account (mine was somthing like noAccount253@outlook.com)
- Decline all the adware
- in Settings create new Account
- say you don’t know the ms Account of that user
- chose to set up user without ms Account
- upgrade new user to admin
- log in as newly created user
- delete user lonked to burner MS Account
Nice Little Side effect is, that like this, MS gets flooded with dead accounts 😁
During install, you can opt to login as a business or school user, then just opt to create a local account on that page.
No microsoft account needed.
Shift + F10 and running OOBE\BYPASSNRO still worked for me last month. Depends on what update of Win 11 is on the system (I think up to 24H2 is fine).
Otherwise, I’ve had success doing Shift+F10 and running ipconfig /release to break the network connection at the sign in screen.
25H2 still supports it. I just did the reset option on a fully updated 25H2 machine and it had no issues.
Thanks for checking, fuckwit.
Too late for most every user who switched to Linux. Who the fuck would want all the garbage they force you into in modern windows?
Also you can’t really trust all these “rollback” claims they are throwing around at the moment. We know what Microslop thinks is the future of their OS, because they have literally poured billions of dollars into AI development. This is just them attempting to sugarcoat their giant turd, lure people into feeling obligated to continue with Windows 11 as they will then gradually turn up the sloppification again.
Exactly right. Most any time a company only changes due to backlash, you can never trust them again. And Microsoft never was a company to be trusted from the beginning.
Nah, keep it. Looks good on y’all! Just keep that OS far far away from my computers.
