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  • Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
  • Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company's preference for Microsoft accounts.
  • People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company's stance.
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[-] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago

Recently set up my Win 11 gaming pc and despite being tech savvy, I couldn’t get around the requirement without googling. I needed to run a fucking command in order for the Windows installer to let me create an offline account. That’s just so scammy. Imagine paying money for Windows.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Remove Ethernet or internet. They cannot force you to sign in if you literally can’t. Anybody who doesn’t want to and yes they recently removed it from the system so fuck windows and Microsoft for continuously being the shittiest and most popular OS but this is impossible to circumvent so it’s 100% foolproof for offline accounts. The only way is if they gave you a local database of every account but that would be stupid as shit.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

IIRC you are required to connect to internet to continue the setup process in newer versions.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Yes, you have to unplug ethernet AND do the oobe/bypassnro command and reboot.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Antarctica too? What about people who don’t have internet?

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