Until they remove checking that reg key from all versions other than maybe enterprise. If they decide that running windows requires an MS online account, they can keep bumping up the difficulty of running it without whenever they want.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
The command OOBE\bypassnro (.cmd) one types into the command prompt (after opening it with Shift+F10) for the bypass is the location of a batch file they will be removing. You can still do whatever it’s doing (adding a registry key and restarting) by typing the command manually or providing a copy of the file on a USB drive. After a restart, the OS will check for the registry key AND lack of internet connection to provide the local account option.
For the record, the contents of the file are
@echo off reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG\_DWORD /d 1 /f shutdown /r /t 0
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
They are keeping around so many deprecated features for internal use and whatnot, I would be surprised if they did remove this registry check.
Until Windows 12 is released, you can always use an old ISO and then update to the newest version.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Thank you! I’ve bookmarked this for next time I have a Windows reinstall! Hoping it still works then…
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Rufus has an option to auto add this for you when building a bootable drive. Works great.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 weeks ago
Still using Rufus? Ventoy is the way of the future. One USB, hundreds of ISOs.
untuned@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I might be OOTL but wasn’t there some concerns with the developer or something? I thought I heard something but I forgot what
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
reddit.com/…/is_ventoy_safe_in_light_of_xzliblzma…
It’s basically a security nightmare.