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.
Is that possible on Windows 11?
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Frisbeedude@feddit.de 1 year ago
Is it still possible to install Winndows 11 without network connection? It was the optimal solution for local account Windows back in the day.
Tsuroth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes it is, at least for now. Shift + f10 to open cmd in the OOBE, then “OOBE \BYPASSNRO”
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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.)
Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world 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
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes. When installing and it asks for your email address just use no@thankyou.com then type anything in for the password. It will fail then you can enter a local account.
planish@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
BRB, buying thankyou.com and enjoying my several million computers.
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many emails do you think contoso.com gets daily? I’ve used na@contoso.com hundreds of times for random shit that will get used for 5 minutes and never again