YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Come join us in Linux.

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  • Eh_I@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Image

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• the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10

  CMD will open

  Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

  Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

  Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.

  Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.

  Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.

  Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” and press enter.

  Next type “regedit” and press enter.

  This opens registry editor navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”

  Delete DefaultAccountAction, DefaultAccountSAMName, and DefaultAccountSID

  Right click on LaunchUserOOBE and rename it to SkipMachineOOBE and make sure the value is set to 1.

  Close registry editor and type shutdown /r /t 0.

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  • pure_bliss@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lol im stealing that

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  • gigachad@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because some people still require windows for what ever reason and also it’s fun to resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.

      Personally I switched to Bazzite for my gaming rigs and Mint for everything else, but I wont judge anyone who wants to stay on windows despite the hostility microsoft has for its user base and I say more power to them.

      Those who stand defiant in the face of overwhelming odds are exactly the sort of folk I like.

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    • SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I cannot find this meme I know I have seen

      Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
      Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
      Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
      Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m that guy.

      Install Linux Mint.

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Windows users: “I don’t want to swap to Linux, you have to follow arcane instructions from the Internet and use the terminal to do a basic tasks”

    Also Windows users: “Now here is how you add a local user:”

    at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.

    CMD will open.

    Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

    Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

    Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.

    Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.

    Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.

    Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.

    Next type “regedit” and press enter.

    This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”

    Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”

    Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.

    Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”

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  • pika@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.

    A space is needed before the slash on this command, right?

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You are correct I will update my instructions.

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    • greybeard@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t know if this is the case, but I’ve found that often Windows commands see the space as optional. It’s weird, but generally works.

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  • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a lot of instructions just to use the computer you paid for and is yours…

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Linux has its stupid bullshit too, its just 12 of one and a dozen of another sort of situation. For example I don’t have to jump through hoops to mount a secondary drive on windows I just install the drive and there it is. But on linux I have to jump through all sorts of ridiculous hoops for some stupid reason. However it will auto mount flash drives and sd cards even though those are the ones more likely to pose a security risk.

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  • anon5621@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Honestly in my opinion just pirate windows ltsc/iot ltsc/server ltsc editions

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A lot of people are doing that too, I’m not here to judge just to help.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Intructions unclear.

    Invalid command: net rap user Prefferedusername
    Usage:
    net rap user add             Add specified user
    net rap user info            List domain groups of specified user
    net rap user delete          Remove specified user
    

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      net user fossilesque /add I don’t know where you are getting “rap” from but remove that.

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  • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You could also just make the iso using Rufus. It sounds easier than this shit.

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• brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are helping you staying away from windows, use linux it’s free

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• abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  "You will give us your data no matter what."

  • Microsoft and Alphabet.

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Time for Peertube to shine!

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only if people can find the videos.

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• dudesss@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Firefox based and Chromium addon to redirect YouTube and other links to privacy alternatives. Works for Firefox based browsers on Android too.

  libredirect.github.io

  addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/libredirect/

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  • yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Invidious suck ass, instances don’t work most of the time

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Invidious won’t let you play a video that youtube itself removed

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• ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  just searched youtube for “ windows 11 without microsoft account”.
  there are thousands of videos still up.
  people will just believe anything that fits their worldview and not check anything out….

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  • bobo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The fact that videos remain does not mean that videos haven’t been removed

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    • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah I don’t understand their take at all.

      “They haven’t gotten them all so THEY’RE NOT DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE so reactionary with your worldview JEEZ”

      This is the kind of low-tier thinking that got us here in the first place.

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  • weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s disheartening, really. I fully sympathize with the efforts of software freedom and independent media platforms, but it’s just so annoying how people with “my” world view are just like all other people as well – we believe what we want to believe and only question what goes against our beliefs.

    I’m not saying I’m better, but I just hate it in general.

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    • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yep, even on the side of the right ideas, half the people still got there via the same wrong methods that the people on the wrong side use. They just coincidentally happened to land on the right side instead. It is quite disheartening, exactly

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  • Stern@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its like the Tide pod thing. Two or three instances and suddenly its a wave of it happening.

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• Damaskox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Didn’t click the link.

  Why are they taking these videos down?

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  • st3ph3n@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Rumor has it their garbage AI thinks they are hacking techniques.

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• cmeu@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Stop uploading content to YouTube - there are other hosts

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Better yet, this would be much better and easier to host as written instructions.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sure. You could upload it to peer-tube, and have it be seen by a whole 11 people!

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    • Typhoon@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There was a time Youtube videos would only be seen by 11 people. But it grew because people posted videos anyway.

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    • Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In this case, you could upload it to YouTube where it will be taken down and seen by a whole no people

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    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Honestly, at this point people should use Pornhub.

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    • markko@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That would be great for those 11 people.

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    • UltraMagnus@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Hey man, the playing-pinball-while-a-cat-interferes peertube community is very close-knit (video.apz.fi).

      I kid, but it’s true that peertube lacks the dopamine hooks and variety that youtube does. It’s much harder to sink hours into watching a bunch of videos that you’ll only half remember by the next day.

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    • other_cat@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why not both, it’s not like The Internet Police will stop you.

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    • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with that?

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    • thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or Odysee!! A well established platform with decentralised video storage and a FOSS app that lets you browse all videos with relatively fast loading.

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• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Its so nice on peertube nowadays. !peertube@lemmy.world if anyone wants to join and watch/post videos.

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• 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As long as the Linux install videos stay up, I actually applaud this

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• GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is a screenshot of this HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744503

  Which is about this Reddit post: old.reddit.com/…/youtube_is_taking_down_videos_on…

  “non-standard” means without a Windows account (gasp!) and on “non-standard equipment” - like, what a Samsung Smart Fridge instead of the ads? I can’t tell what that means, YT thinks I’m a bot, and can get fucked instead of me digging any deeper.

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  • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Nonstandard” for Windows 11 includes PCs with Intel 7th gen or older processors, many of which are still perfectly good and powerful enough to run Windows 11. So, it’s pretty sad that these videos are being taken down.

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    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, FFS. Of course it is.

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    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Can confirm, I still own an i7-7700k. Pretty much all 77xx variants were on the compatibility list but mine wasn’t. Weird thing, though (sarcasm), I used the standard Win11 Install Media to install, and it did so with no problems! Funny, that.

      Occasionally it threw a fit with the Office apps my partner needed to use (the standard for the university and LibreOffice’s docx, xlsx format is not compatible with M$), all it did was refuse login due to lack of TPM2.0, but this only happened after the 24H3 update or whatever it’s called

      (All this is moot for me now as I switched to Arch Linux)

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Me in 2026: diving into the dark web to find an instruction manual

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  They took control of the digital town square and now its a prison. Monopolitistic shithole corporate vampire behavior.

  “Freedom is dead. Freedom remains dead. And we’ve killed it. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?”

  -Nietzsche 2026

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  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    duckduckgo.com/?q=nietzsche+everything+taste&t=fp…

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• FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They realise that A LOT of those videos are not primarily about Windows? I’ve seen many reviews of vintage devices where the uploader just casually installs Windows 11 in a “nonstandard” way, just because it’s the only way.

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Weird that Google would be doing Microsoft a solid like this

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s a big club and we ain’t in it.

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  what kind of “non-standard windows 11 installs” ?

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  • RedIce25@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If it includes using Rufus I’m going to explode

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    • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with Rufus?

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  • rozodru@pie.andmc.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    utilizing things like ReviOS or something, by passing the forced account creation, etc.

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• ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  🐧

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• 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  why tf are you uploading windows 11 install progressions. is this content nowadays?

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’re showing you how you can install win 11 on machines that Windows 11 tries to claim can’t run it, but actually can.

    You know, getting around forced obsolescence…

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    • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      oh, you mean the TPM shit. well shrugs if micrcosoft doesn’t want them do it oh well. I mean at this point those computers are quite old in relation to computers so yeah might be time for an upgrade.

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• VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rare Youtube W I guess?

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