Microsoft May Remove Windows 11 Online Login Requirement

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https://www.techpowerup.com/347637/microsoft-may-remove-windows-11-online-login-requirement

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.

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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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.

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- Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  🤫Linux with Plasma does exactly this
  
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  - Mihies@programming.dev ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Did this and don’t look back.
    
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  - ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I know, I use it 🫡
    
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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I mean the setup thing is important though. Things like setting up a local account are mandatory and super important. That’s why most Linux distros have something similar. I will agree that it should be skippable though, for advanced users.
  
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mysticalone@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Boy that macbook announcement really rattled them

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- passenger@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What do you mean?
  
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  - hexagonwin@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    probably about the Macbook Neo (cheap new apple laptop)
    
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Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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 😁
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- 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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.
    
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  - ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That method right there is why I never understood all the people bemoaning they they removed registry entries, needed shift-f10 and stuff like that.
    
    Business -> Domain Join -> Create a local account. Done. And it works in current releases too as I just did it with an iso downloaded from Microsoft two weeks ago.
    
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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That is clever. Sure is sad though that you have to trick Microsoft into not requiring bullshit. If they were better at programming you wouldn’t be able to trick them.
  
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- h3ron@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  You can just add an xml to your win11 iso. You can do a lot of things with it, like skipping the privacy answers, setting the dark theme (even if you don’t activate windows), preventing the microslop store from preinstalling adware or even preinstalling virtio drivers for qemu-kvm.
  
  schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
  
  If you just want to skip the online account the easiest option is to create the iso with Rufus, which is the easiest way to add that xml to your iso.
  
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TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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?

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- Rothe@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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.
    
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  - XLE@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I trust them somewhat, because it would be in Microsoft’s best interest to maintain a monopoly on the OS market and to appease their business customers. Admitting their mistakes also puts them in a more vulnerable position than if they’d just pretended nothing was the matter.
    
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