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Yes, can confirm I was installing Win11 on my brother-in-law's new PC that I built last week and there were no default drivers for the USB wifi adapter I had at

Yes, can confirm I was installing Win11 on my brother-in-law's new PC that I built last week and there were no default drivers for the USB wifi adapter I had attempted to reuse from his old machine. The entire process was roadblocked wanting me to plug into Ethernet until I researched the secret keyboard combination that allows you to shell out and then restart with the ability to do a network-free install.

empyrrhicist 4y ago
Madness
throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
justusw 4y ago
I was using a Win 11 Pro installer stick on a Surface 4 the other day paired with a USB Ethernet interface. Aside from the fact that keyboard and mouse don’t work, because Windows doesn’t have drivers for a Microsoft Surface during install, I was able to convince Microsoft that I have no connection by unplugging the Ethernet cable right before the Microsoft account login prompt. Maybe I was lucky? Or really old installer? (Got it from Amazon Japan) It’s definitely not an OS I would like to make my daily driver. I just hope Apple won’t go down that road with macOS.
- toast0 4y ago
  If I've been following tech news, Pro lets you move on with a local account, but Home might not.
  - justusw 4y ago
    That clears it up! Thanks!
  - temac 4y ago
    Iirc it is not the case anymore even for pro in 22h2. But bypassnro works for both home and pro.
JadeNB 4y ago
> I researched the secret keyboard combination that allows you to shell out and then restart with the ability to do a network-free install. What is the secret keyboard combination?
- FpUser 4y ago
  https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-set-up-without-internet-connection/ https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-set-up-without-internet...