I just use Rufus to make the ISO to a USB install. https://rufus.ie/en/ https://rufus.ie/en/ And when you do that, you get a popup with checkboxes about custo

I just use Rufus to make the ISO to a USB install. https://rufus.ie/en/ https://rufus.ie/en/ And when you do that, you get a popup with checkboxes about customizations to the ISO that looks like this: https://i0.wp.com/pureinfotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/rufus-user-experience-settings.webp?w=548&quality=78&strip=all&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/pureinfotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/0... And so you can do things like disable the online account requirement and even have it automatically make you a local account with a given username as well as a couple other options. Really simple.