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You can finish win 11 setup without internet by pressing shift f10 and entering OOBE\BYPASSNRO, it will reboot, then select continue without internet.

noitpmeder 2y ago
This is absolutely madness
LeoPanthera 2y ago
If this isn't explained during the setup process, it doesn't count. Magic undocumented incantations are not a user interface. Normal users will never discover this.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  I've done my share of installing all kinds of OS's and flashing Android ROMs and I feel like I re-discovered crtl+C ctrl+V all over again with this revelation.
CatWChainsaw 2y ago
And this is the only remaining loophole. Because they closed the one where you use a fake email and get the password wrong. Because they closed the one where you could fake not having an internet connection. Because they removed the workflow to set up a local account. After they used dark patterns and misleading language to convince people to set up MS accounts instead. It's a steaming load of shit.
- 999900000999 2y ago
  Your forgetting the darkest pattern. Where Microsoft keeps your bit locker keys in your forced Microsoft account instead of letting you save them to USB drive. Why not at least give the user choice? Maybe I want a simple password to decypt ? Maybe I don't care about encryption. Then again, it's not my computer anymore. I'm sharing it with Microsoft.
  - CatWChainsaw 2y ago
    And they don't even warn you that's the case, or prompt you to save said key to a separate location off-device and in your control.
yndoendo 2y ago
This is why you have to pay me to use Microsoft products. Their user experience is contentious with the continual degradation. The only nice thing I have to say about Microsoft is that when I retire, I will no longer be forced to engage with them and their enshitification. They are even trying to push out local user accounts on their embedded / IoT version of their OS. The company I work for is evening having me port their product's hosted OS from Windows to Linux so they don't have to deal with their hostel user experience.
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noitpmeder 2y ago

This is absolutely madness

LeoPanthera 2y ago

If this isn't explained during the setup process, it doesn't count. Magic undocumented incantations are not a user interface. Normal users will never discover this.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
I've done my share of installing all kinds of OS's and flashing Android ROMs and I feel like I re-discovered crtl+C ctrl+V all over again with this revelation.

CatWChainsaw 2y ago

And this is the only remaining loophole. Because they closed the one where you use a fake email and get the password wrong. Because they closed the one where you could fake not having an internet connection. Because they removed the workflow to set up a local account. After they used dark patterns and misleading language to convince people to set up MS accounts instead. It's a steaming load of shit.

999900000999 2y ago
Your forgetting the darkest pattern. Where Microsoft keeps your bit locker keys in your forced Microsoft account instead of letting you save them to USB drive. Why not at least give the user choice? Maybe I want a simple password to decypt ? Maybe I don't care about encryption. Then again, it's not my computer anymore. I'm sharing it with Microsoft.
- CatWChainsaw 2y ago
  And they don't even warn you that's the case, or prompt you to save said key to a separate location off-device and in your control.

yndoendo 2y ago

This is why you have to pay me to use Microsoft products. Their user experience is contentious with the continual degradation. The only nice thing I have to say about Microsoft is that when I retire, I will no longer be forced to engage with them and their enshitification. They are even trying to push out local user accounts on their embedded / IoT version of their OS. The company I work for is evening having me port their product's hosted OS from Windows to Linux so they don't have to deal with their hostel user experience.

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