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Even though the article says that Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” workaround earlier this year, I just used it earlier this evening to set up a new Win11 PC f
by jasoneckert 1y ago
Even though the article says that Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” workaround earlier this year, I just used it earlier this evening to set up a new Win11 PC for a neighbour successfully (she didn't have a Microsoft account on her previous Win10 laptop, and wanted it the same way).
At the part of the initial setup where it asks to connect to a network, press Shift + F10 to open the Command Prompt. Then, type oobe\bypassnro and press Enter. The system will reboot and start the initial setup again in a non-network mode that allows you to create a local user account.
- EvanAnderson 1y agoThe new HP PCs I've deployed recently did not have current Windows 11 builds installed. I tend to think OEMs are being slow to update their master images.
- mwpmaybe 1y agoI did the "start ms-cxh:localonly" trick yesterday on a fresh install of Windows 11 25H2 and it worked fine, so...?
- celeritascelery 1y agoI have been holding off upgrading to windows 11, but it sounds like I should do it before I lose the ability to upgrade without an account.
- sunaookami 1y agoThis only affects the Dev Channel for now, Insider Preview Build 26220.6772. It needs this new ISO of course.