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Oh? So I can now disable "AI" and "onedrive" and "microsoft accounts" in windows? COOL! where do i enable that?

thewebguyd 4mo ago
You always could disable OneDrive (it's uninstallable), and you could always use a local account on Pro editions of Windows, that's nothing new. Uninstalling Copilot and the local AI models is whats new on current insider builds.
- dmitrygr 4mo ago
  https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+blocks+local+accounts https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+blocks+local+accou... https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/10/08/microsoft-ends-local-account-workarounds-in-latest-windows-11-build.aspx https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/10/08/microsoft-ends-lo...
  - thewebguyd 4mo ago
    Hmm, funny, because I literally just set up a Win11 PRO machine yesterday, I could still create a local account, no bypass script needed. Your links only apply to Home editions.
    - sudokatsu 4mo ago
      We shouldn’t give them praise for gatekeeping it behind a paywall.
      - thewebguyd 4mo ago
        [dead]
    - kalleboo 4mo ago
      How did you do it? I had to set up a Windows 11 Pro install 2 months ago and there was no way to get past the Microsoft Account requirement, I had to create an account, I tried everything (setting up with no network device attached, etc)
      - thewebguyd 4mo ago
        Choose "Other options" then click "Domain join instead" you don't actually have to join a domain here, it just has to create a local account. That option won't be present on Home edition though just a heads up. You can also use an autoattend.xml file on the install ISO to set up a local account (https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/ https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/) amongst other things like removing all the windows store apps, etc.
        phatskat 4mo ago
        I personally would never have thought to go the Domain route, so I suppose you technically -can- have a local user but they don’t seem to surface the option.

You always could disable OneDrive (it's uninstallable), and you could always use a local account on Pro editions of Windows, that's nothing new. Uninstalling Copilot and the local AI models is whats new on current insider builds.

dmitrygr 4mo ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+blocks+local+accounts https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+blocks+local+accou... https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/10/08/microsoft-ends-local-account-workarounds-in-latest-windows-11-build.aspx https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/10/08/microsoft-ends-lo...
- thewebguyd 4mo ago
  Hmm, funny, because I literally just set up a Win11 PRO machine yesterday, I could still create a local account, no bypass script needed. Your links only apply to Home editions.
  - sudokatsu 4mo ago
    We shouldn’t give them praise for gatekeeping it behind a paywall.
    - thewebguyd 4mo ago
      [dead]
  - kalleboo 4mo ago
    How did you do it? I had to set up a Windows 11 Pro install 2 months ago and there was no way to get past the Microsoft Account requirement, I had to create an account, I tried everything (setting up with no network device attached, etc)
    - thewebguyd 4mo ago
      Choose "Other options" then click "Domain join instead" you don't actually have to join a domain here, it just has to create a local account. That option won't be present on Home edition though just a heads up. You can also use an autoattend.xml file on the install ISO to set up a local account (https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/ https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/) amongst other things like removing all the windows store apps, etc.
      - phatskat 4mo ago
        I personally would never have thought to go the Domain route, so I suppose you technically -can- have a local user but they don’t seem to surface the option.