• nomadjoanne@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If true ew. I actually just recently learned that Windows 11 requires a Microsoft account (you can disable it by going into the registry) but it officially actually requires it. Fuck them.

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      1 year ago

      No registry edit necessary. Just use the email no[at]thankyou.com, write any password. Windows will throw an error, press continue and voilà, you can create your local account.

      Rufus also has an option for local accounts and for removing TPM/SecureBoot requirements.

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      1 year ago

      I created my windows 11 install stick with Rufus, it actually has an option to disable the requirement for a windows account when creating the bootable stick

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think you need to with either a professional or enterpriese account (I think professional). Do need to with a home account though which is extremely annoying.

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      1 year ago

      Well you can log in without one, but that requires many unintuitive steps.

      For example one of them is to login with wrong Account information.