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The online requirements are unnerving to me. I feel like Microsoft wants my personal files. I don't think it's to outright steal or scam, but there is something in everyone's data they want. Maybe AI training. Anyway I'm not giving it up willingly.
This is part of why I preach Linux. I don't care what distro, just get away from Microsoft.
I don't care what distro
ChromeOS it is!
Wait no!
Not like that!
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Nah, too much freedom. Use Red Star OS to properly restrict your activities and let NK know what you’re doing.
There are still lots of reasons why many of us use Windows. Like work machines for example
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Since they mentioned the workarounds but didn't explain them, I'm copying my comment from another post a couple of weeks ago.
Lemmy probably isn’t the target audience for this, here’s the steps to bypass the MS account requirement when setting up W11:
Configure your keyboard, but before you select your wifi network press Shift+(Fn)+F10 to open Command Prompt.
Type in the following command and press enter. Your computer will reboot: oobe\bypassnro
After the reboot, configure your keyboard and location settings, and click the option at the bottom of the page to say that you don’t want to connect to the internet
Click the link on the next page to “Continue with limited setup”, then follow the prompts to enter a username and password.
Newer versions won't allow you run the command prompt in the initial setup environment.
I successfully did it on a brand new Inspiron laptop yesterday morning. I do regular device configs for my organization, and the moment this stops working, I'll be here to rage about it!
That's good. I had to install from and older iso.
Out of curiosity, is that W11 Home or Pro? I don't deal with home at all, I wonder if that's the difference.
I think it was Home. I never completed the OOBE to find out.
Since I do need to install Windows 11 for other people fairly often, that is very useful, thank you!
