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And then finding your way around the forced windows account. ANNOYING
Use [email protected] as the account name, anything as the password. It will say "whoopsie, there was an error" and then you can create a local account.
Or something about not connecting to a wifi or ethernet connection during install. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/
Holy shit are you serious?
100%. I use it all the time on test machines at work.
Is this a hardcoded opt out or something? Couple of months ago I had to install windows for a friend. I tried to not make a windows account. All the exploits I found, were “patched”. I finally just gave up and made the account. My friend doesn’t care enough about privacy and I don’t care enough about windows for all that effort.
But, [email protected] would be awesome.
I'm not totally sure but I would guess that it's not hardcoded. Probably just buggy behavior, as is usual for Microsoft.
I don't know about these workarounds but I remember Win10 has something like "Create for another person" then "I don't have their info" and it will just let you create a local acocunt. I don't know about 11 tho
Or just anything invalid. I usually do "m" as the username and "m" as the password.
Have to try virtually! Even if Windows 10 are so much better than Windows 11.
Ooh, that reminds me, I need to delete the Windows VM i made for hte STALKER: Anomaly - Gamma installer.
Hehe. That edition of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. works in Linux through Lutris 😊 Not perfectly, but it works.
but the installer doesnt cause its written in windows powershell. Had to install a VM just to get the installer to download/unpack the game, then i set up lutris for it.
Supposedly the next version of the installer is going to use a more agnostic scripting, but i dont know if thats come out yet.
If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.
don't forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!