No I am not seeing it I use Linux
See? That’s why you’re not a genius like Elon Musk! He knows that Linux is too hard!
Don’t you need to create an X account just to look at posts on X?
Don’t you need to give all your information to AI if you have ever interacted with the government in the past?
Is there no longer an option to use a local account if the internet isn’t available?
I may be wrong on this, but I believe they don’t give you that option, and just ask to be connected to the internet before continuing setup. You can, however, do some shenanigans to open up command prompt, and after a little bit of typing in commands from the internet and restarting your machine, you can then skip the account login and just make a local account.
For the world’s smartest guy, he sure is stupid
Anyone who thinks he’s the smartest guy at anything has been organically lobotomized by a brain worm
Here’s the link for anyone who’s looking for it: https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1761835728000954654
The console bypass trick still works.
Thank god. I had to jump through so many hoops just to get a windows VM without a password.
he’s gonna buy Microsoft and rename it MicroXoft for fucks sake.
It’s simple z we buy Microsoft
And then proceed to run it off a cliff
Oh please, musk, buy Microsoft, please please
My god that would be funny
We know how this ends
- Elon complains
- Elon buys
- Elon destroys
If Elon destroyed MS, that would be a net positive.
Click domain join instead and then create a local account
That option only shows up when you set up Pro edition unfortunately.
Shift F10 opens a command window, OOBE\bypassnro
Or run ipconfig /release
This will disconnect your internet connection for a moment and allow you to create a local account.
Ah yes, that well documented command that any regular user is going to know about…
RTFM oh wait it’s Windows.
I feel like someone as rich as Musk probably boight Windows Pro.
I’ve had 2 instances where the Shift+F10 method didn’t work on a Windows 11 Home edition install. 1 was a brand new HP laptop I set up for a friend. It came with a bunch of bloatware so I created a bootable USB and reinstalled the OS. It didn’t pull up a command prompt when I tried the command no matter what I did. The second was at work. I accidentally let it update during the setup and afterwards it accepted the bypass command, but still never gave me the option to log in without a Microsoft account. I have a feeling they’re phasing that option out for Home.
At least Pro has the domain join option. Still it sucks that Bitlocker gets set up automatically and associates the key with the first Microsoft account you sign in with.
S mode!
If you buy one in s mode, then you can’t run 3rd party programs or particular built-in ones. That includes command prompt, which is why shift-f10 didn’t work. It’s ok as you can get out of it by, going to the ms store after logging in as an admin!
We now see the problem with s mode in the out of box experience.
You’re right, it was in S mode. I had to create a junk email address to unlock it. The original account was an admin but it wouldn’t remove S mode without an MS account.
You can unlock by editing the registry.
Tricky part is doing that in SMode because regedit is blocked.
Ctrl+F10 and oobe\bypassnro
As long as it’s not in S mode. Can’t run cmd in S mode.
This is the way
So the “tech genius” doesn’t know how to install windows without a Microsoft account and doesn’t know how to Google it?
May I introduce the man who wants you to think he is a genius!
Thanks Elon for being so transparently incompetent.
Is it possible to do that on latest windows 11 home installation? I thought they disabled local accounts completely.
I struggled through it with two new laptops last month. The command prompt method didn’t work anymore. I was however able to bypass after disconnecting the Internet a few times during the setup process to make it fail at trying to create an online account. It’s like it will finally give up after two or three times and allowed me to setup a local account finally.
It sure looked like an option last time I tried, but it was more hassle and I was just trying to create a guest account for a friend, so I didn’t bother.
Also Microsoft backed off on the intrusive AI stuff about 5 minutes after announcing it because there was such an uproar. The funny part is I was working for Microsoft at the time, and you could tell the leadership really thought consumers were gonna love it.
Last time I tried, disconnecting the PC from the internet worked.
You have to sort of dig specifically for the newer fixes, the old ones dont work usually.
And yet my parents still believe that he must have had some competence to be in the place he is at now. Illusion of meritocracy blinds so much.
That is the insane part. Honestly I thought so. I literally read an bias as fuck biography of that guy, believing that I would find some competency. Even they failed to spin the yarn in that way. The most positive spin was effectively “musk is a good promiser/beggar”.
Context, it was in the early Tesla days, in which people hope he would kickstart a change.
Okay, this was a year ago. Still, why is anyone at that level setting up there own computer? I would pay someone to do it.
Better question is why is super genius Elon using Windows 11?
He’s not. His assistants tech team’s intern mentioned it through their communication app Elon can shadow read.
Political relevance be damned, anyway…
You can press SHIFT+F10 keys to open Command Prompt.
Execute OOBE\BYPASSNRO command then.
After this, setup will reboot the computer and after reboot, you’ll get a new option I don’t have Internet or Continue with limited setup to skip the Internet requirement.
I did this when installing Windows 11 for a friend, was also my first experience installing Windows 11 as well. Having to open a command line during the installation process really nullifies the “Windows easy” and “linux hard” stereotype.
Thats the thing, you dont HAVE to install without a MS account. That is your choice.
Most people don’t care and create an MS account anyway. And they don’t have to use any command line.
Also a single command line still does not compare to Linux.
Nothing is nullified
Not to be terribly, terribly pedantic but it’s a setup wizard, not an installer, so your comparison kind of falls flat on it’s face.
It’s not “your choice” if you have to hack the installer to do it, something 99.99% of people wouldn’t even understand if you tried to explain if to them.
Also a single command line does not compare to Linux
Outside of l33t h4kzors distros like Arch, Linux OS installers have not required any command line invocation for at least two decades. Just enter your username, wifi info, etc and click next until it’s done.
Ubuntu installer is like 4 clicks.
And it boots to a fully updated install if you connect to the network in the wizard, unlike Windows which might take as much as a full business day to update itself depending on the age of the install medium
This helps me remember:
OOBE - Out-Of-Box Experience
NRO - Network Restriction OfflineAlso, make sure the network isn’t plugged in. If Windows detects a connection you have to start all over.
You don’t even have to do all that. Just do the install offline.
Oh Sweet Win10 Child
(Should we tell them? I mean… about the horrors of Win11?)
I set up win11 like 3 weeks ago with just not connecting it to the internet
Not true. Without the workaround, they make it impossible to move forward with installation without a network connection.
