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You definitely can still do it without a Microsoft account, itâs just not as obvious as before.
If you turn off wifi or donât connect the computer to the internet, it will let you create a local account.
And a quick search would explain this to Elon.
Also letâs you name it something other than your first initial followed by part of your last name. Which is so disgusting.
shift
+F10
to open a command prompt during the out-of-box-experience setup bit.Type
OOBE\BYPASSNRO
and press enter.Think it stands for something like Out Of Box Experience / Bypass Network Requirement O-something.
Your computer will restart, and you will have the "I dont have Internet option" allowing you to create a local account
This needs to be at the top or stickied.
Wait really?
âSetup for an organizationâ and âdomain-join insteadâ, but you arenât forced to domain-join later. At least thatâs how itâs done on Windows Pro. No idea about Home/Standard/whatever itâs called now.
Yes really. People have just been conditioned to not pay attention to everything on the screen
I can confirm the only way setting up Home edition is to unplug the internet for it to prompt to make a local account
Wasnât an option on the screen.
Yup⌠still need to create an account to use but if youâre not onlineâŚno bueno for Microsoft bueno for local account. Just beware, you wonât be able to take advantage of all of MicrosoftâŚcloud services or the telemetry you canât opt out ofâŚ
Also if you try and log in with a random email and gibberish password, it will fail to log in and show you the âUse local account insteadâ button