539

Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 42m Just bought a new PC laptop and it won't let me use it unless I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their Al access to my computer! This is messed up. There used to be an option to skip signing into or creating a Microsoft account. Are you seeing this too? This is not cool of Microsoft.


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-02-25)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

You definitely can still do it without a Microsoft account, it’s just not as obvious as before.

[-] blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

If you turn off wifi or don’t connect the computer to the internet, it will let you create a local account.

[-] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

And a quick search would explain this to Elon.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Also let’s you name it something other than your first initial followed by part of your last name. Which is so disgusting.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

This needs to be at the top or stickied.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago
[-] AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

“Setup for an organization” and “domain-join instead”, but you aren’t forced to domain-join later. At least that’s how it’s done on Windows Pro. No idea about Home/Standard/whatever it’s called now.

[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Yes really. People have just been conditioned to not pay attention to everything on the screen

[-] bbuez@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I can confirm the only way setting up Home edition is to unplug the internet for it to prompt to make a local account

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Wasn’t an option on the screen.

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Yup… still need to create an account to use but if you’re not online…no bueno for Microsoft bueno for local account. Just beware, you won’t be able to take advantage of all of Microsoft…cloud services or the telemetry you can’t opt out of…

[-] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Also if you try and log in with a random email and gibberish password, it will fail to log in and show you the “Use local account instead” button

this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
539 points (100.0% liked)

tails: A Place for Mastodon Posts

344 readers
1 users here now

A virtual community

Posts from Mastodon users, featured natively in a community, so you can view them without the need for them to be re-hosted or screenshoted, and reply to the original author and Mastodon respondents if you wish.

Has so far included content from Warsandpeas, Mr. Lovenstein, SMBC, Loading Artist, Low Quality Facts, nixCraft, ElleGray, and other interesting or provocative stuff I've random'd across on Mastodon.


Supported:
Comments & Upvotes
Unsupported:
Posts, Downvotes, & PD's Automod

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS