irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square120linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down12
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square120linkfedilink
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIs it possible to skip account creation by installing while not connected to the internet?
minus-squareSkipcast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNope, you need an internet connection to get past initial setup. Unless you use pro, there you can select to domain join computer instead and it’ll let you create a local account
minus-squareSayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOk, so setup a DC (in a VM on your linux laptop), install Win11 joined to that domain, create a local user, then leave the domain & destroy the VM…? Or install Linux 👍🏻
minus-squareSkipcast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou don’t have to join a domain, it just skips the Microsoft account login and goes to create a local account
Is it possible to skip account creation by installing while not connected to the internet?
Nope, you need an internet connection to get past initial setup. Unless you use pro, there you can select to domain join computer instead and it’ll let you create a local account
Ok, so setup a DC (in a VM on your linux laptop), install Win11 joined to that domain, create a local user, then leave the domain & destroy the VM…?
Or install Linux 👍🏻
You don’t have to join a domain, it just skips the Microsoft account login and goes to create a local account