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Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unless I missed something, the article states as follows

Another method of bypassing the account lockdown still exists. You simply have to enter OOBE\BYPASSNRO in the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup process, which allows you to skip the connection to the Internet and thus also the link to a Microsoft account.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Tried that a few months ago with a factory new machine and it did not work. Though it might work on Pro machines

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You just need quotes on it, ms fucked up the directory traversal “oobe/bypassnro.cmd” worked for me setting up a user machine yesterday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Of course they did, urg

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's interesting! I wonder if they are locking down factory installations.

About a month ago I was able to do it with a fresh install of Pro in a VM, I'll do a quick test and see if it works on Home...and it works too. I had to disconnect the network and then run the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command, it rebooted and gave me the continue without network and limited setup options.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

That's super weird, but disconnecting the network is the only way that you can reliably setup the machine without an account in my experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I had to refresh a pc with Windows 11 recently (unfortunately) and I can confirm it works, but I found it only works on a completely clean install, and you have to run the command IMMEDIATELY when starting setup. I had to re-install twice, because the first time I connected to Wi-Fi, and even running the command and disabling wifi, it still demanded an account. I had to wipe the drive an install a second time, then run the command right at the start of the setup process, before doing anything. THEN it let me skip connecting to internet and logging into an account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Worked for me last week