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This Trick Still Lets You Use Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account

Windows 11 forces you to sign in with a Microsoft account during setup. However, two simple Command Prompt commands can bypass this requirement and create a local account instead. While breaking free ...
Bleeping Computer

New Windows 11 trick lets you bypass Microsoft Account requirement

A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts. Since the release of Windows 11, Microsoft ...
PC World

Windows 11 demands you use a Microsoft account. Here’s how to bypass it

Microsoft insists you to use a Microsoft account when setting up a brand-new Windows PC, but what if you don’t want to? Fortunately, Windows 11 (Home 24H2) works in the same way previous Windows 11 ...
HotHardware

Here's How to Install Windows 11 Without A Microsoft Account

Fans of local computer accounts everywhere, rejoice, for when a door closes, another one opens. Windows 11 hackers have found yet another way to bypass the installer's Microsoft account requirement, ...
The Verge

Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account

Microsoft really doesn’t want you creating a local account on Windows 11. Microsoft really doesn’t want you creating a local account on Windows 11. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build

Of the many minor to medium-size annoyances that come with a modern Windows 11 installation, the requirement that you sign in with a Microsoft account is one of the most irritating. Sure, all ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft's killing script used to avoid Microsoft Account in Windows 11

Since the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it hard to use the operating system with a local account, instead forcing users to log in with a Microsoft Account. Microsoft says this is done to ...