KapedMost popular 'real' desktop will soon be the Linux desktop [Opinion]
carly™Do…do people really think Microsoft is stupid enough to kill off non-cloud based Windows? There are a lot of Windows users who, for either performance reasons, lack of reliable internet, etc. who would never get good use out of a cloud version. Microsoft is more than aware of this and there is no way in hell they’d shoot themselves in the foot like this.
Honestly … they’ve pulled a lot of dumb shit that makes me think it’s within the realm of possibility.
I’ve set up multiple Windows 11 machines for work with no internet connection, and zero need to use a command line. There’s a create local account prompt on the account set-up page you can just click, and set up an offline account.
Why do people keep lying about this? It’s the fourth time today I’ve seen someone parrot that lie about Windows 11.
It is probably Home vs. Professional. Home has no AD either.
The comps at work are all on Windows Home so far as I know, we’re a small lab and just get cheap home computers. Local accounts were no issue. Not sure what you mean by AD.
Not sure what you mean by AD.
Active Directory?
Ah, I never use an active directory.
Active Directory, for joining an account in a network.
D_Air1People aren’t lying about it. When windows 11 first dropped this literally what you had to do. They may have back pedaled since then, but there are bunch of threads all over reddit about getting around using a microsoft account on windows 11.
Then people missed the local account button. I’ve installed Win 11 on 5 machines or so with no internet, and never once had to use a command prompt, or any funny business.
Installing Windows 11 on pc’s is part of my job, and I assure you, with the current version downloaded from Microsoft directly, you need to use a command prompt, or create a custom install USB stick with Rufus, to get around the requirement of creating an MS account.
I did it about a month ago, you can still find it without the command prompt. The computers are lab computers and don’t connect to the internet at all, and not once have I not had a local account option, and I’ve never entered the command prompt.
Elsewhere on the thread they’re saying English world as opposed to English US offers the local account.
This is what the Microsoft system requirements page for Windows 11 says
Windows 11 Pro for personal use and Windows 11 Home require internet connectivity and a Microsoft account during initial device set-up.
www.microsoft.com/…/windows-11-specifications
I guess you were building machines with a Windows Enterprise license. This would explain why you had the option to setup an offline account.
Steps to setup a local account on Windows 11 Home tomshardware.com/…/install-windows-11-without-mic…
Maybe it only affects non enterprise editions? I assure you, I looked everywhere for an “offline account” option, it did not exist.
maybe it’s an European version
I’m in Canada.
Then dunno. Tbf I never had to be connected to the internet or to connect a remote account, but maybe things have changed since last time I installed W11
Maybe non enterprise. I only pirate the enterprise version and setting cloud account is actually a chore.
IIRC it doesn’t matter what version you have, but you need to select “English (World)” when installing, instead of “English (United States)”. After doing that you can see a button to create a local user, instead of a MS account user.
No shit, really? That’s a pretty shitty thing for Microsoft to do.