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.
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.