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Microsoft May Remove Windows 11 Online Login Requirement

https://lemmy.zip/post/61294272

Microsoft May Remove Windows 11 Online Login Requirement - Lemmy.zip

> One of the biggest pain points for Windows 11 users in recent years is Microsoft’s insistence to log into an online account to access Windows 11. Seemingly as part of the Windows team’s recent initiative to address community feedback, Microsoft may be moving towards a Windows 11 that no longer requires that online account login at the initial setup. While no official plans have been confirmed, Scott Hanselman, a Microsoft Partner Product Manager and VP of Developer Community, recently hinted at the change in a post on X. This announcement comes after Microsoft revealed plans to improve Windows 11 memory management and the overall user experience.

ordnance_qf_17_pounder 5d ago

Rather than all the setup bullshit just throw us straight into the desktop and let us take it from there. It’s a pain having to click through a bunch of crap.

🤫Linux with Plasma does exactly this

Did this and don’t look back.

TheOctonaut 4d ago

A Linux user? On Lemmy?!

BoxOfFeet 4d ago

What is linux? I’ve heard of it, but when I search the Microsoft store, but all I see are a bunch of black Notepad looking apps. I’ve heard it is free. Is there a paid one with no ads? How much are the add-ons? How do I play Fortnite if it’s all just text? I’m so confused.

Is what I would say if I weren’t also a Linux user.

Ha, you’ve not tried to search the store. You’d find that there actually is Ubuntu, Debian and Kali Linux available for free on MS Store.

Ubuntu - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

Install a complete Ubuntu terminal environment in minutes with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Develop cross-platform applications, improve your data science or web development workflows and manage IT infrastructure without leaving Windows. Key features: - Efficient command line utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt, npm, pip and many more - Manage Docker containers with improved performance and startup times - Leverage GPU acceleration for AI/ML workloads with NVIDIA CUDA - A consistent development to deployment workflow when using Ubuntu in the cloud - 5 years of security patching with Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) releases Ubuntu currently provides the 24.04.1 LTS release. When new LTS versions are released, Ubuntu can be upgraded once the first point release is available. This can be done from the command line by using: sudo do-release-upgrade Installation tips: - Search for "Turn Windows features on or off" in the Windows search bar and ensure that "Windows Subsystem for Linux" is turned on before restarting your machine. - To launch, use "ubuntu" on the command-line prompt or Windows Terminal, or click on the Ubuntu tile in the Start Menu. For more information about Ubuntu WSL and how Canonical supports developers please visit: https://ubuntu.com/wsl

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BoxOfFeet 2d ago

Yeah, and all the screenshots are just black boxes full of text!

There’s dozens of us! Both lemmy and linux users.

ordnance_qf_17_pounder 4d ago

I know, I use it 🫡

I mean the setup thing is important though. Things like setting up a local account are mandatory and super important. That’s why most Linux distros have something similar. I will agree that it should be skippable though, for advanced users.

I did win 11 install like this:

Install windows

On login screen create a throwaway Account (mine was somthing like [email protected])

Decline all the adware

in Settings create new Account

say you don’t know the ms Account of that user

chose to set up user without ms Account

upgrade new user to admin

log in as newly created user

delete user lonked to burner MS Account

Nice Little Side effect is, that like this, MS gets flooded with dead accounts 😁

9tr6gyp3 5d ago

During install, you can opt to login as a business or school user, then just opt to create a local account on that page.

No microsoft account needed.

Bytemeister 4d ago

Shift + F10 and running OOBE\BYPASSNRO still worked for me last month. Depends on what update of Win 11 is on the system (I think up to 24H2 is fine).

Otherwise, I’ve had success doing Shift+F10 and running ipconfig /release to break the network connection at the sign in screen.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 4d ago

25H2 still supports it. I just did the reset option on a fully updated 25H2 machine and it had no issues.

Bytemeister 4d ago

Thanks for checking, fuckwit.

ramble81 4d ago

That method right there is why I never understood all the people bemoaning they they removed registry entries, needed shift-f10 and stuff like that.

Business -> Domain Join -> Create a local account. Done. And it works in current releases too as I just did it with an iso downloaded from Microsoft two weeks ago.

You can just add an xml to your win11 iso. You can do a lot of things with it, like skipping the privacy answers, setting the dark theme (even if you don’t activate windows), preventing the microslop store from preinstalling adware or even preinstalling virtio drivers for qemu-kvm.

schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

If you just want to skip the online account the easiest option is to create the iso with Rufus, which is the easiest way to add that xml to your iso.

Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11

TrickDacy 4d ago

That is clever. Sure is sad though that you have to trick Microsoft into not requiring bullshit. If they were better at programming you wouldn’t be able to trick them.

TrickDacy 4d ago

Too late for most every user who switched to Linux. Who the fuck would want all the garbage they force you into in modern windows?

Also you can’t really trust all these “rollback” claims they are throwing around at the moment. We know what Microslop thinks is the future of their OS, because they have literally poured billions of dollars into AI development. This is just them attempting to sugarcoat their giant turd, lure people into feeling obligated to continue with Windows 11 as they will then gradually turn up the sloppification again.

TrickDacy 4d ago

Exactly right. Most any time a company only changes due to backlash, you can never trust them again. And Microsoft never was a company to be trusted from the beginning.

I trust them somewhat, because it would be in Microsoft’s best interest to maintain a monopoly on the OS market and to appease their business customers. Admitting their mistakes also puts them in a more vulnerable position than if they’d just pretended nothing was the matter.

mysticalone 4d ago

Boy that macbook announcement really rattled them

passenger 4d ago

What do you mean?

hexagonwin 4d ago

probably about the Macbook Neo (cheap new apple laptop)

FreedomAdvocate 3d ago

Good for those living in submarines I guess. Never been an issue for anyone I know.

altphoto 3d ago

Nah, keep it. Looks good on y’all! Just keep that OS far far away from my computers.