Well, you simply cannot install Windows on your computer unless you provide a Microsoft account.
If you have just installed Windows 11 Pro there are several methods of installing without a Microsoft account. They are listed next. Method 2 is my choice as it is so easy.
1) Install using unattended installation. That bypasses all the hardware requirements and creates a local account regardless of whether networking is enabled or not.
2) If installing manually with network enabled – When you get to the screen where you need to choose whether to setup for personal use or business use, choose business use, then select domain join. This will allow you to create a local user account.
3) If installing manually with internet access disabled – Open a command prompt and run OOBE\BypassNRO when you get to the screen that wants to get you connected to the Internet.
The command prompt opens in C:\Windows\System32. In \Windows\System32, is a folder called oobe. And inside the oobe folder is bypassnro.cmd. So, that is what you are running with the command oobe\bypassnro.
The bypassnro.cmd is a script which contains:
@echo off
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
The registry key can be merged from a USB stick and then go back to the Windows installer and do a retry.
Ray
9 months ago
ctrl+alt+esc did not work on my win11home. On win10 and win11, I use ctrl+alt+esc. Thanks so much for all your amazing, detailed yet concise information. I’ll subscribe and like if available. I don’t really like random emails. They just clog up my email page. Then I end up deleting them and unsubscribing.
Well, you simply cannot install Windows on your computer unless you provide a Microsoft account.
If you have just installed Windows 11 Pro there are several methods of installing without a Microsoft account. They are listed next. Method 2 is my choice as it is so easy.
1) Install using unattended installation. That bypasses all the hardware requirements and creates a local account regardless of whether networking is enabled or not.
2) If installing manually with network enabled – When you get to the screen where you need to choose whether to setup for personal use or business use, choose business use, then select domain join. This will allow you to create a local user account.
3) If installing manually with internet access disabled – Open a command prompt and run OOBE\BypassNRO when you get to the screen that wants to get you connected to the Internet.
The command prompt opens in C:\Windows\System32. In \Windows\System32, is a folder called oobe. And inside the oobe folder is bypassnro.cmd. So, that is what you are running with the command oobe\bypassnro.
The bypassnro.cmd is a script which contains:
@echo off
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
The registry key can be merged from a USB stick and then go back to the Windows installer and do a retry.
ctrl+alt+esc did not work on my win11home. On win10 and win11, I use ctrl+alt+esc. Thanks so much for all your amazing, detailed yet concise information. I’ll subscribe and like if available. I don’t really like random emails. They just clog up my email page. Then I end up deleting them and unsubscribing.
Use CTRL + SHIFT + Escape to reach Task Manager quickly.
sorry my error: On win10 and win11, I use ctrl+alt+del to reach Task Manager.