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You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users (gadgettendency.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a "system component" that can't be

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[–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Use local accounts only and do not login to a Microsoft account.

Edit: In my situation, I used an MS account during a reinstall and disabled backups and logged out quickly after. There are methods to still do an offline install, from what I understand.

Disabling backup is annoying, but not hard.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is that possible on Windows 11?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. When installing and it asks for your email address just use no@thankyou.com then type anything in for the password. It will fail then you can enter a local account.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. I had to do that on my latest reinstall. I had to create a local account after the install and log out of my MS account. It really tried to force backups, which is super annoying.

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I quickly tried, but I gave up as I just needed the install done. It didn't occur to me to pull the network cable as that may have worked. If I remember what I was reading at the time correctly, it will take a bit for the option to show to do an offline install if you don't have a network connection. (I could be completely wrong on that! It's been a couple of months already.)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    You can get the Windows 11 ISO and mount/image a drive with it using Rufus which will let you disable telemetry and build a local account into the image IIRC

    Hell you can even make a “mobile” windows install and have windows on an external drive with Rufus

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