▲ 441 ▼ Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts (www.pcworld.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (4 children) Tried that a few months ago with a factory new machine and it did not work. Though it might work on Pro machines permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] echutaa@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You just need quotes on it, ms fucked up the directory traversal “oobe/bypassnro.cmd” worked for me setting up a user machine yesterday permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Of course they did, urg permalink fedilink source parent [–] mouse@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's interesting! I wonder if they are locking down factory installations. About a month ago I was able to do it with a fresh install of Pro in a VM, I'll do a quick test and see if it works on Home...and it works too. I had to disconnect the network and then run the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command, it rebooted and gave me the continue without network and limited setup options. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That's super weird, but disconnecting the network is the only way that you can reliably setup the machine without an account in my experience permalink fedilink source parent [–] BigDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had to refresh a pc with Windows 11 recently (unfortunately) and I can confirm it works, but I found it only works on a completely clean install, and you have to run the command IMMEDIATELY when starting setup. I had to re-install twice, because the first time I connected to Wi-Fi, and even running the command and disabling wifi, it still demanded an account. I had to wipe the drive an install a second time, then run the command right at the start of the setup process, before doing anything. THEN it let me skip connecting to internet and logging into an account. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jasep@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Worked for me last week permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echutaa@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You just need quotes on it, ms fucked up the directory traversal “oobe/bypassnro.cmd” worked for me setting up a user machine yesterday permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Of course they did, urg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Of course they did, urg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mouse@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's interesting! I wonder if they are locking down factory installations. About a month ago I was able to do it with a fresh install of Pro in a VM, I'll do a quick test and see if it works on Home...and it works too. I had to disconnect the network and then run the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command, it rebooted and gave me the continue without network and limited setup options. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That's super weird, but disconnecting the network is the only way that you can reliably setup the machine without an account in my experience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That's super weird, but disconnecting the network is the only way that you can reliably setup the machine without an account in my experience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had to refresh a pc with Windows 11 recently (unfortunately) and I can confirm it works, but I found it only works on a completely clean install, and you have to run the command IMMEDIATELY when starting setup. I had to re-install twice, because the first time I connected to Wi-Fi, and even running the command and disabling wifi, it still demanded an account. I had to wipe the drive an install a second time, then run the command right at the start of the setup process, before doing anything. THEN it let me skip connecting to internet and logging into an account. permalink fedilink source parent