One of the most persistent annoyances for power users and privacy-minded installers is back: Windows 11 insists on an internet connection and a Microsoft Account during OOBE (Out‑Of‑Box Experience), but practical methods still exist to finish setup with a local, offline account. This feature...
Microsoft has quietly removed the last low-friction ways to create a purely local user during Windows 11’s initial setup, neutralizing the Shift+F10 command-line tricks and baking an account-first Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) into recent Insider preview builds.
Background / Overview
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