unattended install

Microsoft’s latest Insider update tightens the screws on Windows 11 setup by removing the easiest ways to create a local account during OOBE (Out‑Of‑Box Experience), but the story is more complicated than a single patch: determined users and imaging tools still have options, and the move exposes...

One of the quickest ways to skip the Microsoft Account gate in Windows 11’s setup is to force the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) into an offline path or to prepare installation media that omits the online‑account requirement — but the exact steps that work today depend on the Windows 11 build and...

Logging in to a Microsoft account gives you single‑sign‑on access to Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Xbox, Microsoft 365 apps and a raft of cloud conveniences — but doing it securely and predictably across Windows PCs, consoles and mobile devices requires a clear, step‑by‑step approach and awareness...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flight tightens the screws on the last easy ways to finish Windows 11 setup without signing into a Microsoft Account, while quietly adding a tool for one of the most-complained-about quirks of OOBE: the auto-generated user folder name. The company told Insiders it is...

Windows 11’s setup still nudges you toward a Microsoft account — but a handful of reliably tested workarounds let you get a classic, offline local account instead, and the choice you make affects everything from BitLocker recovery to OneDrive sync and feature availability. Background Microsoft...

Tiny11, a lightweight, community-driven modification of Windows 11, has surged in popularity for its promise of delivering a streamlined, efficient desktop operating system experience, particularly suited for devices with limited hardware resources. However, while the allure of a bloat-free...

Hi all I've followed the tutorial on creating a bootable install USB for Windows 7 -- works great However there is a very slight problem -- there's no prompt for example "Press Any Key to boot from the CD". The prompt is actually very useful as during an install your computer might re-boot...

Ok, here is what seems to be the problem. We have a deployment process set up to deploy Windows Vista for the most part unattended. We have an answer file (unattend.xml) that we use to specify all of our settings. In the answer file, we have set up the deployment to automatically join our domain...