Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=1Z_jMMl\iO3XbTXBL>DDB=HWonT5<]0T=Q;nb^V>PUf65[gZBW6J?LSC2C7f;]EoU=id56=R Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ). Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <99253jp12e1cppj2940cpkpl0cbg1og25i@4ax.com> <8ce53j11p4ik1vvjt4tr5cod0ikd90jor8@4ax.com> <6634d31c$0$6437$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <6634d31c$0$6437$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 37 Message-ID: <663b88b0$2$1258325$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1715177648 reader.netnews.com 1258325 127.0.0.1:50251 Bytes: 2625 On 5/3/2024 5:05 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install Windows without > being forced to enter a Microsoft account speaks volumes about where the > tech world is going. I also thought that was true (as of Win11), but I found out it's not. Last night I screwed up my Win11 Pro install, bad, by stopping the wrong services. Had no system restore points, so ended up reinstalling. During the reinstall, instead of choosing 'This PC will be used at home' or whatever it says, choose the other option 'To be used at work'. Then you don't have to enter a MS email - you can use whatever email/domain you want to continue the install. Problem solved! But it caused a new problem: under Windows Security | Virus & threat protection it said 'Action needed'. When I clicked, it said to contact the IT Adminstrator for your company. Googled and found this solution: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1367032/in-my-windows-11-virus-and-threat-protection-missi Add a simple Registry key and it's fixed. https://imgur.com/a/G7HZ7Lm This is less trouble than using an MS email to install, then going back and changing your user profile (because the user profile is named with the first 5 letters of the MS email acct).