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On 2024-05-04, Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
> On 2024-05-03, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>> On 2024-05-03 3:26 p.m., chrisv wrote:
>>> Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install
>>>> Windows without being forced to enter a Microsoft account
>>> 
>>> For the home version, and there's work-arounds for that, for the
>>> motivated.
>>
>> The mere fact that you need to jump through hoops to do something which 
>> should be a direct option is disgusting. Some of us have a Pro license 
>> but, when we install, we do so by downloading the latest ISO from their 
>> web site so that we won't have to spend a few hours doing updates. That 
>> only affords us the option of installing the Home version; upgrades 
>> happen after the system has already been installed. As a result, you 
>> indeed have to log in.
>>
> I have installed Win11 in qemu to see what it is like and how easy it is to
> bypass the online account requirement. I have to say the average person would
> not know how to do it, even if they knew it was possible.

It's just a checkbox if you use Rufus to create your live USB.

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d4Tio8eiu5Ns2sCCKYhMHi-970-80.png.webp

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