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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:00:54 -0700
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On 3/30/25 4:24 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
> <https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/an-even-better- 
> microsoft-account-bypass-for-windows-11-has-already-been-discovered>
> 
> Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it was removing a popular 
> command line that allowed users to bypass connecting to the internet and 
> signing into a Microsoft Account during the setup phase on Windows 11.
> 
> Since 2022, Windows 11 has required both an internet connection and 
> Microsoft Account when setting up a new PC. Naturally, not everybody 
> wants this, and so workarounds and bypasses have been discovered.
> 
> The most popular bypass was "oobe\bypassnro" which, when typed into the 
> command prompt during the Windows 11 setup experience, would enable a 
> button that let you skip connecting to the internet, thus bypassing the 
> Microsoft Account requirement.
> 
> Microsoft has said that it is removing this command to push more users 
> to connect to the internet and sign in with a Microsoft Account during 
> the setup phase. Understandably, the internet is outraged.
> 
> While oobe\bypassnro is being removed, the actual registry entry that 
> enables the button to skip connecting to the internet isn't, at least 
> not yet. So you can still manually create the registry edit yourself, 
> but that's a much longer and tedious process.
> 
> But fret not, as a new, perhaps better bypass has already been 
> discovered that still uses the command prompt (which you can open with 
> Shift + F10) and makes skipping the Microsoft Account sign-in step a 
> total breeze.
> 
> Discovered by user @witherornot1337 on X, typing "start ms- 
> cxh:localonly" into the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup 
> experience will allow you to create a local account directly without 
> needing to skip connecting to the internet first.
> 
> The new bypass involves creating a local account via the older Windows 
> 10 interface. (Image credit: Windows Central)
> The command will pop up an older, Windows 10 style interface that lets 
> you specify a username and password for the local account. Then, 
> clicking next will take you straight to preparing the desktop, before 
> being asked to specify your privacy settings.
> 
> We tested this method on the latest Windows 11 preview build 26200 and 
> can confirm that it works. It's a much more streamlined process compared 
> to the old oobe\bypassnro method, which required the PC to restart and 
> to slowly progress through the Windows 11 setup experience before 
> landing on the desktop.
> 
> This new method doesn't require a restart and skips straight to the end 
> of the setup experience, landing just at the point where Windows asks 
> you to configure privacy settings. It's a win all around!
> 
> While this new workaround works for now, something tells me that 
> Microsoft is likely going to crack down on these bypasses more often 
> going forward. So, it's unknown how long this new bypass will work, so 
> use it while you can!


It is so, so much easier just to tell the installer that you
are on a domain.