A newly discovered trick allows Windows 11 users to bypass Microsoft’s online account requirement during setup, raising ...

Of course, you won’t get the advantages of using a Microsoft Account with Windows if you do this. But if you don’t like the idea of a massive, faceless corporation having acce ...

Microsoft is killing the Windows 11 bypass trick — soon, all setups will require internet and a Microsoft Account, leaving ...

The offline Windows 11 install looks like it could officially be a thing of the past. Microsoft is officially shutting the ...

Microsoft makes it difficult to set up Windows without a Microsoft account, but it's still possible if you know the right tricks. Here's how to get it done in Windows 10 and 11.

With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account instead of a Microsoft account.

It keeps getting harder to set up a Windows 11 installation without a Microsoft account — here's why it's a step in the wrong direction.

If you want to skip all that over-reliance on the cloud and just use a local account ... method of skipping the account setup process still works outside of Windows 11 Preview builds for Windows ...

Entering the "start ms-cxh:localonly" command to create a local account After filling in the information and clicking the Next button, the Windows 11 setup will continue. However, now it will ...

Microsoft released a new Windows Insider build of Windows 11 to its experimental Dev Channel today, with a fairly extensive ...

Microsoft insists you connect to the internet when installing Windows 11.

Press Shift+F10 when the country selection screen comes up. Enter the command "start ms-cxh:localonly". Enter your desired local account username in the pop-up, and you're off to the races.