Not defending windows 11 in any way, but on install, when you get to the “login to your microsoft account” screen, if you open command prompt (shift + f10 i think) and open the network utility - type ncpa.cpl, then you can find and disable your network adaptor. Close cmd and the network utility and click back. It will ask you to create a local user.
I’ve done this a couple of times and it hasn’t forced me to create a Microsoft account yet (I use a lot of windows vms). If this no longer works on win11, apologies, it used to.
Hey so remember when I said I wasn’t defending windows 11 in any way? That’s because I wasn’t defending windows 11 in any way. The fact anyone has to bypass anything on their own computer to set it up the way they want is stupid and anticonsumer.
I wrote that to be helpful so that people could get around the problem. You shouldn’t have to and I fully endorse everyone moving to Linux so you don’t have to put up with microsofts shit, but you do, so there’s the workaround in the meantime.
Not defending windows 11 in any way, but on install, when you get to the “login to your microsoft account” screen, if you open command prompt (
shift + f10i think) and open the network utility - typencpa.cpl, then you can find and disable your network adaptor. Close cmd and the network utility and click back. It will ask you to create a local user.I’ve done this a couple of times and it hasn’t forced me to create a Microsoft account yet (I use a lot of windows vms). If this no longer works on win11, apologies, it used to.
But I shouldn’t have to do that. I should just be able to say no.
Hey so remember when I said I wasn’t defending windows 11 in any way? That’s because I wasn’t defending windows 11 in any way. The fact anyone has to bypass anything on their own computer to set it up the way they want is stupid and anticonsumer.
I wrote that to be helpful so that people could get around the problem. You shouldn’t have to and I fully endorse everyone moving to Linux so you don’t have to put up with microsofts shit, but you do, so there’s the workaround in the meantime.