#Microsoft is removing the possibility to use a local account with #Windows.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/
“We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11.”
Oh, okay, but how does it improve security or user experience?
“This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account.”
Ah, so it does not improve security or use experience. It in fact is making the user experience worse, as you no longer can set up Windows offline easily.
The only reason is to force more users to sign up to Microsoft account.
#enshittification
@[email protected] Dropping to a command prompt during installation with Shift+F10 (or Fn+Shift+F10) and running the following two commands manually still works:
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
@infinity Yeah, it does for now. I fully expect Microsoft to remove that registry key or the associated functionality next.
After all not doing so would mean that users could accidentally setup the system “without working internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account”.
That would be terrible for security and user experience *cough* business.