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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account |
| Date | 2025-01-15 23:04 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vma0fm$3c06u$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vm9m3c$36gm7$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 1/15/2025 8:06 PM, Boris wrote:
> Windows 11 Home, OEM installed on a Dell XPS 8950
>
> When originally set up in September 2023, I was able to circumvent the
> Microsoft email account requirement by entering "no@thanks.com", when asked
> for a Microsoft account. It worked. I've never had a Microsoft account and
> don't want one.
>
> Today I had to use Dell's Support Assist OS Recovery software to reinstall
> Windows 11. (The machine would not boot after an update.) I set it to save
> my personal data.
>
> Of course, I'm back at being asked for a Microsoft account email, which I
> don't have. I guess I could create an account, but I seem to remember that
> if Microsoft sets up the machine, the user's default folder will be assigned
> a cumbersome alpha-numeric-special character name, which can't be renamed.
> Am I remembering correctly?
>
> I'm searching for a remedy. Does anyone know what the latest work-around is?
>
> TIA
>
To answer your immediate question. "Shift-F10" (or Shift-Fn-F10 on some laptops)
plus the "BypassNRO" command into the Command prompt window that pops to the front.
I keep getting these key sequences confused (as F10 is used for a few other things too).
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bypass-microsoft-account-during-setup.22260/
# See the "F10" reference here.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/clean-install-windows-11.99/
https://superuser.com/questions/1769167/how-to-pass-shift-f10-for-installing-windows-11-instead-of-opening-up-microsof
The file they are executing is here.
C:\Windows\System32\oobe\BypassNRO.cmd 124 bytes
The contents of the file, are here. It causes a reboot and
a rerun of the OOBE setup. The setup is restart-able.
This is sitting on my W11 C: drive right now. That's how
I can look it up when needed.
@echo off
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
*******
Things I might try:
1) Do a full backup (in case a step goes badly).
You can do an offline backup with a Macrium Rescue stick or DVD.
if the backup software complains the C: needs a CHKDSK, you can
use any WinPE media (Macrium or the Win11 installer DVD and the
Troubleshooting and Command Prompt window) to execute a CHKDSK /f C:
2) While booted from the Installer DVD, select Troubleshooting and
then Command Prompt. This reverts the in-flight update file.
When install media boots, it is the X: partition, and the C:
partition should be your OS (on single-boot systems).
DISM /image:c:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions
That can roll back an update that does not complete properly.
I don't see why it would or could fix the boot, but you never
know how clever the software is.
3) On Macrium Reflect Free rescue media, is a Boot Repair option in
one of the menus. Attempt to repair the C: partition and the ESP
it uses for booting. The tool will seek confirmation of which
partition is which.
While Windows itself has some repair routines it will run (three different
sequences for three power failures), it's not particularly gifted at fixing stuff.
Macrium is preferred for the first boot repair attempt, followed by the
Windows one. Turning off power on SSDs is not the best thing for them,
and that's why we have a backup from (1).
4) A Repair Install could be used, if you could get the OS started.
A Clean Install does not preserve user files or programs, in the
conventional sense. Installing a second C: drive (dual boot),
does prevent damage to user files on the first C: drive. But the
program installations won't be there. What Dell is doing, must be
slightly different.
On a 24H2, you can try the Shift-F10, as described above, after
your Dell flavored installation progresses to OOBE registration dialog. .
Once the machine has had w10/W11 installed and the license key
registered with Microsoft, it does not need the license key
registered in the future. A license key could come in handy
if you are generating a Refurbisher Kit with Microsoft, as
an example of an out-of-band key exchange. But for the most part,
the license key is handled electronically without your help.
when it asks for a key during installation, you answer "I don't have
a key" most of the time. If you were upgrading from Home to Pro
with an Upgrade Key, then yes, you enter the Upgrade key (at some
point). After an installation is finished, the logic will contact
Microsoft and finish the activation (by sending a hardware hash
to Microsoft, and the hash should match the previous one). If you
change motherboards, and install an OS, that would "disturb" the
hash and then your license key (written on that piece of paper),
just might come in handy.
slmgr /dlv # Dialog will say "licensed" if the job was done properly.
Paul
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