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Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered

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On 2025-03-30, pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
> On 2025-03-30, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> 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!
>
> The oobe\bypassnro method is the only one that worked for me. That was a couple
> of weeks ago. 
> All the others, fake emails etc failed to work.
>
> The easy solution is to install the professional version of Windows.
> At least until they screw with that as well.
>
>
>

Which they will.  These workarounds is just backing yourself into a
corner.  They'll go further and further to lock you down, force you to
use their services and cajole you into computing as per THEIR vision.
No point trying to stay afloat a sinking ship.  Abandon Windows now.

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A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-30 07:24 -0400
  Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-30 05:00 -0700
    Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been   discovered Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-31 12:12 -0700
      Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-03-31 13:10 -0700
  Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-03-30 13:49 +0000
    Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-31 09:21 +0000
      Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-31 07:05 -0400
      Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-03-31 14:06 +0000
    Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-31 09:09 -0400
  Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-31 12:57 -0400
    Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-31 13:55 -0400
      Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-31 21:50 -0400
        Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-31 22:59 -0400
        Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 08:45 -0400
          Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-01 18:00 -0400
            Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 20:17 -0400
              Re: A new, potentially better Windows account bypass has been discovered micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-06 22:19 -0400

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