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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 | 2025-01-16 09:50 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vmb6c6$3huv6$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vm9m3c$36gm7$1@dont-email.me> <vma1f3$3btv2$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 1/15/2025 11:20 PM, Boris wrote: > Boris <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in news:vm9m3c$36gm7$1@dont-email.me: > >> 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 > > Well, flushing ipconfig, as described here, worked: > https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft- > ac > count > > Now I have to do a "Retrieve files" from the backup folders that Dell > SupportAssist OS Recovery Assistant made to my external USB Western > Digital MyPassport drive. Those folders are: Desktop, Documents, > Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos. > > Selected files: 136.41 GB > Destination: 400.35 GB > > File is "D:\SupportAssist_Backups\2025-01-14_22.30.39\archive.zip" > > Hmmm...backup destination was originally E:, not D: > guess a drive name was deleted > > It took 10 hours to move the folders out to the backup drive. I wonder > how long it will take to retrieve them. > Cheer up. Decompression can run faster :-) That's a bit slow, but who is counting. There is, naturally, data other places on C: , and transferring just the "official" places is a bit dangerous. For example, would that archive have your email folder, your Firefox bookmarks, and so on ? You really have to be careful with this sort of automation. It might not be all that clever. Paul
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Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2025-01-16 01:06 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account "J. Weaver Jr." <jwjr@poREMOVETHISbox.com> - 2025-01-15 20:44 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-01-16 02:02 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 22:16 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2025-01-16 06:08 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-16 11:05 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-15 23:04 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-01-16 10:36 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 13:08 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-01-17 13:16 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-17 16:13 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-17 11:56 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-15 23:08 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-15 23:13 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 09:19 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-16 11:13 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 13:14 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-01-17 13:49 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-17 12:07 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2025-01-16 04:20 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 09:50 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 21:45 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-16 12:52 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-17 05:01 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 14:52 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 15:24 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-19 21:39 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 16:59 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 17:16 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 19:54 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-19 21:44 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 17:05 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-19 22:13 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-20 13:44 +0100
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-20 13:31 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 08:59 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-20 11:34 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-20 12:07 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 09:20 -0500
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-20 13:16 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-20 12:29 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-30 20:23 +1100
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account [resend] Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-20 15:15 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-17 15:17 +0100
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 10:22 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-18 21:05 +0100
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-19 12:32 -0700
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-16 09:11 +0000
Re: Installing Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-01-16 17:26 +0100
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