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Elsasas
Copper Contributor
Jul 04, 2024

How to install Windows 11 without internet or network on a PC?

Hi everyone,   I'm planning to install Windows 11 on a PC, which only has cable connection. My home is a WiFI router. So this PC does not have Internet connection or any network during the installa...
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boysenmarja
Copper Contributor
Oct 15, 2024

Elsasas 

 

AndreiV31 really solved it!

In the installation phase

just press

Shift+F10

 

 

or like in my case

Shift+Fn+F10

 

 

to open Command Prompt and type

OOBE\BYPASSNRO

 

 

where the two OO:s are letters, not number zeros. Then, press

Enter

 

 

and the installer will restart allowing you to install with the option "Continue with limited setup" ie. without internet.

 

I was installing Windows 11 to https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager  in order to use Windows applications in Linux via https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps and the installation procedure with https://nowsci.com/winapps/kvm/ required an installation without internet connection.

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    Deernet
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 24, 2025

    This works, was just having the same problem, found this thread in a Google search, and the one command prompt command fixes it. 

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    Segfault_0x0000
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 18, 2025

    Thanks for this.  Still works on 25H2!

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