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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...
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.