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Request to make a offline account
Dear Microsoft developers(W11). Please let us users have a choice when we install to make a Offline account or not?. You allowed us users to in the past. Now you have removed it and this is highly annoying as Windows 11 and 10 won't install without a Microsoft Account,
Give us the choice developers please.
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You can make a bootable USB with rufus. It has an option to skip microsoft account requirement. It will be installed by using a local account.
1. Create an offline account during installation: Start the Windows 11 installer.
On the Let us connect you to the network page, press Shift + F10 to open a command prompt .
cmd
OOBE\BYPASSNRO
The system will reboot and you can create an offline account by selecting “I don't have an Internet connection”.
2. To create an offline account on an existing system: Open Settings > Accounts > Family and Other Users.
Click “Add another user”.
Select “I don't have this person's login information”.
Select “Add a user who does not have a Microsoft account”.
Enter your user name and password to complete the creation.
3. To create an offline account using the Command Prompt: Open the Command Prompt (with administrator privileges).
Enter the following command to create a new user:
cmd
net user <username> <password> /add
Add the new user to the Administrators group:
cmd
net localgroup administrators <username> /add
4. Contact Microsoft Support: If none of the above methods work, it is recommended to contact the Microsoft support team with detailed error messages and screenshots for further assistance.
