Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
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Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#2I just recently had to reinstall it a second time because my first image didn't let me past the account registration. It specifically stated that an internet connection is required and there was no way around it. On a notebook where neither ethernet nor wlan worked out of the box btw, I had to install them manually. That wouldn't have been possible with the old install.
While I had an adapter to enable networking just fine, I opted to reinstall with a cleaned image.
This is really bad work, Microsoft... maybe think about why your users are looking for workarounds here.
And no, I do not want secure boot either, thank you very much.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
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Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#4More user hostility. Less user choice.
I remember a few years ago on here everyone crowing about the new Microsoft and how it wasn't like the old one. It's notably worse a this point.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#5I just recently had to reinstall it a second time because my first image didn't let me past the account registration. It specifically stated that an internet connection is required and there was no way around it. On a notebook where neither ethernet nor wlan worked out of the box btw, I had to install them manually. That wouldn't have been possible with the old install. While I had an adapter to enable networking jus…
As far as I’m aware you can still manually disable the internet connection and get a local install: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-witho...
Yes it’s a real pain and it should be way simpler to do. Microsoft makes it pretty hard to like windows…
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#6I'm so happy my brand new computer a few years ago was deemed not powerful enough for Windows 11 so I stayed on 10. Windows for home users is clearly in a death spiral.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#7More user hostility. Less user choice. I remember a few years ago on here everyone crowing about the new Microsoft and how it wasn't like the old one. It's notably worse a this point.
Honestly I think both things are true: the consumer apps division of MS is more open and is being allowed to follow the money, even to other OSs. The Windows division is doubling down on all of the worse practices that the law allows them to try to extract some more value from their users.
Thankfully the EU has forced them to curb some of these practices, even if the process is still intentioanlly obtuse. For example, you can't upgrade to an EU version of Windows if you didn't start with one - you have to reinstall Windows from scratch, without preserving any other user settings, and choose an EU country as your locale at this step. Only then do you get to uninstall Edge and no longer need to manually opt-out of all their tracking crap. I'm sure they've still kept a lot of illegal tracking around for now too, though I'm hopeful that in time they'll be forced to remove even that.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#8I just recently had to reinstall it a second time because my first image didn't let me past the account registration. It specifically stated that an internet connection is required and there was no way around it. On a notebook where neither ethernet nor wlan worked out of the box btw, I had to install them manually. That wouldn't have been possible with the old install. While I had an adapter to enable networking jus…
Whats the issue with Secure Boot? That's an actually good idea security wise.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#9I'm so happy my brand new computer a few years ago was deemed not powerful enough for Windows 11 so I stayed on 10. Windows for home users is clearly in a death spiral.
Unfortunately (as I really like(d) Windows OS), I agree with you. Once my LTSC is end of life, I'm finally swapping to anything but Windows.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#10I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it.
Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it.
I still can't imagine how they managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one.
The only thing holding me from Linux is ThrottleStop and MSI Afterburner, which are a must for gaming on my laptop