In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows.
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windows is not user friendly
Exactly!
My answer to everyone saying "but Linux is hard..!"
No, it’s DIFFERENT!!
If using Cinnamon was your first learning experience on a computer, you’d think Windows is the worst user experience in the world!
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How the hell are we supposed to install it without a Internet connection? I worked in a company that was so hard on security that only certified machines were allowed access to the net, so virtual machines were not allowed to access the LAN and therefore the Internet. Generally not a problem as we just used them to test software on different OS versions, so no Internet required.
This change disallows all offline installs. What is their gain? Are they that keen on our data or are they planning to use the connection to a Microsoft account for something even worse than just selling personal information?
I could think of a few reasons and none are nice...I'm sure there's a way around it for institutional customers.
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You might want to take a low at https://bazzite.gg/
It's what I'm using for my desktop and I've been happily gaming ever since.
I started using Bazzite last year and it's fantastic, but modding seems to be a bit of a headache on it right now. I think Nexus Mod Manager is going to really help that once its got more than Stardew working though.
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So here we go. Kiosk machines with random Microsoft account and MFA to private phone numbers. Glad I don’t have to manage that pile of s**t.
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The command
OOBE\bypassnro(.cmd) one types into the command prompt (after opening it with Shift+F10) for the bypass is the location of a batch file they will be removing. You can still do whatever it's doing (adding a registry key and restarting) by typing the command manually or providing a copy of the file on a USB drive. After a restart, the OS will check for the registry key AND lack of internet connection to provide the local account option.For the record, the contents of the file are
@echo off reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG\_DWORD /d 1 /f shutdown /r /t 0Rufus has an option to auto add this for you when building a bootable drive. Works great.
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Never understood why that batch script even became popular.. its so much easier to just choose install for an organization, then just never domain join it. Makes a local account, and is much easier
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Never understood why that batch script even became popular.. its so much easier to just choose install for an organization, then just never domain join it. Makes a local account, and is much easier
The problem with this is it doesn't work for home users that want to pay for their software. Crazy... I know... but those people do exist.
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1809 gang rise up
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How the hell are we supposed to install it without a Internet connection? I worked in a company that was so hard on security that only certified machines were allowed access to the net, so virtual machines were not allowed to access the LAN and therefore the Internet. Generally not a problem as we just used them to test software on different OS versions, so no Internet required.
This change disallows all offline installs. What is their gain? Are they that keen on our data or are they planning to use the connection to a Microsoft account for something even worse than just selling personal information?
I could think of a few reasons and none are nice...They are indeed just that keen on our data.
They know they can't get rid of it for all of their customers, but they do want to make it as hard as possible for random users to do so.
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You might want to take a low at https://bazzite.gg/
It's what I'm using for my desktop and I've been happily gaming ever since.
I’ll check that out thanks!
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The problem with this is it doesn't work for home users that want to pay for their software. Crazy... I know... but those people do exist.
Ah, the home version is so limited that I basically just didn't even consider it an option. I guess if someone buys that version, then yeah thats not an option.
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Funny u say that, I’ve switched!
One of us!
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Perfessional experience installing windows.
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What is Windows 10 LTSC? LTSC is the abbreviation of Long Term Servicing Channel. It is a stripped-down enterprise operating system based on a specific version of Windows 10. Windows 10 LTSC don’t have pre-installed apps such as Microsoft Edge, Cortana assistant, News, etc. Using the LTSC service model, you can delay receiving feature updates and only receive monthly device quality updates.
Holy SHIT they made a version with the worst stuff removed AND they're going to maintain it longer? That is the version everybody should be using.
I'm slowly switching to linux but there are things I'm going to need Windows for for the foreseeable future, and I think I've found how I can make that happen. Thank you.
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Exactly!
My answer to everyone saying "but Linux is hard..!"
No, it’s DIFFERENT!!
If using Cinnamon was your first learning experience on a computer, you’d think Windows is the worst user experience in the world!
I switched to Linux a few weeks back and setting up the work printer on my laptop took 2 seconds as opposed to the normal 10 minutes. I was gobsmacked
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Hey all what do you suggest for a school and game dev laptop with Linux for a ~$2k budget? I've been eyeballing framework but keep hearing mixed things
Any Lenovo laptop is a very safe bet! You can just install Linux onto it and should work great
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Meanwhile everyone here saying they switching to Linux (which is perfectly fine) have chik-fil-a and McDonald's accounts probably
I've been boycotting McDonalds since October 2023 mate what are u on
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I just bypass the requirement by installing Linux Mint instead
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I still have an old copy of the installer with that command intact. Might be good to keep around.
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I too installed Win11 Pro several times on computers too, captain obvious. I know you can do that now.
I am asking that how did you reach to the conclusion that they won't remove it in later builds from the article itself.
Cause they are taking about a command you have to run and for businesses you still have a lot that use onsite DC vs cloud. To join ad the account will be tied to the DC for login not MS. This is not going away anytime soon.
