🐘 Windows 11!
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I'm getting a new (first!) employee in two weeks. While this is a joyous occasion, having to install his laptop is not. First of all, I am required to sign in using a private Microsoft account, so a live or outlook email account. Nice way to start someone else's business laptop. So I do this, hoping (but knowing better) I can change this later. After signing in, a user folder is created with the first five letters of your first name, so in my case "sande". That's a default no one with a name longer than five letters would ever want, but alright. I can probably change that too. Right? RIGHT!? Hell no. I can switch to a local account, but the user folder is still "sande", my OneDrive is still signed in and the profile picture is still mine. The OneDrive and user picture are easy enough, although signing out of OneDrive still leaves personal files on the laptop. Changing the user folder name requires some hacking and some registry editing. Long story short, I'm currently doing a system restore and it's hanging at 62% :|
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Your first comment about having to sign into a Microsoft Account is inaccurate. The way to avoid this is to tell the setup program you're joining a domain. Then, while the setup program continues to nag you for a Microsoft account, you create a local user account. This user account is a full Administrator on the machine.
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Your first comment about having to sign into a Microsoft Account is inaccurate. The way to avoid this is to tell the setup program you're joining a domain. Then, while the setup program continues to nag you for a Microsoft account, you create a local user account. This user account is a full Administrator on the machine.
I'm guessing your comment is inaccurate because it never asked that. Probably because this computer comes preinstalled with Windows 11 Home edition and I'm only upgrading it to Pro after being logged in.
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den2k88 wrote:
Don't give Microsoft what they want... - YouTube[^].
Give this guy a medal! It worked with the oobe\bypassnro :thumbsup: Also, sue Microsoft for malicious malpractices! :mad:
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I'm getting a new (first!) employee in two weeks. While this is a joyous occasion, having to install his laptop is not. First of all, I am required to sign in using a private Microsoft account, so a live or outlook email account. Nice way to start someone else's business laptop. So I do this, hoping (but knowing better) I can change this later. After signing in, a user folder is created with the first five letters of your first name, so in my case "sande". That's a default no one with a name longer than five letters would ever want, but alright. I can probably change that too. Right? RIGHT!? Hell no. I can switch to a local account, but the user folder is still "sande", my OneDrive is still signed in and the profile picture is still mine. The OneDrive and user picture are easy enough, although signing out of OneDrive still leaves personal files on the laptop. Changing the user folder name requires some hacking and some registry editing. Long story short, I'm currently doing a system restore and it's hanging at 62% :|
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I had a similar experience for my personal laptop. I want this laptop to just open and be in Windows without any authentication. It took some work to make that happen. Its like they want it harder to use. And don't get me started about the new start bar. Removing the "Never Combine" and making it only take 10% of usable space for open applications is a mess. (Dangit, I got started)
Hogan
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I'm getting a new (first!) employee in two weeks. While this is a joyous occasion, having to install his laptop is not. First of all, I am required to sign in using a private Microsoft account, so a live or outlook email account. Nice way to start someone else's business laptop. So I do this, hoping (but knowing better) I can change this later. After signing in, a user folder is created with the first five letters of your first name, so in my case "sande". That's a default no one with a name longer than five letters would ever want, but alright. I can probably change that too. Right? RIGHT!? Hell no. I can switch to a local account, but the user folder is still "sande", my OneDrive is still signed in and the profile picture is still mine. The OneDrive and user picture are easy enough, although signing out of OneDrive still leaves personal files on the laptop. Changing the user folder name requires some hacking and some registry editing. Long story short, I'm currently doing a system restore and it's hanging at 62% :|
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I just disconnect from Internet, it will just have you create a local account.
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I'm getting a new (first!) employee in two weeks. While this is a joyous occasion, having to install his laptop is not. First of all, I am required to sign in using a private Microsoft account, so a live or outlook email account. Nice way to start someone else's business laptop. So I do this, hoping (but knowing better) I can change this later. After signing in, a user folder is created with the first five letters of your first name, so in my case "sande". That's a default no one with a name longer than five letters would ever want, but alright. I can probably change that too. Right? RIGHT!? Hell no. I can switch to a local account, but the user folder is still "sande", my OneDrive is still signed in and the profile picture is still mine. The OneDrive and user picture are easy enough, although signing out of OneDrive still leaves personal files on the laptop. Changing the user folder name requires some hacking and some registry editing. Long story short, I'm currently doing a system restore and it's hanging at 62% :|
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Sander Rossel wrote:
First of all, I am required to sign in using a private Microsoft account, so a live or outlook email account.
You can get around that. There are a few YT videos floating around to show you how. It's a total pain, but at least it's possible.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm guessing your comment is inaccurate because it never asked that. Probably because this computer comes preinstalled with Windows 11 Home edition and I'm only upgrading it to Pro after being logged in.
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I just disconnect from Internet, it will just have you create a local account.
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
I have done that since the first install of windows 10. Luckily I haven't had to check if it works in windows 11 (yet) :-D
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I had a similar experience for my personal laptop. I want this laptop to just open and be in Windows without any authentication. It took some work to make that happen. Its like they want it harder to use. And don't get me started about the new start bar. Removing the "Never Combine" and making it only take 10% of usable space for open applications is a mess. (Dangit, I got started)
Hogan
I'm using Release 22621.1413.54.5 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher · GitHub[^] Works wonderfully well and at least the taskbar now looks the same as it always did. The start menu, unfortunately, is still crap though.
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I just disconnect from Internet, it will just have you create a local account.
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
Not possible, it seems you simply can't setup Windows without internet. Maybe if I'd be somewhere in the middle of nowhere and Windows couldn't even find a WiFi... :~ I used den2k88's solution, where you have to use some cmd line and after that it restarts and you can skip connecting to internet.
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I'm using Release 22621.1413.54.5 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher · GitHub[^] Works wonderfully well and at least the taskbar now looks the same as it always did. The start menu, unfortunately, is still crap though.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Long story short, I'm currently doing a system restore and it's hanging at 62% :|
Better a format and install linux and a VirtualBox with windows 10 ;) :-D
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I wouldn't upgrade it. If you have the Pro license information reimage the machine straight to Pro. Windows Home has sucked since Vista.
