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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Zac Bowden / Windows Central: In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows  —  The popular “bypassnro” command, which let users to skip connecting to the Internet and signing into a Microsoft Account, is being removed.

  • infeeeee@lemm.eeEnglish
    101·
    7 days ago

    There are still ways to bypass these requirements, including setting up an unattend.xml installation, which bypasses the setup phase, but this requires a lot more work and includes creating a new Windows installation image from scratch.

    Currently, it’s also possible to manually re-add the bypassnro command to your system by typing the following into a command prompt: “reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f shutdown /r /t 0”

    Did they added a screen where you can install drivers before the account creation page? Or do they mean if your wifi or ethernet hardware needs some special driver you can’t install windows on it anymore? I regularly install windows on kvm with virtio ethernet, and I have to use bypassnro because I can only install the ethernet driver after install.

    • Hirom@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      Requiring a custom installation image!?

      This means Microsoft is pushing less tech-savy users to download unofficial images, by removing a basic widely used feature from its official images.

      What could possibly go wrong?