Microsoft requires you to log in with an online account for Windows 10 and 11, even in the Home versions. However, this can ...

Even if you're perfectly content with Windows 10, updates will soon cost extra and you'll eventually need to switch to Windows 11. I compare the two operating systems so you know what to expect ...

Of course, not everyone wants to use an online account with Windows 11, which is why there are a few ways to install Windows 11 without an Internet connection. However, Microsoft is now closing one of ...

The Mrs. is getting a new laptop soon with Win 11 Home. We have not yet used a Win 11 device nor set one up. My internet reading tells me that many of the Windows forums report that "oobe ...

The other bypass (temporary) An alternative way to skip the Microsoft Account requirement during Windows 11 setup involves using the BypassNRO command. This option was recently removed from the latest ...

Microsoft really wants you to make a Microsoft account as part of installing Windows, but you don't have to. After it removed the "BypassNRO.cmd" method for skipping the account creation process ...

A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts.

"We're removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11," reads the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5516 release notes.

As Microsoft makes it more difficult—if not impossible—to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, a new workaround has surfaced.