Bypass Microsoft account requirements when setting up Windows 11 over the Internet

Microsoft appears to have made it available to power users recently, as the company has now blocked the ability to completely bypass setting up Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account (MSA), even after This is also true in the Pro version. While there is still a workaround called OOBE\BYPASSNRO which will really allow you to continue setup without being connected to the internet, there is another easier and faster option that will allow you to create a local account instead of the required MSA even though You connect to the Internet during setup.

When setup gets to the screen where you need to add your MSA, just add a fake email address but it must be formatted like an email address or it will be returned Error, you cannot just enter nothankyou. Select your favorite fake email and click Next.

Enter any password now and it will obviously be fake too, but we have to keep this game going.

At this point you will see an error, in our case the email address seemed to be used more frequently during setup and was blocked, but it does To allow us to continue, click Next.

Since your email address is now "blocked," you will be prompted for a local account name. For our test, we selected Neowin, and after clicking Next, I pressed Enter to bypass having to use a password.

#Once setup is complete, you will be taken to your Windows 11 desktop in a local account with the internet still enabled. There is no prompt to set up an MSA (yet). One does wonder why Microsoft spends effort eliminating workarounds for power users instead of focusing on the actual problems with Windows.

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