Windows 11 users outsmart Microsoft

Microsoft just blocked this popular Windows 11 local account trick - but workarounds remain
With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account instead of a Microsoft account.
Windows 11 users outsmart Microsoft once again with new local account trick
A newly discovered trick allows Windows 11 users to bypass Microsoft’s online account requirement during setup, raising questions around user control and privacy. The workaround, shared by X user @witherornot1337, lets users set up Windows 11 with a local account instead of being forced to log in with a Microsoft account.
Here’s a new trick to installing Windows 11 without a Microsoft account
Microsoft removed the script from the preview versions of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel, as Microsoft announced in a blog post: “We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11.
Microsoft Warns 1 Billion Windows Users—Do Not Use Password
All change for Microsoft. The company has suddenly confirmed a major update “for over 1 billion end users,” as the deletion of passwords for all users becomes real. Your Microsoft password, it warns, “could be easily forgotten or guessed by an attacker,” and it’s now time “to completely remove the password from your account.”
Windows 11 users fight back against Microsoft as they find a new way to make local accounts
Someone finds a new way to ditch the Microsoft account on Windows 11 . As spotted by Windows Central, user @witherornot1337 on X showed off a new way of dodging around the Windows
An even better Microsoft Account bypass for Windows 11 has already been discovered
A new, possibly better Microsoft Account bypass when setting up a new Windows 11 PC has been discovered, just days after Microsoft attempted to remove one.
Microsoft is making it even harder to use Windows 11 without an internet connection
In a perpetual cat and mouse game, Microsoft is plugging yet another known loophole for using Windows 11 without an internet ...
Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD and it might change to black
The Blue Screen of Death might soon be the Black Screen of Death in an update to Windows 11.