If true ew. I actually just recently learned that Windows 11 requires a Microsoft account (you can disable it by going into the registry) but it officially actually requires it. Fuck them.

[–] provomeister@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

No registry edit necessary. Just use the email no[at]thankyou.com, write any password. Windows will throw an error, press continue and voilà, you can create your local account.

Rufus also has an option for local accounts and for removing TPM/SecureBoot requirements.

[–] asdfbla@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

I created my windows 11 install stick with Rufus, it actually has an option to disable the requirement for a windows account when creating the bootable stick

[–] DigitalBits@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think you need to with either a professional or enterpriese account (I think professional). Do need to with a home account though which is extremely annoying.

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

They changed that.

[–] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Well you can log in without one, but that requires many unintuitive steps.

For example one of them is to login with wrong Account information.