> When installing Windows 11 and you reach the screen asking, "Let's connect you to a network," you can use the Shift+F10 keyboard combination to open a Windows command prompt.

> At this prompt, type start ms-cxh:localonly and press Enter

I think Microsoft gets a bit more hate than they deserve here, but the whole Microsoft account thing is actually absurd, to the point it's almost offensive.

Please Microsoft, just let me use a local account on my PC. Either leave this workaround in place, or better yet, just let people make a local account without a workaround. It's pretty clear the demand is there, considering how many posts there are asking/telling about the workarounds.

I can't help but think of the common n-gate phrase: "Microsoft continues the war against it's own users".

I recall in the late 00s, how configuring Linux to run properly on a laptop was a fraught experience. And I won't deny there was a particularly broken installation that made me revert to Windows. But that amount of time spent configuring and fiddling with tutorials found random places online weren't caused by a malicious developer, so I was more than willing to put in the effort.

Why would tricks be needed? What about consumer rights, or such?

Does anyone has any good explanation why MS top brass is so thick headed on the topic?

This is why need SteamOS

Linux will let you use your computer without a Microsoft account. No tricks required.

I've always setup Windows w/o connecting it to the internet first, never had to resort to any 'tricks' to bypass the account issue.