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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's not mandatory to have an account to run win11. Press shift+f10 during the install to open a command prompt. Enter OOBE\BYPASSNRO into the prompt, system will reboot, disconnect the internet, when it prompts you for internet click "I don't have internet".

[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 4 points 10 months ago
[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

And why didn't they just do this as the default?

[–] peterf@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its to stop idiots downloading cat videos and infecting the system with ransomware.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

How does having a Live account prevent that?

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What happens if you don’t have internet connected in the first place?

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Without that command, it will not let you continue without an internet connection. If you do it a lot (I do it roughly once a week) then you can modify the installer directly.