They basically admitted at a security conference (I think) that part of the roadmap for Windows 11 is to actually prevent Windows from running unsigned apps period, and you better believe getting past that will require an Enterprise license.

[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] Fish@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I definitely need a source on this. I searched online and couldn't find anything. If this is true, I feel like it's the one thing that might actually cause some people to move to Linux.

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's no reason for Microsoft to do that. That will just alienate existing Windows users enough to try other OSes while providing no benefit whatsoever to the corporation. Even Apple, which is known for its love of walled gardens, allows executing unsigned code in MacOS. So I very much doubt we'll get a source.

[–] average650@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like it would get much better a mistake if they did... I use both windows and Linux now. I would rather use Linux full time but some software, specifically office and some (not most, but a few) don't play nice with Linux.

If I just lost a ton of programs that I would say are critical for windows, no doubt I switch full time unless my work prevents me.