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.hi,
Bought HP Laptop Win11 Home Edition. While going thru Welcome/ Setup screen, I don’t know how to skip creating an account. I did a quick search for answer here and in google and my Setup Screen doesn’t have same options like “I don’t have internet” so that I can set up with limited setup mode or in Sign in Options I don’t have “Domain name”.
Creating a Bootable USB Drive isn’t an option.
I have went thru setup screens and messed up then did forced shutdown 3 times when I mes up.
Help?
Easiest way is go ahead and connect to internet. When it gets to entering your address for your ms account type in no@thankyou.com. Use anything for a password. It will fail and give you option to create local account.
You have to be connected to the Internet.
When it asks you to enter a Microsoft ID, put in no@thankyou.com and any password.
It will do a “Oops!” and ask you again for an ID. Use the real ID and password you want and it will create a LOCAL account. WRITE DOWN that ID and password.
If it asks you to look for updates – say “LATER.”
When the install finishes, disconnect from the Internet, go through the Control Panel and Settings App and set your settings and privacy where you want it.
Then connect to the Internet and do the updates.
Later, if it asks for a PIN, you can create one if you want to, BUT you still need to have a record of the PASSWORD (it didn’t go away, you may need it down the road).
Reboot. Start the “out of box” set up again.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Switch out S mode
Disable S mode without a Microsoft account.
“There is no way to disable S Mode without a Microsoft Account, because that can only be done by accessing the Microsoft Store.
To get around that, you can create one Microsoft Account to use on those PC’s, then log into the store to switch out of S Mode.
Then in the Settings App, go to Accounts – Your Info, there will be one of two options available, ‘Sign in With a Local Account’ or ‘Stop using this account to automatically log into Apps’
Choosing either of those options would remove your Microsoft Account form the PC and it would switch back to the original local account.”
And then there is this from Disable S mode without a Microsoft account, page 2:
“There IS a procedure to remove SMode without using the windows store however it involves several advanced techniques Recovery Mode, Admin Command Prompt, and Regedit. Only attempt this if you have backed up your data and are familiar with these tools. I can kinda understand why David would not mention this either because he did not know or was not comfortable explaining how to modify an offline registry hive in a preboot environment.”
“There is a good tutorial demonstrating the process here glad to know there are still some people in the IT world that actually take the time to do this kind of research for the rest of us”
See this youtube video How To Turn Off Windows S Mode Without Microsoft Account
Note: It is really a hoot to watch! BTW, you can also turn SMode back on if you want to…
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