Thank you! You saved me from returning this thing. I hate tech companies now a days. Nothing can just be a stand alone item

Thanks! I have set up a computer with this method before and just wanted a refresher. Thanks for posting this video. Very helpful and easy going.

Just unboxed my new LG. Your method and explanation made it so easy. Thank You from the UK!

Still works. March 2023. Thanks for the help.

Ugh, thanks for this! I hate being tethered to an account just to login, this was a big help!

I'm not tech-savvy at all and this is the only video that helped me!!!! Thank u sooo much!

Yoooo got my first laptop today and this is soooo helpful! Thank you so much

Wow. I was downright pissed trying to figure this out. Thank you.

Thanks for info. It helped me to finish setup easily.

Great Video Thx My new Acer didn't come with a either net socket so it wouldn't work for me so I set my phone as a WIFI Hot spot and that worked awesome then I switched the WIFI Hot spot off

Thank you for making it simple. Super helpful.

thanks, dale. 2nd time i've had to use this vid for a brand new laptop to skip the ms acc crap. all good. regards from durban, sunny south africa. 🇿🇦🏖️👊🏻

Just got my acer laptop and this definitely worked. Instead of unplugging a lan line I just unplugged my wifi and it worked just the same. Thank sir

My new HP could not get past this login. No admin Prev on cmd prompt, OOBE did not work until going to C drive (not on X: drive) No back button. Went to recovery mode but this was not successful either. Could not disable the networking, no skip option.

Works with windows 10. Thanks for the lesson. I used to sign in with my own Microsoft account, create a local account and then sign out. It would keep signing me in without my consent on the local account even though I signed out and deleted my account. Appreciate the tip.

Thanks my man! One thing I discovered, hitting the "Airplane" button (airplane mode) totally disconnects the laptop from the WIFI or ethernet lol. Great vid!

@damightyshabba439

9 ай бұрын

I use airplane mode when I am getting hassled by... people I met recently in a bar and stupidly gave my number to.... Airplane mode.

Big click for the information Dale..., even though I left Windows years ago for Linux. I do enjoy your videos very much though... Thanks

Worked on windows 10 also. Thank you so much sir!

Dear Sir, Really appreciated your video

Very informative. Cool bypass of doing the Microsoft user account.

Thanks for uploading my cadillac XTS ❤

Thanks appreciate your help

Thanks my man!

Looks so simple. Thanks! How about simplifying the login for my existing Windows 10. Is there an easy way to do away with the name and password there?

My son has just input his email into his new Windows laptop set up and got stuck with a request for parent to approve. When I try to approve it I get an error message. He is currently locked out of his new laptop. How can we get around this? By entering my email instead? How do we change the email to mine (an adult account)?

👏👏👏thank you so much.

Thank you for the window 11 tip is big help .

Thanx Dale. I've bookmarked this video. You of course realize that MS watches your site and now you've alerted them to this method they'll block it in the next release :-)

@CadillacComputerCenter

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's coming. Lol

Cool I liked and Subscribed and Shared ! Due to security issues I am not allowed to use any Google products on any cellphone or computer which is way Cool and better !! Less Hacks and Malware !! There many better Altrernatives !!

Thank you!

What prevents the computer from getting updates, and in the process being asked for your MS acct info, which would nullify everything you've done?

You found the glitch in the matrix. Thanks 👍

Thank you Cadillac

Nice

We just brought up a new Dell laptop with Windows 11. We didn't get any choice about backing up to OneDrive, which I absolutely don't want. I had the next button and the back button and nothing else. I eventually used the next button and it took me into the next topic. I tried to use the back button to go back to the OneDrive option, not that I could have made any different choice, and the back button wouldn't work any more. How do I stop backing up my files to the cloud? That's the last thing I want.

Hi does this still work in version h2? great vid

I also Subscribed your channel

Good job

Thanks!

Microsoft account is fine for personal use laptops but if you refurbish and resell laptops it can be a real pain. I prefer to have the computer fully set up and updated so the new owner just has to power it on and go. Will definitely be using this trick, thank you!

@RoastBeefSandwich

2 жыл бұрын

I leave computers at the OOBE so the new owner can set it up the way they want.

@gotoastal

2 жыл бұрын

It's not fine for personal use either. Users should be wary of all of the data collection Microsoft does

@RoastBeefSandwich

2 жыл бұрын

@@gotoastal Microsoft collects the data whether you use a Microsoft account or not.

@the5quirmingcoil

Жыл бұрын

Yea it appears this guy's shooting the vid on a tech bench. That'd be a real issue if he couldn't do fresh installations of 11s, home or pro

My WiFi settings seem to be turned off. Idk how to turn the setting on as it's just out of the box. It's not turning on even with the key on the keyboard. What do I do?

I have a question, I TRY to sep up my ACER laptop, and it is asking me for the 8 digit ROUTE LABEL. I do not know which is, or how I can find it. thanks

Clever trick. I personally think most people should use a Microsoft account. You can make one up with phony information if you want. You don't have to use the same one as your Outlook email or what have you if you don't want.

@CadillacComputerCenter

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@RoastBeefSandwich

Жыл бұрын

@@zippythechicken The easy answer is to practice good internet hygiene and you won't have to worry about that.

@RoastBeefSandwich

Жыл бұрын

@@zippythechicken are you actually locked out of your laptop or are you just spreading FUD?

thanks!

Which version of Windows 11 did you have? Home or Pro? If Home, did you disable S mode so you could install anything else other than the MS Store stuff? If so, how did that work?

@CadillacComputerCenter

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I always ask customer if they want s mode or not. Most do not. It's free and easy to do. If your going to use strictly ms products, and use one drive, then s mode is fine.

Would this work if you are setting it up by Wi Fi ?

Last year, we succesfully set up a Windows 11 laptop with an offline account..............until we wanted to download other browsers & drivers for our laser printers. Then it forced us to create a MS account. Tomorrow, we want to set up another Windows 11 laptop & need to know how to avoid the MS demand, when we want to download Vivaldi, or Brave, or our printer drivers. HELP?

For de-Bloat - Do exactly as said, but select "World" or "International" for language / region. Voila! - No crap installed! They don't have permission for 90% of the software outside of EU / USA.... so... those selections stop them from being put on in the first place. But yes, I agree with the video as presented. Mine is just a suggestion. [EDIT] this drastically drops the active processes, improving performance. On older or weaker models..... its important.

Bless u ❤❤❤❤❤

Do i need an account or this computer will be acessed remotely?

ur a genius

Thanks for sharing. Just unboxed my Acer Aspire 5 and got hit with this intrusive roadblock. Only difference is now they've removed the back button so there is no way to progress without signing in... scum. :/

22h2 patched this.....And the reason I want to be able to install without a account....is if I'm doing this for a customer or building one to sell and am putting a fresh install on one....its dumb that I have to use my own account get to windows create a local account set it to admin....log out then log back in to the new account and delete my account......But there are ways several in fact to get around this still.....

I got to the 5:16 point in the video. When I hit the back button I got a "Oops. Looks like we lost internet. Try again." I could not find a way around it, and had to enter my Microsoft account. Do you know any way to go back and work around it? I do not like having to sign in when I have absolutely no security concerns. This was a new HP laptop.

@CadillacComputerCenter

Жыл бұрын

Hi. This video was posted approximately 7 months ago. Unfortunately, the 22h2 version of 11, Microsoft has fixed this glitch. Just setup your windows 11 with a MS account, once in windows, you can change it over to a Local Account.

@jamesottaway3212

Жыл бұрын

@@CadillacComputerCenter Thank you.

Won't let me click on yes button for country or region page. Brand new.

The advantage of having a MIcrosoft Account, is that the OS license becomes associated with your Microsoft account so that if you ever have to install clean the OS is registered. If you do not, you may be required to purchase a license. The way Microsoft manages licenses is they tie the processor ID to the account. If you do not connect to the internet at some point, the OS activation is likely to be suspended.

@RoastBeefSandwich

2 жыл бұрын

And if you ever need to retrieve your hard drive encryption key - good luck without a Microsoft account.

@alexsvilla7962

2 жыл бұрын

not true, the system has a signature for the windows activation but forcing to make or use an email also to add your phone # is stupid you are a system sheep if you accept that even you pay for the hardware and software.

🥰🥰🥰😍😍wow

Mine saids no Wi-Fi networks found even though I have working wiFi. It won’t let me get passed that screen.

@mellord83

9 ай бұрын

Did you fix it? You don't need the internet to install it. I tried it last week. When you get to a certain point, switch off your router or whatever so it can't find internet. Press shift+F10 to bring up the cmd prompt and run a couple commands. Plenty of KZread videos about it.

Without the Microsoft account, I can still get on line for my banking and internet?

@mellord83

9 ай бұрын

Yes you can connect to the internet after you finish the install and sign into windows.

Doesn’t work! Clicking the back button just takes me to the “setup for home or school” choice!

It didn’t work. I wonder if windows updated something

Wow it sure is a bug. Thanks.

How do you disconnect wifi?

@JayToGo

7 ай бұрын

You could simply switch off your router temporarily.

you said "dont need internet anymore'..... huh?

Didn't work. Seems as though they've got rid of the back button ☹️

@mellord83

9 ай бұрын

Did you get it to work? You have to disconnect from the internet and press the shift key and F10 to bring up CMD prompt and run a couple commands.

Please help me

tis method no more working for 22h2!!!

Switch to Linux, for heaven's sake.

ukie kaayu ka dong.. salamat

No u don't u just don't do it go to APPLE

Patched

No very sophisticated.

Microsoft patched this. Doesn't work anymore :(

@CadillacComputerCenter

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm, did 3 just today. So far so good. Lol

@LonestarROB

Жыл бұрын

Probably depends on the release version. Didn't work for me. But I found a new way.

@sunjourney3723

Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarROB can you please share the new way

@LonestarROB

Жыл бұрын

@@sunjourney3723 At this same sign-in screen, disconnect from internet > Shift F10 to open command center. Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and hit enter. It will lead you to the same internet screen with the "I don't have internet" option at the bottom like old times. All done!

@sunjourney3723

Жыл бұрын

@@LonestarROB do you happen to know how to disable Windows 11 s mode without signing in to Microsoft account .

Thank you!