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Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
(www.theverge.com)
Where's the regulation that prevents this? Appalling.
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2025
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How many months away are we from Windows requiring a subscription to use, with a cheaper version for the OS + Office and a more expensive that also bundles AI?
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Use Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, problem solved.
Or, you know, that other thing.
just use that one thing that works right now
He said in response to an article about how they are perpetually reducing the amount of things that work right now
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Well I paid for what I have, and no one is allowed to rob me of what I pay for so I'm good. Sorry Microsoft you don't get to rob people any more than the rest of us. All it does is send people elsewhere.
At this point I just net user /add it, which just creates the user manually and then you can reboot and just log into it.
It's not like you need anything from the OOBE at all, so might as well just skip it entirely.
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Doesn’t stop me from using Windows 11 as much as I want.
Which is none.
You’re not required for work? Damn, lucky you
I could probably make more money getting a job where I have to use Windows but honestly it wouldn’t be worth it.
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I'm going to give Google money by buying a Pixel to free myself from Google…
Do custom installation (ISO) creation utilities like NTLite still allow you to remove the requirement?