Reinstall Windows and Use a Local Account
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I setup my gaming computer with a local account and that was a realy chore because they nerfed the OOBE trick on some of the latest win11 installs but there are still work arounds.
However, in the latest patch (last week I think), after rebooting, microsoft used a trick that Apple loves to use on their devices after updates, and that is to lock you into an intro “Hello” screen and make you answer their prompts before proceeding back into windows. It was trying to force me into adding or creating a microsoft account.
I was pissed, but pulling the internet and hitting the back button allowed me to back out. Whatever the button said... something like “I cannot connect to the internet right now”.
Eventually they will stop giving us ways to opt out of Microsoft logins, because villains gonna villain
Unfortunately true, I expect within a year the only way to use their product is with a Microsoft Account.
Then the question becomes: How much functionality do you lose if you create a fake/burner account? It would be nice if they let you get away with creating a (not-you) login identity and Microsoft Account just for installation/activation/updates, and then another (real-you) login identity without an account to do your actual work. But I expect they'll make it impossible to do anything useful with Windows without a Microsoft Account.
They're pushing Windows users away more and more every week with this crap.