Microsoft is tightening its grip on the Windows installation process by blocking all known methods for setting up the system ...

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Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider Preview Build 26220.6772 that could make it harder or impossible to set up Windows 11 without first signing in to a Microsoft account. Spotted by our ...

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider build disables another popular command-line workaround for creating a local account, ...

Microsoft is increasingly clamping down on methods for bypassing the Microsoft Account requirement for Windows 11.

In the latest Windows 11 Dev build, Microsoft has removed all "known mechanisms" that allowed users to create a local account ...

Windows Insider Program lead Amanda Langowski said in a blog post on Monday that those setup screens -- called the Windows Setup experience (or "out of box experience") -- are "critical" during ...

Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years. It's the right thing to do.

Microsoft is now mandating the use of a Microsoft account during Windows 11 setup, removing workarounds for local account ...

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Microsoft just ended offline setup in Windows 11. No more local accounts as every installation now needs internet and a Microsoft sign in.