Microsoft wants you to use online accounts in Windows 11, yes, but they're not as mandatory as you might think.

Windows 11 Home automatically enables Device Encryption with Microsoft accounts and stores recovery keys in the cloud. With a local account, you can't enable Device Encryption without first ...

A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts.

The workaround, shared by X user @witherornot1337, lets users set up Windows 11 with a local account instead of being forced to log in with a Microsoft account.

With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account instead of a Microsoft account.

One workaround used to set up Windows 11 with a local account has been blocked, but there are others - and two fresh ones have emerged this week.

Home > Computing How to Install Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account It's even easier than the method Microsoft just blocked.

The company recently removed the last remaining workaround using the command BYPASSNRO, which previously allowed users to bypass the requirement by tricking the system into thinking there was no ...

Since the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it hard to use the operating system with a local account, instead forcing users to log in with a Microsoft Account.

1] Are you using a Microsoft account? It is important to know that a password hint is visible only if you are using a Local account on a Windows 11/10 PC and you have set a Password Hint.

Happy hackers find a new exploit in the Windows 11 installer for bypassing the Microsoft account requirement.