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PC "brand new" and Microsoft account...

Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
brucine Posted messages 24952 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I just bought a new PC (Asus Vivobook, Windows 11), and I'm struggling to set it up.

Indeed, I am being forced to create a Microsoft Account, which I do not want. I had one on my previous PC, but it complicated my life; fortunately, back then, the CCM team helped me bypass this step when I turned on my PC.

Once again, I need your help. How can I avoid creating this account? Is it even possible?

Here's where I am as I write to you (from an old PC)

I have a page on the screen that invites me:

1/ to log in after "unlocking my Microsoft experience". I have no choice; if I want to proceed, I must click the SIGN IN button.

2/ and then, we get to the next step,

where I am forced to log into "my Microsoft account" (which I can't remember the: name and password, of course, after several years of not using it, and after having changed my email in the meantime...)

or to create an account if I don't have one. But I did have one...

Anyway, all of this confuses me. And at this stage of setting up my new PC, I'm completely stuck. I want to return the PC to the store, but I need it...

Does anyone know how I can get out of this? Can I or can I not configure my new PC by "skipping" the MICROSOFT ACCOUNT step? Are there other solutions, and how can I access them???

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,

Monikamedis


10 answers

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    Panth33ra Posted messages 23152 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 2 359
     

    Hello,

    See this link... Install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account.

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  2. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Hello Panth33ra

    I just went through the proposed procedure. It's beyond my capability, I'm afraid. I'm worried I'll mess things up and block this new PC... Thank you anyway.

    Is there nothing simpler?

    Best regards,

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24952 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      Hello,

      Aside from the fake email account, the second solution is quite simple; just disconnect the network cable if there is one. We can assume that since Windows is not yet set up, the Wifi connection isn't either, otherwise disable it in the PC or the Box.

      Microsoft will crash trying to find a connection that doesn't exist and will return to the creation of a local account.

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      1. kaumune Posted messages 22605 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 159 > brucine Posted messages 24952 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hi

        By the way, this no longer works with W11

        I ran into the same issue

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  3. cristali Posted messages 8615 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 578
     

    Hello, by disconnecting the Ethernet cable and turning off the Wi-Fi

    to see

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  6. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Hello,

    Thank you for your two suggestions:

    1st

    I don't have an ethernet cable, just Wi-Fi.

    And if I turn off the PC and turn it back on (to possibly find myself at the beginning of the PC installation), I end up exactly on the same page that says "unlock your Microsoft experience"... It's enough to tear your hair out!

    2nd

    Shift+F10 has no effect (I would have liked it to): I remain on the screen that says "unlock your Microsoft experience". And if I turn off the PC... same as above.

    I'm still stuck. Unfortunately.

    But it's kind of you to help me!

    Best regards, Monika

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    1. fabul Posted messages 42172 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 070
       

      I usually do a Left Shift, I don't know if it can make a difference between Left Shift or Right Shift.

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  7. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Response to Brucine...

    I disabled my router, waited a good minute, turned my PC off and on again. Still the same screen as mentioned in my two previous responses ("Unlock your Microsoft experience").

    I'm done with that!

    I'm going to try left or right shift from Fabul...

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24952 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      It's exactly what I successfully did (vade retro microsoftas) on my new PC a few months ago.

      They're sneaky, it doesn't automatically switch to creating a local account, there's a little area to click that's well hidden (if I remember correctly, at the bottom left).

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  8. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    For fabul: the two shifts are the same. No change, always the same screen "Unlock your Microsoft experience."

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  9. fabul Posted messages 42172 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 070
     

    With a fresh installation, it should work normally.

    Is it worth installing from scratch with a Windows 11 ISO or not?

    It takes a few more minutes with a Windows 11 ISO on a prepared USB stick.

    And you wouldn't have the bloatware like McAfee, etc.

    If you really want to

    Use the link to download the Windows ISO to create a USB stick (minimum 8GB) for upgrading, repairing, or reinstalling Windows

    https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/software-download/windows11

    When you have the Windows ISO file, you can create your USB stick with Rufus

    https://rufus.ie/en/

    In GPT mode

    Boot from it using the PC's Boot Menu key

    You can search on Google "[Brand Model] Boot Menu Key"

    (Esc/Escape I believe for the Boot Menu, for BIOS it's likely F2 held down before powering on, knowing a bit about Asus)

    Select "Custom Installation" (Not Upgrade)

    Delete all partitions and create a new one..

    Without an Internet connection
    Shift+F10
    OOBE\BYPASSNRO

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  10. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Thank you, but I have to stop to go pick up my daughter from the hospital and take her home.

    Thank you all, I will get back to your suggestions as soon as possible.

    Good evening to everyone! AND THANK YOU too

    Best regards, Monika

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  11. Monykamedis Posted messages 46 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Hello,

    Here I am back with you, with some good news.

    I managed to install Windows 11 by following Panth33ra's solution. So now I have a display that is starting to look like my desktop. EUREKA.

    However, to do this, I had to create a fake Microsoft account (by putting everything to zero: account name, password, and email, as indicated in the tutorial).

    So now, at every login and every wake-up, the PC asks me for this information. It's honestly annoying. I would like to skip this step.

    - Can someone help me bypass this step? Thank you in advance!

    Ah, what would I do without you...

    Sincerely, Monika


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    1. brucine Posted messages 24952 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      Hello,

      So you created a dummy Microsoft account, but it is still an account, which needs to be converted to a local account, and this will still require us to enter the password unless we want to set the opposite in Windows.

      https://www.malekal.com/convertir-compte-microsoft-compte-local-windows-10-11/

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