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jlechat34 Posted messages 169 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
jlechat34 Posted messages 169 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I’m going to give a Lenovo Legion laptop with Windows 11 to a friend; the PC was purchased with Windows 11 pre-installed.

She doesn’t have a Microsoft account, so I’m going to create one for her. How do I set the PC to her name and remove my profile from this PC?

Thanks in advance for the answers.

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    fabul Posted messages 42265 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 091
     

    Hello,

    Erase everything with Active@ KillDisk Freeware on a USB drive, and reinstall Windows 11 from a USB drive as well

    My method is to perform at least three passes erasing if it's an HDD and one pass if it's an SSD with a bootable USB created with the Active KillDisk freeware

    Then reinstall Windows

    Download the .ISO 25H2 V2 file right now

    Windows 11

    When you have the Windows ISO file, you can create a bootable USB drive with Rufus or Ventoy

     (With Ventoy you can put both KillDisk and Windows ISOs on it at the same time, boot from whichever you want, so you only need one USB drive)

    If the PC is old, you must create the USB in MBR mode

    If it is newer (Windows 8 or higher) in GPT mode for EFI
    Disconnect the Internet (wired if present)

    Boot from it using the PC's Boot Menu key

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

    Choose "Custom installation" (Not upgrade)

    Create a new partition and let it install.

    After the first restart of the installation, remove the USB drive when it asks to configure, and immediately force shut down the PC by holding the power button, and give it away as is.

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    Then my method to install Windows without a Microsoft account

    Ethernet disconnected, when Windows tries to force you to connect to a network WiFi, press the Shift+F10 keys and type: oobe\bypassnro

    Choose (I don't have Internet)

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  2. jlechat34 Posted messages 169 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   3
     

    Great, thank you very much, it’s complicated but very clear.

    I’m going to try to follow all these steps and buy a USB key.

    Have a good rest of the day.

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