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Windows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic PC ownership (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

The only reason I don’t install Linux on my NVMe drive and leave it on my SSD is that I can’t reinstall Windows with a local account (though maybe there’s a painful workaround). If they break, they’re gone forever.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Sail the high seas. Also, you absolutely can still skip logging in and setup a local account.

[–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Chris Titus's WinUtil. In it is a tool called MicroWin that can create a custom installation media which will allow local accounts and also remove all the telemetry, adverts and all the other crap.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Just an idea:

  • Get an HDD
  • Use dd to clone your NVME Windows drive.
  • Install Linux on your NVME.
  • Boot Windows from the HDD as you find you need it (which I suspect would be a lot less than you think).
  • If you find you need to go back to Windows, just reclone onto the original drive.

I bet you'll eventually reclaim the HDD, though. I kept mine for about two years, and I nuked it last week, because I hadn't even opened it, much less booted it, in over a year.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

You can also just assign the drive you just created to a vm via VFIO. No need to dual boot.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

There's an easy workaround : install W10 with a local account, then upgrade. No need for any kind of workaround. Disclaimer : this might have worked because I'm in Europe.

Otherwise, there are workarounds for a vanilla install with only local accounts that still works to this day, I did that in a VM. But that's flimsy.

Of course, this leaves you to the whim of "fucking microsoft, we'll screw you forever, bork your data when we want, force you to change computer every other year, and you'll love it", but the option exists.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 5 hours ago

I’m in Australia and this works. At least the last time i installed windows.