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>It's not possible to install a local account any more. Apparently all the loopholes have been closed. It just loops you back to the "oops looks like you lost internet access" page.

This simply isn't true, I did a computer with Windows 11 Home 3 days ago with local accounts.

OOBE\bypassnro still works as expected.

No it doesn't.

Yes, it does. I'm not the only one in this thread, the other Windows thread from today, or online that has installed Windows 11 Home in the last week and successfully setup local-only accounts.

When dozens of people say it still works and one says it doesn't, chances are the one person did it incorrectly.

It works.

Here's several people saying it doesn't work any more: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/window...

It tried it, it didn't work.

I even disabled wifi in bios.

I'm not sure what to tell you. Friday, 3 days ago, I setup a brand new Windows 11 Home computer.

I didn't connect to Wi-Fi, I did OOBE\bypassnro, and I created my local account. Nice and simple. There are other people in this very thread who also had the same experience as me.

Sorry it didn't work for you. But it still works.

Maybe you used an old image? I downloaded the latest from Microsoft.

Try it inside quotes. Try the double-quotes around it, supposedly it still works.

having performed the oobe bypass , it has not been possible on machines by some vendors , while continuing to work on others ... on a side note it seems hypocritical to use anecdotal evidence while denying others the opportunity ...

>use anecdotal evidence while denying others the opportunity ...

They said "It's not possible to install a local account any more.".

I'm sure you can understand why my own memories of just recently doing the apparently impossible thing will hold more weight -- to me at least -- than a comment saying the thing I just did is impossible.

That might not be super convincing to an outside reader, but for me the alternative is to conclude that I'm having a multi-day hallucination.

It'd be hard for me to pretend like the anecdotal evidence is equal in this situation.

> but for me the alternative is to conclude that I'm having a multi-day hallucination.

Or that you didn't consider all relevant factors, like if you used the latest image like the other use did, as they asked?

Or it was 3 days ago, so it was the image available on Microsoft 3 days ago?

I mean, you're answering a question here, so it doesn't really make sense to start your reply with 'Or'. I get you're trying to be snappy back, but it doesn't really work here.

That aside, the point is there are a ton of possibilities why it worked for you and not another user. Just because it worked for you and the other people reporting it did (and dare I point out some confirmation bias for you dismissing the other people saying it didn't) doesn't mean it still works universally or in newer/older or even different regional versions of an image.

I feel like a crazy person, trying to convince strangers on the internet that I really did manage to install Windows with a local account. Why? I'm not even sure. This isn't how I imagined my future when I was a kid.

You can take the win here, I probably used an obscure regional version from 1998 or something. To quote the OP: It's not possible to install a local account any more

I think myself and the other dude are trying to help you see that theres no contest to be winning here

Yes, you're right, the other person had a very helpful tone indeed. My mistake.

I appreciate that I came on to see you say this, because I was about to reply quoting you saying I can take the win, saying I wasn't trying to compete and maybe that was an issue.

FWIW, I don't doubt at all that you could create a local account. I have yet to move to 11 from 10 for my VM setup and want to avoid doing so as long as possible, so I've been sort of tracking the issue, as that they may remove it permanently is a slight concern and interest to me.

> Then later I check my real name gmail account and there's a Microsoft email with a login code. I never gave MS this email address. What the hell??

I was with you until that part - everything else seemed plausible and likely true. This one is a lie, I don't know why you felt the need to include it.

I'm not lying - https://i.imgur.com/snOLtqJ.jpeg

No idea how they associated it - possibly taken from my chrome login on previous install and then tied it with some combination of licence key, hardware id and IP.

I certainly never gave it to MS nor did I request the reset, nor did I log in to gmail on the new install.

Sure it could be random but come on, this is the first time I got it and it was just after I installed W11.

>It's not possible to install a local account any more.

If you use Rufus to create a usb disk from iso, one of the options is to create a local account automatically during install.

> Then it forced me to give it my birth date

Forgot what it was (not Ms for once) which started discriminating against 124 year old people since you could not enter 01/01/1900 as a birthdate. Usually it's cut at 100 (I always say I'm born on 01/01/1900, there is no legal reason other than the "are you an adult" question)