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.
It tried it, it didn't work.
I even disabled wifi in bios.
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.
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.
Or that you didn't consider all relevant factors, like if you used the latest image like the other use did, as they asked?
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.
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
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.