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lifetimerubyist

I just did it today with the current ISO you can download from Microsoft themselves. Then installed all the Windows updates, graphics drivers and even enrolled in the free extended security support. Then I just uninstalled Cortana and Copilot manually. Ezpz

Be warned that they employ extreme amounts of dark patterns to try and trick you into converting the offline account into an online one.

Online activation of the Windows license is separate from an online user account.

Were you able to enable extended security updates without logging in?

I've held out for literal years, but that was the thing that finally made me log into an online user account (and start figuring out how to finally cut the last bit of Windows out of my life)

Just pirate the updates with Massgrave.

Were you able to use the online activation system without a Microsoft account? I wasn't able to - though as you say, that account doesn't have to be tied to the license or an account on the machine being activated.

  > Be warned that they employ extreme amounts of dark patterns to try and trick you into converting the offline account into an online one.

This would be an extremely valuable comment if you would document that.

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