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Comment by dmitrygr | Hacker News Reader

Oh? So I can now disable "AI" and "onedrive" and "microsoft accounts" in windows? COOL! where do i enable that?

You always could disable OneDrive (it's uninstallable), and you could always use a local account on Pro editions of Windows, that's nothing new.

Uninstalling Copilot and the local AI models is whats new on current insider builds.

https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+blocks+local+accou...

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/10/08/microsoft-ends-lo...

Hmm, funny, because I literally just set up a Win11 PRO machine yesterday, I could still create a local account, no bypass script needed.

Your links only apply to Home editions.

We shouldn’t give them praise for gatekeeping it behind a paywall.

How did you do it? I had to set up a Windows 11 Pro install 2 months ago and there was no way to get past the Microsoft Account requirement, I had to create an account, I tried everything (setting up with no network device attached, etc)

Choose "Other options" then click "Domain join instead" you don't actually have to join a domain here, it just has to create a local account. That option won't be present on Home edition though just a heads up.

You can also use an autoattend.xml file on the install ISO to set up a local account (https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/) amongst other things like removing all the windows store apps, etc.

I personally would never have thought to go the Domain route, so I suppose you technically -can- have a local user but they don’t seem to surface the option.

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