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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (17 children)

What do you mean by forced Microsoft account? You can make local accounts out of the box in 10 and 11. It's just annoying to get around.

[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 9 months ago (14 children)

The point being that he paid for the software and he shouldn't have to get around if

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (13 children)

I agree, but I'm just pointing out that it's possible to get around it. Microsoft fucking sucks, but I want people to know ways around stuff so they aren't wasting time and money if they don't have to.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft fucking sucks, but I want people to know ways around stuff so they aren’t wasting time and money if they don’t have to.

What is the way around Microsoft accounts during 10/11 setup?

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

10: put no@thankyou.com as the email and whatever the fuck you want as a password. It'll give you an error then let you proceed with local setup. That's if it forces you to connect to the Internet. I prefer saying I don't have Internet and choose the limited setup option.

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