A newly discovered trick allows Windows 11 users to bypass Microsoft’s online account requirement during setup, raising ...

Microsoft is killing the Windows 11 bypass trick — soon, all setups will require internet and a Microsoft Account, leaving ...

With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account ...

An X poster has discovered yet another workaround to bypass Microsoft's Windows 11 online account requirement during ...

Microsoft keeps making it harder for users to set up a Windows 11 installation without a Microsoft account. I think this is a ...

One workaround used to set up Windows 11 with a local account has been blocked, but there are others - and two fresh ones ...

A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts. Since the release of Windows 11 ...

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Microsoft phased out the official local account option in Windows 11's setup some time ago, leaving workarounds like BypassNRO.cmd as the only alternatives. Now that Microsoft has closed that ...

Also: Microsoft just blocked this popular Windows 11 local account trick - but workarounds remain Known as Quick Machine Recovery, or QMR, this feature is ready for testing in the latest Windows ...

I was privileged to byline the cover story of the last print issue of PC Magazine, the Windows 7 review, and I’ve witnessed every Microsoft win and misstep up to the latest Windows 11.