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

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

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

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

A Microsoft support document now lists steps on how to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account on Windows 11. The ...

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

Microsoft has removed the 'BypassNRO.cmd' script from Windows 11 preview builds, which allowed users to bypass the ...

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 ...

Shortly before the weekend, Microsoft removed the BypassNRO.cmd script from the preview versions of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel, as Microsoft announced in a blog post: “We’re ...

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.

has received the feature as well as several others including improvements related to local account passwords, UEFI bootloaders, a PowerShell fix, and more. Keep in mind though that Windows 11 24H2 ...