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Microsoft could drop the forced Microsoft account sign-in during Windows 11 setup (www.windowslatest.com)

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[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I assume any technical person uses one of the workarounds anyway.

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

They no longer work. MS has plugged every single one at this point.

Edit: Apparently Rufus still works. But all the other workarounds are plugged by MS.

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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Including Rufus?? Shit

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[–] ISolox@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago

Rufus worked for me, at least with the 25H2 image.

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