Preferably from 2020 onwards and without the need for a mandatory product key/Microsoft account, I’ve already had a lot of headaches because of these two “casualities”!

12 points

Microsoft bad. There I said it, so all the crazy Linux people won’t. You’re welcome!

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Heeey ! Take that back !! We aren’t crazy, just different. Thats cool, just enjoy what ever you think is good for your mental health !

Just like some people love healthy meals and other can’t live without processed food 😏

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Thank you. My fingers started to itch real badly! I use Arch by the way

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OMG here’s a five paragraph comment on how that’s the wrong distro for you

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Well actually the distro I’m using, EndeavourOS, has its benefits… Here’s a link to my 1 hr rant on why you should switch from Arch link

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We’ve been called out, but deservedly so.

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Are we really still the crazy ones when Microsoft wants to keep a log of screenshots of your desktop?

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10iso

For a regular install, use Rufus to make the USB media and it’ll offer a Microsoft account bypass option.

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The only once that are harder to get from the official Microsoft website are Enterprise , IoT, LTSC versions. Which IMO are better then the standard home,pro,workstation etc. Also server ISOs are a bit harder to get from their.

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Enterprise is just a license level, the standard install will activate it just fine. You’re right that the others are a bit harder to find, usually I go to the mydigitallife forums for those.

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Well the install comes with a load less crap pre-installed as well.

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You can download certain iso files directly from windows:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/

Edit: also cant you skip account creation and license key on every version? literally skipped those yesterday on an OEM preinstalled win 11

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Disconnect the network to force it to do local account creation.

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They “fixed” that now though.

But
Shift + F10 to open CMD

cd oobe
bypassnro

The machine will reboot and let you skip network setup. But do not connect to a network yet!

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If you do connect to a network. Shift+F10 again and

netsh wlan delete profile name=*WiFi SSID*

And reboot.

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Not a contributing comment but just wanted to say:

THIS IS THE WAY

For those that needed to hear that.

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Massgrave also has links to installation media, notably the LTSC versions. The IoT LTSC is especially nice since it lacks lots of the bloat.

https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media

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IoT LTSC still has some bloat (edge), the main advantage of it is that you get 10 years of security updates

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I run this one on my T480 and it was honestly refreshing. I don’t believe the Microsoft store is even enabled by default which was a really nice change of pace from all the crap it’s usually got. Just enable what you want… how it should be but instead, “muh CoPilot”.

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Until you get this every single time:

We are unable to complete your request at this time. Some users, entities and locations are banned from using this service. For this reason, leveraging anonymous or location hiding technologies when connecting to this service is not generally allowed. If you believe that you encountered this problem in error, please try again. If the problem persists you may contact Microsoft Support

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Yeah I’ve run into some issues with that page. This site has some direct links to MS servers maybe it’ll work for you.

https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media

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Also, I recommend using Chris Titus Tech’s winutil program to disable Telemetry and install some programs (you can even uninstall Edge and the Store, but not recommended)

https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

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https://massgrave.dev/

All files are official Microsoft ISO files. This has everything you need including explanation and instructions how you can verify its legitimize. and how to activate windows

To bypass the forced Microsoft account you can create a unattend file and pre configure the ISO to make a local account.

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To bypass the forced Microsoft account you can create a unattend file and pre configure the ISO to make a local account.

I should have done this when I set up my computer, I had to manually change it after I set up Windows 11. I don’t have anything against logging into my Microsoft account but having the actual account on the computer be a Microsoft account instead of a local account feels wrong. What if my account gets hacked, I’d just lose access to my computer!

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Don’t worry, as long as you don’t use bitlocker or backup the bitlocker key it’s trivial to bypass the login on Windows or Linux.

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Yes and the better option if you do want to use a Microsoft account. Just login to the apps like onedrive on the local account.

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Literally the only reason I log in at all is because I have the Master Chief Collection purchased through the Microsoft Store and Windows always picks up my Windows license once I login

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