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”!
Microsoft bad. There I said it, so all the crazy Linux people won’t. You’re welcome!
OMG here’s a five paragraph comment on how that’s the wrong distro for you
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
Download the ISO directly from MS.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10iso
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Activate using: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Massgrave also has links to installation media, notably the LTSC versions. The IoT LTSC is especially nice since it lacks lots of the bloat.
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
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.
I see, it links to https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11 xD
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)
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.
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!
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.