Microsoft account refuseniks have another way of installing Windows

The Register
Sep 15, 2026, 8:31 am118 pts
A new loophole to avoid Microsoft's insistence that you need a Microsoft account to use the Home edition of Windows 11 has appeared, and it's so ludicrously simple we can only assume the good bug fairy has paid a visit to Redmond. The workaround is in the normal Windows 11 Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) that…

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