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I believe they changed this in the last 6 months or year, but if you have an older ISO if Windows 10, and you don't have it connected to the Internet when you install, you can create a local account during installation.

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There has always been a tiny skip button as well.

I read somewhere on Win 11 you have to Alt+F4 out to get local account

I’m totally in agreement that they shouldn’t hide the option to create a local account, but I’m relatively sure this isn’t true.

It’s entirely possible that something like this did exist in some earlier installer version but I don’t know that from a vague statement like this. Feels kinda like throwing Windows under the bus unnecessarily.

> When setting up Windows 11, disconnect your Ethernet cable, and then cross your fingers that you see a "I don't have internet" option when prompted to connect to a network. If you do, that's great, go ahead and click it, and use a local account. However, there is a good chance you won't see the option, as shown in the screen grab above. If that is the case, the folks at Neowin discovered that you can bypass linking to a Microsoft ID by pressing Alt + F4.

https://hothardware.com/news/bypass-windows-11-internet-setu...

AFAICR, they've removed the skip button in newer versions of the installer. You have to avoid being connected to the internet to create a local account now.

I did a Win10 install last night, the local account button has been removed. You also can’t go back to the screen where you connect to the internet and undo it. Luckily this was on a laptop so I was able to use the Fn key to kill the wireless. Only then did the installer let me proceed with a local account. I hate the way computing is headed…

I believe there’s an option on the account sign in page (under sign-in options or something) to allow you to create a local account. I agree it should be more clear, but at least it exists.

There is not. There used to be. They removed it. The only way to create a local account during install is to refuse to connect to the internet.

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