Yes and then you'll have an annual subscription fee. Not a fan of Billysoft!I just saw that recent insider builds suggest microsoft has eliminated all known workarounds for setup with a local account. A MS account will then be mandatory.
Upgraded to Windows 11
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No, if you disconnect from the network, then you can skip the Microsoft account step.I just saw that recent insider builds suggest microsoft has eliminated all known workarounds for setup with a local account. A MS account will then be mandatory
Not anymore; the initial account setup will not let you proceed until it has Internet connection.
I have a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 3670 and have been contemplating the switch to Win 11. I'm not a tech guy, but something tells me I should spend 50 bucks to upgrade my (12GB) RAM to the max allowable 32GB before making the switch. True?
FWIW I only use this PC for personal business, E-mail, streaming SXM, and wasting time on auto forums. No games or anything else too intensive.
Go 32 GB
16GB is fine for normal use. I work in very large PowerBI datasets at work and you absolutely need 32 or 64GB for that type of work.
I was referencing this but the quote didnt copy in.
Which is why I mentioned "Normal laptop type of work"
PowerBi eh? I'm just glad when ours isn't randomly down.
and it takes 5x longer to load than the previous system..
I like overhead space.
I do everything locally on my PC, but do call some APIs for data. It's fast and works very well.
Thanks, I'll try that out. I usually don't have an issue since Pro lets you do offline if you connect to the Domain but some HP Pro/elitebook generations unfortunately can't use the default ethernet/wifi drivers and results me in spending time to download those.
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The new countermeasures have appeared in the dev builds, so they aren't on the street yet.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...o-skip-microsoft-account-setup-in-windows-11/
Pet peeve time: an update isn't necessarily an upgrade.
I wonder if a refresh/reinstall will require an account?
I just created a dedicated account to get around that instead of my main email. I name it something like [email protected], they can analyze and market research on it all they want and will find nothing valuable.
My other machines would be PandaBearWindows11LoginFrom[email protected].
It depends on what other bloatware Windows 11 come with and is mandated on.
Mine was pretty laggy with 8GB on Win11 which is why I switched it over to LinuxMint.
Does it work ok for light web surfing and office apps? Yes. Is it optimal? No.
I just updated both my parents identical Dell desktops from 10 to 11 yesterday. I did the prep work I've preached about in other threads beforehand (BIOS update, disk cleanup, disk optimize, chkdsk, sfc) and both upgrades worked fine.
Only weird issue is that, even though were both logged into 10 with local accounts, Windows 11 logged my Dad into his Microsoft account automagically and my Mom's didn't. At first the option wasn't there to sign him out, but after running updates and a few reboots I was then able to. Dumb.
Only weird issue is that, even though were both logged into 10 with local accounts, Windows 11 logged my Dad into his Microsoft account automagically and my Mom's didn't. At first the option wasn't there to sign him out, but after running updates and a few reboots I was then able to. Dumb.
In general, I would expect a clean installation with a later version, that has the loopholes closed, to enforce the account requirement.
But Windows in not my primary platform, so I'm not deeply familiar with its nuances, or invested in it. The Windows machines I have still run 7 and 10, which is fine for the purposes they serve, and even if 11 was an (official) option for them, it would be one I'd decline. I'd be more inclined to dig up a LTSC version of 10 and just run that.
The notion of paid OS licenses is quaint these days, but that's MS' deal.
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