{"id":24432,"date":"2022-06-24T17:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=24432"},"modified":"2022-06-25T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T07:34:52","slug":"install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/24432\/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Windows 11 without Microsoft account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do I set up a local account in Windows 11 Home during installation?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is pushing users more and more to have a Microsoft account. Windows 11 Pro users can at least set up a local account during the installation. It is certainly only a matter of time until Microsoft tightens the thumbscrews here.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 11 users usually can&#8217;t avoid the creation or use of a Microsoft account. Tricks like disconnecting from the network no longer work. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f5-AnWg8Oks\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, there is one trick that still works. At some point during the installation, the prompt to add the Microsoft account appears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here we simply enter &#8220;windows&#8221; as the login name. If we are asked for the password in the next step, we enter any password.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"457\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_2.jpg 434w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is followed by the message that a problem has occurred. However, we can now continue with the setup.<\/p>\n<p>However, instead of continuing to push for the Microsoft account, we can now enter a local username. The steps for setting up a local account follow. Password, security questions.<\/p>\n<p>So far, this step is still working without any problems. Of course, there is a possibility that Microsoft will restrict this in the future and no longer allow this workaround.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_3.jpg 417w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/win11_home_en_3-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I set up a local account in Windows 11 Home during installation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1558,1600],"class_list":["post-24432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-windows-en","tag-windows-11-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}