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JennyB

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Moving to Win11 without a Microsoft Account
« on: 13 May, 2024, 10:35:50 am »
I never used a Microsoft account on Windows 10. My needs are simple, (mostly LibreOffice, Obsidian and Brave) and are still well-served by a Lenovo ThinkCentre wth 8 gigs of RAM and an i5-8400T 1.7 GHz CPU.


How do I migrate to Win11 while keeping things as simple as possible?
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Kim

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Re: Moving to Win11 without a Microsoft Account
« Reply #1 on: 13 May, 2024, 11:18:09 am »
On a fresh install, the trick seems to be to completely deprive the computer of internet access until it's fully set up with a local account (which it will make as difficult as possible).  Not sure if that would work for an upgrade...
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Ham

Re: Moving to Win11 without a Microsoft Account
« Reply #2 on: 13 May, 2024, 12:10:08 pm »
My W11 upgrade completed successfully without a MS account - I think you need Pro, and it is not possible on home
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JennyB

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Re: Moving to Win11 without a Microsoft Account
« Reply #3 on: 13 May, 2024, 05:35:07 pm »
Quote from: Ham on 13 May, 2024, 12:10:08 pm
My W11 upgrade completed successfully without a MS account - I think you need Pro, and it is not possible on home


That's good to know. I've got Pro.
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