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Using Windows Without Signing In: A Workaround to Bypass Microsoft Account Requirements

The new Windows installation process has been revamped, introducing an out-of-box experience that prompts users to sign in with their Microsoft account. However, this feature can be bypassed using a simple workaround. The first step is to boot the system and access the Windows interface. Upon doing so, users will notice a significant difference in the layout of the screens compared to the initial installation process.

The I don't have internet button was not present during the initial installation, but it now appears as an option on the desktop screen. Clicking on this button allows users to continue with limited setup, which is intended to scare them into signing in with their Microsoft account. However, this approach can be easily sidestepped by unchecking all the unnecessary boxes and features that require internet connectivity.

Upon reaching the desktop, it may seem like the system is not yet ready for use, as there are no visible options or applications available. This perception can be misleading, as the system is actually functional and waiting to be customized. The workaround involves accessing the Task Manager and searching for processes that appear under the "Apps" section. In particular, there are three instances of the Search window running in the background, which can be closed by right-clicking on them and selecting "End task." This action will eliminate any prompts requiring a Microsoft account login.

The significance of this workaround lies in its ability to bypass the requirement for a Microsoft account when updating the system or connecting to the internet. The cumulative update, in particular, tends to trigger the prompt for signing in with an account. However, it is essential to note that this behavior may be inconsistent and may not work as expected every time.

The workaround involves right-clicking on the Search window and selecting "End task." This action will disable any prompts requiring a Microsoft account login and allow users to continue using the system without signing in. It's worth noting that this behavior has been observed only once or twice, and it's uncertain whether it will persist with future updates.

The final step involves updating the system and verifying that the workaround works as expected. Upon restarting the system after the update, the prompt for a Microsoft account login should not appear. However, users should be aware that this behavior may change in the future, and the workaround might need to be updated accordingly.

In conclusion, using Windows without signing in can be achieved by following a simple set of steps. By understanding how the system works and exploiting certain workarounds, users can bypass the requirement for a Microsoft account login and continue using their system without any issues. While this approach may not be officially supported by Microsoft, it provides an alternative solution for those who prefer to avoid signing in with their account.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso a while back maybe a couple years ago now I showed you guys a video on how to bypass needing a Microsoft account to install Windows 10 when they started making that a requirement uh as always a lot of the comments basically said Jay this is only gonna work for a little while it's gonna stop working Microsoft always patches these kinds of videos or patches these kinds of bypass slash workarounds because of videos like this and I vowed that as workarounds continue to become available I will continue making videos like this because screw Microsoft and them requiring you to have a Microsoft account so today we're going to show you how to install Windows 11 which is the latest ISO people would basically be installing from for the most part uh how to bypass the install requiring both a CD key or a install key a Microsoft account and how to tell it to f off after your first round of updates where they make you try and install and put on your Microsoft account again take your working gaming experience to the next level with the ViewSonic xg340c 2K Ultra wide high-end display the xg340c2k 34 inch 100 Hertz Ultra wide monitor features HDMI 2.1 AMD freesync premium Pro a 1000r curved screen Visa display HDR 400 and one millisecond response time for the ultimate immersive gaming experience and take control of multiple devices with KVM support while also taking full control of your display via the elite display controller to see the full list of specs and features follow the sponsored Link in the description below alright so a couple of prerequisites with this like I said this is Windows 11. I don't know if this workaround method that I'm going to show works with Windows 10 or not um also too you know there's a few things you have to do to prepare for getting this working I also did a video recently I don't think it's out yet which is like an updated 2023 edition of what to do after building your Tower where we use the height y60 build that I utilized to show you guys how to get everything up and running how to do drivers up to date how to get your bios up to date all that sort of stuff the kind of things that a new Builder would probably not be too familiar with to get you 100 up and ready to go and start playing your games embedded in that video is what I'm about to show you here but I figured a standalone video for this would be important because I want as many people as possible to not have to deal with Microsoft and their their bullying tactics regarding forcing you to open an account for something that you've already paid for a license for theoretically so here's a Windows install page looks very similar obviously we're off of a bootable ISO this is so side note what we tend to do with our isos is we don't use the one that just comes with our install Kit case whatever from Best Buy we use the same one in all of our builds we usually will go and download the latest installer isos to get us farther ahead in the update process that way we're not sitting there um with five million hours worth of updates because we're so far behind the downside about that is when you go and grab a later ISO that's when you also are grabbing the fixes that work you around on this sort of stuff so kind of keep that in mind anyway moving forward we're going to hit next we're going to hit install now this particular drive already has a Windows ISO or install on it but we're going to just be overriding it with a brand new install remember I said um we're not going to talk about putting in a key right now this is part of the workaround I haven't tried it by putting in a key but we are going to go ahead and just do this method it's worked so far and we're going to keep going with this we're going to click I don't have a product key this is we're going to tell what version of Windows Windows that you're installing now the key that I do have is a Windows 11 home so that's just the one I'm going to put in right now we're going to hit custom install because we're installing a brand new system here and these are all the partitions so side note here you if you have a brand new system you're not going to see these partitions I'm just going to quickly delete these partitions because these are part of recovery drives and windows partitions it sets up at the time of install there we go we just have our single drive right there so I just basically destroyed our Windows install which is perfectly fine so we're going to click that and we're going to hit next and what it's going to do now it's going to copy all of your windows files from the disk onto the SSD because it's a much safer install environment than trying to rely on just the USB disk or USB drive not to mention it would be extremely slow to install off of the USB so once these files are copied over it'll do a restart during that restart we're going to pull this drive out that way it doesn't boot back to it because depending on your bio settings it could just re I've seen people complain that like after it copies its files I just get the first screen again and it just keeps looping that's because your system for whatever reason it continues to boot off of the USB rather than changing itself to the new installer Drive which the UEFI bios is supposed to be able to do automatically knowing it's a new windows install because of the fact that we don't want to take a chance of just looping we're going to do it ourselves so as soon as the screen turns black we're going to pull it out now we're going to get is the windows installer and steps first and foremost I should have also mentioned don't plug in your ethernet because ethernet knows you're connected to the internet wireless it doesn't necessarily know but we have to trick the thing now it's like connected to a network you notice there's nowhere here where you can say I don't have internet there's no way you can do that and that's what's weird because here's the thing just because it sees wireless networks doesn't mean any of them are mine so how are you supposed to get past this part right here and this is the part that I think is just completely bold there's no work around right here well the old workaround used to be shift F10 which would bring up the command prompt you could run task MGR which brings up task manager which you could then hit more details go to processes find network connection flow right here right click and task well that one worked which got us past the internet step but it's not going to get us past the Microsoft step or did it so we're now going to operate on the assumption that that workaround didn't work which is the case for if you have an installer pass when they patch that we're still going to go ahead and hit shift F10 and but we're going to type oobe for out of box experience backsplash backsplash backslash I can never say that bypass nro this is basically as if you had had a new user basically using the computer so sis use this quite often they'll build a system they'll use like a um an ISO or something like an image of a drive get everything installed get all the software and stuff and everything set up on the desktop get all the drivers what not going and then by using this command means the first time you boot the system it's like you're the first person that's ever booted it and you put in all your information so this allows us to do this without having to put in any of our information the downside is like I've already said in this video the first time you do updates or connect to the internet in your next restart it'll more than likely prompt you for your Microsoft account again and that's the most important part to show you how to get around that one and the workaround is actually quite stupid and simple and I feel like Microsoft almost tried to hide it nzxt's build is a quick and easy way to get a new gaming computer build a gaming PC on your budget using the built-in configurator and see exactly how your favorite games will perform want to build your own PC but still have the NZXT piece of Mind warranty then the new BLD build it yourself kit has what you want buy it and build it yourself and NZXT has you covered to get started configuring or building your next gaming PC visit the build Link in the description below so once you boot back up after you do the out of box experience command you're going to see the same screens the difference is now the I don't have internet button shows up and that was not there the first time I don't know why that's never that's not there from the start clearly it's baked into the installer but now you can see you can click I don't have internet now it will let you continue with limited setup which is trying to scare you it's trying to make you think oh if you don't sign into Microsoft you won't get the whole operating system that you paid for oh yes you will they just won't get the data they're hoping you paid to give them so we call this we're gonna uncheck all the stupid spyware boxes and I said this in my previous video I'm waiting for the day when they reverse the language where basically you're when you toggle off you're saying yes do this which I think could probably be considered as Stevie and probably be sued for but I that doesn't stop Microsoft so there we are we're at the desktop and so far we haven't put in a Microsoft account now you might think you're in the clear but as soon as you connect to the internet and then you restart your system it's going to trigger you for it okay so it didn't prompt us on just the restart so here we go update time as you can see there's a few this is an old updater and I'm gonna do the cumulative update I have a feeling it's the cumulative update that actually triggers it not the the security update unfortunately and for this video it's not prompting me to install or log into a Microsoft account after updates and stuff it might do it for you it's very inconsistent when it's doing it but at some point it might recognize hey you're not logged into Microsoft account login all you need to do control shift Escape more details processes and what I notice when I was see I was trying to shut it down just like we would shut down with the out-of-box experience or the task manager with the network connection flow and what I noticed when I was looking through anything that said like Microsoft account login et cetera Etc you know trying to find a process to shut down I noticed up here under apps there were three instances of search running and I was like this is a search window up and when I right clicked end task on the search then the prompt went away so I can't demonstrate that for you on this one sucks because it's only happened once so far in like the half a dozen times I've tried to to recreate this situation so I could show you guys on camera but I can tell you right now it that that's the workaround and then it hasn't popped up again after closing down the application so I might do it again on a major update but that's all you would need to do right click or control shift Escape processes apps search right click and task and then it will go away so there you go there's your workaround uh on how to just install Windows without having to be installed or logged into a Microsoft account this is probably going to break again at some point when it does you can guarantee we'll make another one on how to keep working around it alright guys thanks for watching and as always we'll see in the next oneso a while back maybe a couple years ago now I showed you guys a video on how to bypass needing a Microsoft account to install Windows 10 when they started making that a requirement uh as always a lot of the comments basically said Jay this is only gonna work for a little while it's gonna stop working Microsoft always patches these kinds of videos or patches these kinds of bypass slash workarounds because of videos like this and I vowed that as workarounds continue to become available I will continue making videos like this because screw Microsoft and them requiring you to have a Microsoft account so today we're going to show you how to install Windows 11 which is the latest ISO people would basically be installing from for the most part uh how to bypass the install requiring both a CD key or a install key a Microsoft account and how to tell it to f off after your first round of updates where they make you try and install and put on your Microsoft account again take your working gaming experience to the next level with the ViewSonic xg340c 2K Ultra wide high-end display the xg340c2k 34 inch 100 Hertz Ultra wide monitor features HDMI 2.1 AMD freesync premium Pro a 1000r curved screen Visa display HDR 400 and one millisecond response time for the ultimate immersive gaming experience and take control of multiple devices with KVM support while also taking full control of your display via the elite display controller to see the full list of specs and features follow the sponsored Link in the description below alright so a couple of prerequisites with this like I said this is Windows 11. I don't know if this workaround method that I'm going to show works with Windows 10 or not um also too you know there's a few things you have to do to prepare for getting this working I also did a video recently I don't think it's out yet which is like an updated 2023 edition of what to do after building your Tower where we use the height y60 build that I utilized to show you guys how to get everything up and running how to do drivers up to date how to get your bios up to date all that sort of stuff the kind of things that a new Builder would probably not be too familiar with to get you 100 up and ready to go and start playing your games embedded in that video is what I'm about to show you here but I figured a standalone video for this would be important because I want as many people as possible to not have to deal with Microsoft and their their bullying tactics regarding forcing you to open an account for something that you've already paid for a license for theoretically so here's a Windows install page looks very similar obviously we're off of a bootable ISO this is so side note what we tend to do with our isos is we don't use the one that just comes with our install Kit case whatever from Best Buy we use the same one in all of our builds we usually will go and download the latest installer isos to get us farther ahead in the update process that way we're not sitting there um with five million hours worth of updates because we're so far behind the downside about that is when you go and grab a later ISO that's when you also are grabbing the fixes that work you around on this sort of stuff so kind of keep that in mind anyway moving forward we're going to hit next we're going to hit install now this particular drive already has a Windows ISO or install on it but we're going to just be overriding it with a brand new install remember I said um we're not going to talk about putting in a key right now this is part of the workaround I haven't tried it by putting in a key but we are going to go ahead and just do this method it's worked so far and we're going to keep going with this we're going to click I don't have a product key this is we're going to tell what version of Windows Windows that you're installing now the key that I do have is a Windows 11 home so that's just the one I'm going to put in right now we're going to hit custom install because we're installing a brand new system here and these are all the partitions so side note here you if you have a brand new system you're not going to see these partitions I'm just going to quickly delete these partitions because these are part of recovery drives and windows partitions it sets up at the time of install there we go we just have our single drive right there so I just basically destroyed our Windows install which is perfectly fine so we're going to click that and we're going to hit next and what it's going to do now it's going to copy all of your windows files from the disk onto the SSD because it's a much safer install environment than trying to rely on just the USB disk or USB drive not to mention it would be extremely slow to install off of the USB so once these files are copied over it'll do a restart during that restart we're going to pull this drive out that way it doesn't boot back to it because depending on your bio settings it could just re I've seen people complain that like after it copies its files I just get the first screen again and it just keeps looping that's because your system for whatever reason it continues to boot off of the USB rather than changing itself to the new installer Drive which the UEFI bios is supposed to be able to do automatically knowing it's a new windows install because of the fact that we don't want to take a chance of just looping we're going to do it ourselves so as soon as the screen turns black we're going to pull it out now we're going to get is the windows installer and steps first and foremost I should have also mentioned don't plug in your ethernet because ethernet knows you're connected to the internet wireless it doesn't necessarily know but we have to trick the thing now it's like connected to a network you notice there's nowhere here where you can say I don't have internet there's no way you can do that and that's what's weird because here's the thing just because it sees wireless networks doesn't mean any of them are mine so how are you supposed to get past this part right here and this is the part that I think is just completely bold there's no work around right here well the old workaround used to be shift F10 which would bring up the command prompt you could run task MGR which brings up task manager which you could then hit more details go to processes find network connection flow right here right click and task well that one worked which got us past the internet step but it's not going to get us past the Microsoft step or did it so we're now going to operate on the assumption that that workaround didn't work which is the case for if you have an installer pass when they patch that we're still going to go ahead and hit shift F10 and but we're going to type oobe for out of box experience backsplash backsplash backslash I can never say that bypass nro this is basically as if you had had a new user basically using the computer so sis use this quite often they'll build a system they'll use like a um an ISO or something like an image of a drive get everything installed get all the software and stuff and everything set up on the desktop get all the drivers what not going and then by using this command means the first time you boot the system it's like you're the first person that's ever booted it and you put in all your information so this allows us to do this without having to put in any of our information the downside is like I've already said in this video the first time you do updates or connect to the internet in your next restart it'll more than likely prompt you for your Microsoft account again and that's the most important part to show you how to get around that one and the workaround is actually quite stupid and simple and I feel like Microsoft almost tried to hide it nzxt's build is a quick and easy way to get a new gaming computer build a gaming PC on your budget using the built-in configurator and see exactly how your favorite games will perform want to build your own PC but still have the NZXT piece of Mind warranty then the new BLD build it yourself kit has what you want buy it and build it yourself and NZXT has you covered to get started configuring or building your next gaming PC visit the build Link in the description below so once you boot back up after you do the out of box experience command you're going to see the same screens the difference is now the I don't have internet button shows up and that was not there the first time I don't know why that's never that's not there from the start clearly it's baked into the installer but now you can see you can click I don't have internet now it will let you continue with limited setup which is trying to scare you it's trying to make you think oh if you don't sign into Microsoft you won't get the whole operating system that you paid for oh yes you will they just won't get the data they're hoping you paid to give them so we call this we're gonna uncheck all the stupid spyware boxes and I said this in my previous video I'm waiting for the day when they reverse the language where basically you're when you toggle off you're saying yes do this which I think could probably be considered as Stevie and probably be sued for but I that doesn't stop Microsoft so there we are we're at the desktop and so far we haven't put in a Microsoft account now you might think you're in the clear but as soon as you connect to the internet and then you restart your system it's going to trigger you for it okay so it didn't prompt us on just the restart so here we go update time as you can see there's a few this is an old updater and I'm gonna do the cumulative update I have a feeling it's the cumulative update that actually triggers it not the the security update unfortunately and for this video it's not prompting me to install or log into a Microsoft account after updates and stuff it might do it for you it's very inconsistent when it's doing it but at some point it might recognize hey you're not logged into Microsoft account login all you need to do control shift Escape more details processes and what I notice when I was see I was trying to shut it down just like we would shut down with the out-of-box experience or the task manager with the network connection flow and what I noticed when I was looking through anything that said like Microsoft account login et cetera Etc you know trying to find a process to shut down I noticed up here under apps there were three instances of search running and I was like this is a search window up and when I right clicked end task on the search then the prompt went away so I can't demonstrate that for you on this one sucks because it's only happened once so far in like the half a dozen times I've tried to to recreate this situation so I could show you guys on camera but I can tell you right now it that that's the workaround and then it hasn't popped up again after closing down the application so I might do it again on a major update but that's all you would need to do right click or control shift Escape processes apps search right click and task and then it will go away so there you go there's your workaround uh on how to just install Windows without having to be installed or logged into a Microsoft account this is probably going to break again at some point when it does you can guarantee we'll make another one on how to keep working around it alright guys thanks for watching and as always we'll see in the next one\n"