what do you mean anymore?

once they did they always do
just download the correct ones from the laptop mfg for win 10, save them somewhere on the drive and turn off windows driver and bios updates

Been using it for years, never had a single problem, 24H2 LTSC right now though and won't be moving from it.

Forced account sign in means you are not educated enough to get around it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg09x1suBWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t566AAAi0Aw

Been using Win 11 on a local account since it first came out a few years ago. It’s not Win 11 that’s the problem …

Originally posted by aaa:

I just reinstalled win 11 for my cousin laptop because their drivers don't support wins 10 anymore. And i was dizzy by the forced microsoft account is required to use the laptop. They have updated to have users have less options to opt out of forced account usage either way.
It sucks and I don't want to remember and have internet just to use my pc. Don't update it sucks

The password for my Windows account that I login on daily is one password I will always remember.

Also you don't need to have internet on to use your PC. You can be offline as long as you want.

Originally posted by SlowClick:

Been using Win 11 on a local account since it first came out a few years ago. It’s not Win 11 that’s the problem …

Didn't Microsoft close the loopholes that allowed people to create local accounts without having to ♥♥♥♥ with the ISO using whatever external software?

Bit out of the loop here.

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Originally posted by SlowClick:

Been using Win 11 on a local account since it first came out a few years ago. It’s not Win 11 that’s the problem …

Didn't Microsoft close the loopholes that allowed people to create local accounts without having to ♥♥♥♥ with the ISO using whatever external software?

Bit out of the loop here.

Funnily enough I just recently ran the Windows 11 ISO through Rufus and it does still give the option to modify the install to skip Secure Boot, TPM and minimum RAM requirements, or to enable a local account instead. Upon doing so after already formatting it once without, the setup.exe changed visually, so I have to assume that it still does something with the former.

As I have a digital license tied to my account, I didn't see much of a point in enforcing that though. When I got far enough into the installation it still asked for my MS credentials without an obvious way around it at the time.

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Originally posted by SlowClick:

Been using Win 11 on a local account since it first came out a few years ago. It’s not Win 11 that’s the problem …

Didn't Microsoft close the loopholes that allowed people to create local accounts without having to ♥♥♥♥ with the ISO using whatever external software?

Bit out of the loop here.

25h2 still allows it

You can also say your from an EU country when it asks you what country you are from. This allows you to remove stuff people outside those countries can't easily uninstall and might give a bit of extra privacy?

Obviously. Why do you think so many users are leaving Windows?

I left windows 11 almost a year and a half ago and couldn't be happier. so 2024 was "the year of the linux desktop" for me.

been running it for a year or so with 'no' account .. no problems at all, has been stable and runs clean ..

I use Linux mint as long as the game doesn't have a unsupported anti cheat the game will work

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Obviously. Why do you think so many users are leaving Windows?

In Steam stats windows 11 is gaining users.

Linux is most likely never going to get main stream. Even with the help of Valve.

Originally posted by Zefar:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Obviously. Why do you think so many users are leaving Windows?

In Steam stats windows 11 is gaining users.

Linux is most likely never going to get main stream. Even with the help of Valve.

Does not need to be mainstream... All it needs is a confy niche to fill and that's what I hope Valve will manage to create with their efforts.

As far as I am concerned, it is already the case. But, for "the average joe" there is still some efforts to be made.

guys i dont understand. I installed linux for two or three days. Just for looking my empty library and after install windows becouse my pc need me for games. Buuuuuuuuuut all my library available. Now i cant install win becouse pc for fine without it. It is not illusion? dont need windows any more longer?