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Basically when I go to setup, it takes me to where pick a country, pick the keyboard layout, then it's "Let's Connect You To A Network" and it sees all the local wireless options from my neighbors and myself. At that point, I try to hit Shift + F10 and the command prompt doesn't come up.

Unless I'm hitting the keys wrong, is there anyway to bring up that command prompt?

EDIT: Never mind. I had to re-boot twice and then was able to bring it up the third time. Typed the OOBE\BYPASSNRO commands into the command prompt and was able to get past the wireless key requirements. I don't know what happened but it worked this third time. I will still have to reinstall Office at some point and from there it's going to demand an email account to register that. So either way, they're gonna get ya, anyway.
 
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You are pressing correct keys why Command Prompt will not open i have no clue.
 

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cheaterslick said:
At that point, I try to hit Shift + F10 and the command prompt doesn't come up.

Unless I'm hitting the keys wrong, is there anyway to bring up that command prompt?

EDIT: Never mind. I had to re-boot twice and then was able to bring it up the third time.
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Only of academic interest now, but it is possible that the command prompt did come up, but was hidden behind the OOBE screen asking to connect to a network (perhaps an inadvertent tap on the OOBE screen had brought it to the front). If so, then Alt+Tab should have brought the command prompt to the front.
 

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FreeBooter said:
You are pressing correct keys why Command Prompt will not open i have no clue.
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See above. I also had the Fn key enabled when I rebooted the third time. I think that's what was also happening.

Even if you unplug the ethernet cable, the wireless network adapter is still active (even after you've reset the machine) and will try to connect to one of those if you have the wireless key. How convenient. You can't get away from it. MS is determined to get your email tracker and information.

I will mark this as solved.
 

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You can always create local account from Settings app or turn your account to Local account.

In this video, i will show you how to switch to a local account from a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows 11 with instead.

 

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Erica6
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Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
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I forget you can also create bootable Windows 11 using Rufus which have option to create local account.
 

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Windows 11
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PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard
Erica6
Memory
Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Sound Card
Realtek ALC671
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
I appreciate all ya'll's help. Thanks!
 

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    Memory
    32GB

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Pro (OS Build 262000.9711)Intel Core Ultra 764GBIntel Integrated Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Pro (OS Build 262000.9711)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Pro 14 - PC14250
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 7
    Memory
    64GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Integrated Graphics
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk PC_SN500S NVMe 1TB
    Browser
    Firefox, Brave
    Antivirus
    ESET
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