Solved Install Windows 11 Home using Local Account

Bree · Aug 20, 2021

Superfly said:
Interesting as well is that rounded windows is personalisation/theme dependant which in turn is activation dependant.

I don't get rounded corners in a Hyper-V VM, whether activated or not. It seems to require a supported graphics driver, the one in Hyper-V does not support it. I only see rounded corners on my physical installs.

Superfly · Aug 20, 2021

Bree said:
I don't get rounded corners in a Hyper-V VM, whether activated or not. It seems to require a supported graphics driver, the one in Hyper-V does not support it. I only see rounded corners on my physical installs.

Okey dokey then, thanx :wink:

BTW I don't get enhanced mode with this install- read somewhere it's due to the guest being Home.. odd or am I missing something?

Bree · Aug 20, 2021

Superfly said:
BTW I don't get enhanced mode with this install- read somewhere it's due to the guest being Home.

That is correct. Only a Pro guest can use enhanced mode as it requires the guest to support an incoming Remote Desktop Connection.

unifex · Aug 30, 2021

Kari said:
That doesn't work anymore with Windows 11 HOME edition, as @Bree told above. You cannot get through OOBE without Internet connection.

Kari

Just another reason not to use the Home edition. If they remove the ability to install while unplugged from other editions (which I don't think they will do since enterprise IT admins may have their own requirements), I'll just move on to something else. I maintain that a PC has to function without the internet and that includes software installation.

kiwicola · Sep 8, 2021

hello, Kari, @Kari

I tried to modify unattend.xml to skip OOBE with windows 11 preload, it works with windows 10 but failed with win11, I cannot change language with HomeSingleLanguage SKU, after skip OOBE with amended unattend.xml, the input locale changed but system language still stay on US, only with HomeSL sku.. here's my code in unattend:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>tr-TR;en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>tr-TR</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>tr-TR</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>tr-TR</UserLocale>
</component>

any suggestion how to fix this? many thanks

Kari · Sep 9, 2021

kiwicola said:
hello, Kari, @Kari
I tried to modify unattend.xml to skip OOBE with windows 11 preload, it works with windows 10 but failed with win11, I cannot change language with HomeSingleLanguage SKU, after skip OOBE with amended unattend.xml, the input locale changed but system language still stay on US, only with HomeSL sku..

You cannot change the language in Single Language editions. I cannot understand how, if I understand you correctly, you managed to do it in Windows 10. Single Language edition really is for a specifi language, single language.

Your answer file shows, that you would like the language to be Turkish. Only valid, supported option is to install Windows 11 from Windows 11 Turkish install media.

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lexster · Oct 3, 2021

unifex said:
I maintain that a PC has to function without the internet and that includes software installation.

100% agree.

Bree · Oct 4, 2021

Kari said:
The information we have at the moment is, that Windows 11 Home edition cannot be installed using local account. A Microsoft Account, as far as we know it, will be obligatory.

The MCT for Windows 11 has just become available from Microsoft.

I have used it to build an ESD ISO. The build it contains is 22000.194. I have used this ISO to test if it is still possible to install Window 11 Home with only a local account.

There is no possible way I can find to install Home without connecting to the internet, so you have to remain connected until it has finished the 'checking for updates' stage. When you get to the 'Let's add your Microsoft account' page you can disconnect from the internet.

You can now click the 'back' arrow at the top left to go to the offline account page.

So using the current MCT media it's still appears to be possible to install Windows 11 Home with only a local account.

Smithee · Nov 18, 2021

This may be a dumb follow-up question, but I've got a brand new PC to set up which came with W11 Home preinstalled. When I do the initial startup out of the box, I'd like to set up a local account with administrator privileges. I don't currently have a Microsoft account, and I'd rather not create one. And since it's a new PC, there won't be any existing Admin-level accounts on it. If I'm able to use one of the methods above to install Win 11 with a local account, will that local account have administrator privileges, or just standard user privileges? If the local account is created as just a standard user account, how can I elevate it to an admin account since I won't have any existing admin accounts with the authority to do that?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can clear this up for me. It's been an embarrassingly long time since I've configured a new PC/OS.

cereberus · Nov 18, 2021

It will be an admin account. It is irrelevant if local or MS account.

Bree · Nov 18, 2021

Smithee said:
since it's a new PC, there won't be any existing Admin-level accounts on it. If I'm able to use one of the methods above to install Win 11 with a local account, will that local account have administrator privileges, or just standard user privileges?

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When you turn on the PC for the first time you will run the Out of Box Experience (OoBE) to configure the PC, it is this that creates your first account on the PC. Yes, the initial account you create this way will always be an administrator, whether it is a local account or a Microsoft account.

Microsoft do not make it easy to use a local account as your first account in Home. In Pro both the option to continue without a connection and the option to create an offline (ie local) account are present, but in Home they are hidden/missing. But you can do so in Home if you bypass the requirement to connect to the internet. See Step 16 in this tutorial.

If installing a Windows 11 Home edition and you currently do not have an Internet connection available, press the Shift + F10 keys to open a command prompt. Copy and paste the taskkill /F /IM oobenetworkconnectionflow.exe command into the command prompt, and press Enter. Close the command prompt, and continue at step 21D to set up a local account.

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Smithee · Nov 19, 2021

Great, thanks for the quick and informative replies!

TheMystic · Nov 19, 2021

Smithee said:
This may be a dumb follow-up question, but I've got a brand new PC to set up which came with W11 Home preinstalled. When I do the initial startup out of the box, I'd like to set up a local account with administrator privileges. I don't currently have a Microsoft account, and I'd rather not create one. And since it's a new PC, there won't be any existing Admin-level accounts on it. If I'm able to use one of the methods above to install Win 11 with a local account, will that local account have administrator privileges, or just standard user privileges? If the local account is created as just a standard user account, how can I elevate it to an admin account since I won't have any existing admin accounts with the authority to do that?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can clear this up for me. It's been an embarrassingly long time since I've configured a new PC/OS.

There is a much simpler process to do this (use either of the following two methods):

1. Just type a non-Microsoft account (like xyz@gmail.com) during setup. Use a fake email for this purpose. Setup will automatically prompt to create a local admin account for you with a user name of your choice. Tested and confirmed.

2. Someone said pressing the back button (on top left) in the setup screen prompts to continue setup with a local account instead.

Disconnecting WiFi too is NOT necessary.

Hazel123 · Nov 20, 2021

Kari said:
That was of course the first test I made:

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Kari

I was wondering about that too. So what happens if you have no internet? Will it just not install? Actually I think I know that already as I couldn’t install in one machine when my wifi wasn’t recognised and had to use mobile wifi.