Solved install windows 11 with a local account instead of a microsoft account

It is actually faster because as already mentioned you can type the command at the first screen (choose your region). You don't have to answer all the screens up to the network screen since after restart they will start again from choosing your region. And yes, you must be disconnected from the internet both for an actual computer and a virtual machine for any methods to work.

spapakons said:

It is actually faster because as already mentioned you can type the command at the first screen (choose your region). You don't have to answer all the screens up to the network screen since after restart they will start again from choosing your region. And yes, you must be disconnected from the internet both for an actual computer and a virtual machine for any methods to work.

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You don't need to be disconnected from the Internet if you just enter a for the account and password. I do that all the time while connected.

Update: Tested. It takes more time, and is less convenient (for me), than staying connected to the Internet and entering a (or whatever letter you like) at the initial account and password prompts.

The only reason I would use oobe\bypassnro is a scenario where I want to build from a specific ISO and NOT let Windows apply any updates. I did that recently where I built the original Windows 11 22000.194 to confirm that "Also apply this template to all subfolders" did indeed work when Windows 11 was first released.

What do you mean it takes more time to use the oobe\bypassnro command? You are doing it wrong. As I said you don't have to reply to all screens until the network screen to use the command. At the very first screen (choose your region) press SHIFT+F10 to open a Command Prompt and execute the command. The computer will restart to the first screen (choose your region). Now reply to all the screens and at the network screen click the blue text "I don't have an internet connection" to allow you to create a local account. Of course this won't work if you are connected to the internet. The connection is detected and you go directly to the screen were you create a Microsoft account. Yes, you can just use a fake email and password to bypass it, but it beats the purpose of using the command. In 23H2 the blue text "I don't have an internet connection" is hidden to force the users connect to the internet and create a Microsoft account. The command unhides this option and restarts the computer to take effect.

spapakons said:

What do you mean it takes more time to use the oobe\bypassnro command? You are doing it wrong.

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I didn't "do it wrong", but I am mistaken about it taking longer.

I ran through it again and timed it. My test build took 10:30 with the network enabled and entering a for the account and password. It took 9:40 using oobe\bypassnro with the network disabled. Apparently I perceived it to take longer because it was more hands-on (i.e. disabling and then later enabling the network and entering an extra command). The number of clicks and keystrokes was similar. About 13 clicks with the network enabled and about 9 clicks plus typing a 14 character command with the network disabled. In my case there was also 7 clicks x 2 to disable and enable my ethernet and WIFI adapters.

For me, it's more convenient to leave the network enabled and enter a for the account and password, but it's good to know about the oobe\bypassnro method just in case the other method fails.

For a non-technical user, it's easier for them to use Rufus' option to implement BypassRNO on the USB drive. All it does is create an unattended file, which performs the same "reg add" command as the OOBE script.