Hi there - the no local account is easily installed for W11 versions other than HOME by simply disabling Internet until ist boot after everything set up. then re-enable Internet.
Dislikes :
1) Start menu but easily fixable via the Tutorials
2) default position of Windows keyboard key on the taskbar -- can be shifted to left also via settings etc
3) probably more aggro -- openssh-server doesn't install - fail via optional features -- OK that's always a possibility given this is a leaked "unofficial" build - but what is irritating is that Windows keeps every so often trying to re-install it - there doesn't seem any way to turn it off without disabling all updates.
4) Although probably not a W11 problem itself - Office 2019 on install gives the "License Nag screen" even when the same update level on W10 is perfect. Get around - method posted on W10 Forums.
5) Activation a bit of a muddle : - used my old Technet VL W7 Ultimate key -- after failing -- my fault as I had the wrong keyboard layout so key originally entered twice
6) Only available (at install time) for US English although keyboards and regional options available
7) display language etc is a bit of a hodgepot - again forgive this at the moment because this is still an "Unofficial leaked build"
8) on a real machine the iso doesn't give option of which version of Windows to install unless you do that old trick. On a VM you get all the choices. The iso I'm using has them all in there (W11 home, pro, Pro N, education, Workstations, enterprise etc)
Likes:
1) Installs super fast on a KVM/QEMU VM -- 7 mins from mounting the ISO , installing from scratch to up and running with Local user account and several apps installed. Approx 40GB virtual disk size used -- getting a bit short of space though after Photoshop, Office etc installed so I'll probably add another 20GB.
2) New icons seem OK to me - not too bothered but if a GUI wants to make itself look a bit snazzier why not
3)Networking works (finally for Windows !!!) straight out of the box with connectivity to Linux NAS, W7, W10 and XP machines - some of them VM's
4) on my system at least runs super fast and I'm nether using Graphics passthru or "Real Raw Disk" so using the paravirtualised Disk vio driver (qcow2 format), QXL vio video driver and virtual NICs (vio again) so I could speed this thing up a zillion times by optimising hardware with passthru to equate to almost bare metal.
5) stable enough - I haven't been able to break it yet -- !!!!
Note - assuming you have the correct iso you can get a choice of which version to install (Home, Pro, education etc) by the following trick :
Create a “ei.cfg” file containing the following text:
[EditionID]
Professional
[Channel]
Retail
save in the /sources file in your extracted iso , recreate the iso and install.
Cheers
jimbo
