Political relevance be damned, anyway…
You can press SHIFT+F10 keys to open Command Prompt.
Execute OOBE\BYPASSNRO command then.
After this, setup will reboot the computer and after reboot, you’ll get a new option I don’t have Internet or Continue with limited setup to skip the Internet requirement.
This helps me remember:
OOBE - Out-Of-Box Experience
NRO - Network Restriction OfflineYou don’t even have to do all that. Just do the install offline.
Oh Sweet Win10 Child
(Should we tell them? I mean… about the horrors of Win11?)
I set up win11 like 3 weeks ago with just not connecting it to the internet
Not true. Without the workaround, they make it impossible to move forward with installation without a network connection.
Also, make sure the network isn’t plugged in. If Windows detects a connection you have to start all over.
I did this when installing Windows 11 for a friend, was also my first experience installing Windows 11 as well. Having to open a command line during the installation process really nullifies the “Windows easy” and “linux hard” stereotype.
Thats the thing, you dont HAVE to install without a MS account. That is your choice.
Most people don’t care and create an MS account anyway. And they don’t have to use any command line.
Also a single command line still does not compare to Linux.
Nothing is nullified
Not to be terribly, terribly pedantic but it’s a setup wizard, not an installer, so your comparison kind of falls flat on it’s face.
It’s not “your choice” if you have to hack the installer to do it, something 99.99% of people wouldn’t even understand if you tried to explain if to them.
Also a single command line does not compare to Linux
Outside of l33t h4kzors distros like Arch, Linux OS installers have not required any command line invocation for at least two decades. Just enter your username, wifi info, etc and click next until it’s done.
Ubuntu installer is like 4 clicks.
And it boots to a fully updated install if you connect to the network in the wizard, unlike Windows which might take as much as a full business day to update itself depending on the age of the install medium
Same for Linux Mint I guess
Yes you do have to live in capitalist hellscape too, asshat. Maybe you should have thought about that a little sooner. >:(
One of the biggest capitalist complaining about capitalism
Broken clock.
This supposed genius still uses Windows?
Probably is just abusing his power and platform to move public opinion in the direction he wants. Looking at the rest of this thread, most of us took the bait.
linux isnt popular enough for him to claim to be an expert on it
Also the Linux people would’ve destroyed him
And then he would have cried like a little bitch and go to GNU and tell them he is going to buy Linux for a jillion dollars and then get Pikachu face when he finds out that he can’t control the kernel.
I would like to see that play out
He deserves it
For anyone reading this that has to install Windows, when you get to the point where it asks you to log into a Microsoft account, hit shift+F10, type oobe\bypassnro into the command prompt and after it reboots select “I don’t have an account”…
I would still maintain that Linux is a better option though.
I don’t think it’s that simple anymore, I had to disconnect from the internet and other shenanigans
Yeah but with Linux you have to open up a terminal and input cryptic commands someone on the internet gave you in order to stop the distro from spying on you… /s
in order to stop the distro from spying on you…
This is where you lost me. Literally no one thinks this. Even the most anti-Linux folks on the planet don’t pretend Linux spies on you more than Microsoft…
Wasn’t that method patched out of the installer?
No. Still needed in smaller business environments if you’re onboarding a new machine.
o7 to those who can’t get it from massgrave.dev ig, at least I’m glad I was mistaken
Nope, it still there
If only someone would reply to him with the screen Twitter displays when you try to read a post while not signed in…
Is this real? I’m having a hard time believing he posted this.
I couldn’t believe it either at first, so I started looking for the actual post…
There you go buddy: https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1761835728000954654It is.
“Real” is debatable, like anything about that asshole, but posted indeed.
These days I’m wondering if reality is real, so…
I guess when you’re a head of state you gotta be careful about what goes on your devices.
So now he’s busy dismantling what little consumer protections are left in the US. Makes so much sense.
I switched to Linux Mint a few weeks ago and it was eye-opening
the world’s richest man, de facto president, head of the tech oligarchy, is complaining about corporations irritating him.
If only there was a sort of consumer protection bureau of some sort. To regulate these types of things…
Folks, this was a year ago.
WHO THE FUCK SAYS “PC LAPTOP”??
Did he type that from his laptop phone? Maybe speech-to-text from his cell phone smartwatch?
I might be dumb. PC vs Mac is a common way to differentiate. Laptop vs stationary is a common way to differentiate. Isn’t “PC Laptop” a pretty descriptive and non-overlapping way to unambinguiusly distinguish the item?
It’s mostly a marketing gimmick, same as people who say “tablet or iPad”.
In this case in particular is complaining about windows, it would be a stretch to think it’s an apple computer.
People who know about Mac laptops.
In that case it would be a Windows laptop. PC stands for Personal Computer. It has nothing to do with the OS.
PC absolutely has to do with the OS in certain contexts. Do you not remember the “Hi, I’m a Mac.” “And I’m a PC.” Line of commercials?
Example of the usage: https://www.computerworld.com/article/1568544/mac-vs-pc-cost-analysis-how-does-it-all-add-up.html
This is because long ago there was the Apple Macintosh and the IBM Personal Computer. So things that were “PC compatible” were not Macs. So the term got applied to Windows stuff. It’s not used very much now, but that article is from 2007.
So while it’s correct terminology to say Windows are PCs and Macs aren’t, it’s pretty outdated and another example of his failure to be recent on tech trends. I don’t think I’ve used the term PC to mean Windows since 2020 at least. Probably longer.
I do remember those ads but I did not know about the IBM Personal Computer distinction, to be honest. Thanks for the added context!
The Mac vs PC ads back in the day influenced language a bit
If you want to eat up Apple’s marketing then yeah.
A good chunk of the population did.
Even if that were true, does that mean that we should all accept it and drink the Apple Kool-Aid? A PC was, is and will always be a Personal Computer.
Kinda? Whether you like it not that’s just how society functions. You either acknowledge what society decides or you end up becoming the guy who argues that drawing swastikas doesn’t make you a nazi because it’s a symbol of luck.
And if you want to go down the rabbit hole of “PC is personal computer” good luck defining what a computer is without defaulting to what society thinks a computer is, because technically your phone is a computer that is for your personal use. Your phone is a PC. In a sense so is your TV and your gaming console and the steam deck and possibly even your fridge. Maybe even your car.
Save yourself the headache and use PC as you understand it while accepting that others have a different meaning for PC.
Ah yes, I love the Microsoft Personal Computer 11
He needs to dumb it down for his followers
Yeah, those xAI bots aren’t yet at the same level as ChatGPT
Fuck, even more garbage into out AI garbage dump.
