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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by fmajid on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:03AM (#46043441)
Hasn't MS removed the option to create a local-only account in Win11 and is forcing everyone to sign up for a Microsoft account?
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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by pbmonster on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:32AM (#46043651)
They completely removed it from the installer GUI, yes.

But local-only Windows 11 still works with minimal interference. The most common ways are creating the install medium with Rufus (which has an option to create a local-only installation medium), or by manually dropping into the Windows Command Prompt during setup and running a single command ("ms-cxh:localonly")

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