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Windows 11 no longer allows installing with a local account with a wrong email

Microsoft has removed a secret option in Windows 11 that allowed you to create a local account when installing the OS using a non-existent Microsoft Account's email. Previously, you could enter a random email address like a@a.ru, 1@1.11, and so on, specify a random password, dismiss the error, and then create a local account when installing Windows 11. But Microsoft no longer allows that.

It is no longer possible to create a local account using this scheme in new versions of Windows 11. The setup program shows an error message and falls into the credential prompt loop until you provide a correct email/password for the Microsoft Account.

Microsoft is sequentially eliminates the earlier available methods to install the OS with a local account. First, disconnecting the Internet was fine enough to get the task done, but this method is no longer available. Now, the email trick won't help too.

So, currently you should use the oobe\bypassnro method to unlock the local account option.

Install Windows 11 without Internet

As you may already know,  it is a command that you should execute in OOBE after pressing Shift + F10 to access the console. You'll find all the details in this guide.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

2 thoughts on “Windows 11 no longer allows installing with a local account with a wrong email”

  1. If you cannot have a local account, then you cannot use your P.C. offline. I own my P.C. – not Microsoft. It’s like, if you don’t use our brand of petrol/diesel, then your car/truck won’t start !!! –

  2. It must be possible to install offline, and without an MS account. I’ll take an example on one of my computers, I have an Intel NUC 13 and there are no Windows network drivers at all from the Windows ISO for the network adapters. Everything has to be installed afterwards. I know you can install drivers when you install the OS, but it’s much more fiddly.

    Luckily, there are still tricks to installing Windows without an MS account. However, the question is for how long?

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