Dennis D. It's not just the software companies. A lot of companies including Tech companies try to control the customers that buy their products. I have an LG OLED TV that has "voice assist" built into the remote control. But I can't use that feature, because I won't let LG spy on my TV usage. Sooo.. I paid for a feature that I can't use. Since the U.S. has the best Congress that money can buy. Nothing will be done about these unfair business practices... by the government any way.😢😠

Nothing about the MS account does anything about the telemetry. They are separate. I use an MS account (because it was required to get the Win 11 beta through Insider) and all it has done is benefit me. I dont have to ever worry about needing to buy Windows again unless i want to add another machine to my pool. My 3 keys can be tied to any machines i ike. I completely rebuilt my platform. All i had to do was de-auth the now decomissioned machine. I use this MS account for precisley nothing else (i dont use WIndows as a daiy driver).

Hmm wait. You have a KZfaq account so Google has your data. Guess what. Google uses much more of the information of their customers from phones, KZfaq meta and all other accounts.

Haha that would ruin american economy, there won't be anyone left except the crooked banks that lure you into beeing credit-slaves

@@aqulex84 may I add to this, when ever you click a thumbs up on a video that goes to them, then you get sent like wise videos. All software companies are about data collection. Out of Microsoft, apple and Google, I would say Google is the worst. With mobile phones and you have location enabled you may aswell be a chipped pet.

"Computers suck, I'm going to be a carpenter instead" absolute chad move

Back in the 90's my boss and I (both software+electrical engineers) used to just look at each other and say "Let's quit and go build decks!". We hung in for another 20 years and retired.

“Nerds keep fuckin shit up for no reason, I’m gonna go into the trades.” Chadly

Hearing that, I’m happy to be a dev that has more benefits when using Linux over Windows, without having these kind of headaches

Its actually sad how IT world keeps changing for the worse. In early 2000s I used to help people fix their PCs as a side job. But over time it became more and more complicated with effects being worse and worse. I fixed one part in a PC that just went out of warranty, and a week later another thing breaks. Things that took 1 hour, required 2 days of work, and no longer guaranteed to solve problems. The same happens to software. Its becoming worse and worse over time, requiring more resources and giving less features. At some point I decided that fixing it just makes no more sense.

its a great way to make money, make the customer pay for the data collection. Its a win-loose?!

Yep! Works like a charme. Or you use DISM to copy the setup files yourself, bcdboot to make it bootable and then copy your custom unattend xml file into \Windows\Panther and be done. :)

Noooo i've been using this for years dont tell anyone about this one microsoft will find out and patch it!!!

Do you happen to know how I COMPLETELY disable automatic driver updates via an unattended xml file?

I Yarred the garbage and it didnt ask me any of that BS.. I see no reason using official stuff when the point is not to give them your data or whatever. Also it wasnt for me, I am not foolish enough to beta-test this trash.

You can get through the out-of-box experience with OOBE\BypassNRO, then you can toggle the reminders under Settings > System > Notifications > [Uncheck] "Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device to get the most out of Windows." This is the prompt that Jay couldn't recreate reliably. Uncheck the other boxes, but that's another story.

They just keep shooting for the dirt.

It's not that they are hiding behind search. But one of search's "new and improved" function, is the ability to search within the MS account. Yeah don't get me started on that. But any who, when search is trying to index the computer and then it tries to index the MS account. When that fails, it triggers a prompt for the user to sign in. I always disable search's ability to return web results and never get the login request again.

This and a hundred other reasons is why i bought a macintosh computer, no more of these stupid problems

@@Elder-Sage ...so it isn't actually a conspiracy, but there's a legitimate reason even if people don't like that reason? lol

@@RyTrapp0 what is the reason, i wish i knew computers, i just want to ditch the ps4 and feel secure against agressive advertising and being spied on i'm prone to saying wildly inapropriate shit by modern standards.

Just use an account. Simple

​@@timsbird1971 yup, just use a dummy acc then remove it once done installing! 😂

If they'd become better competition, then sure. Linux isn't there yet in terms of software or API support. It's damning itself to be eternally niche.

@TheBcoolGuy This entrenchment environment really sucks and the cold reality is that unless users become significantly more educated, our options will be mac or windows forever. You definitely nailed it though. There is so little mainstream support to provide resources for alternatives. While the flexibility and control in a Linux environment is absolutely amazing, finding software can be like searching for the holy grail and god help you if you have never lived in cli, but I would recommend people exploring anyway. Who knows, maybe if enough people start investigating alternatives, we may one day escape the matrix.

If you're a pc gamer, there aren't much alternatives to Windows.

@@TheBcoolGuy after i have switched to linux for around 1.5-2 years ago? WHAT THE FLIP ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! is it just those trashy multiplayer games with kernel level "anti-cheat" that is triggering this response? cause i have only run into like 1 or two apps that i used to use on windows that doesn't work for me at all (that doesn't have alternatives) so imma need some fucking examples for this insanity + software companies aren't really going to move unless the userbase moves first but people are creating a stupid loop with but but all my software is on windows so i don't want to move!! and then doesn't even try to use alterantives... also the software will come to linux / mac / other os if we the users move the problem is stupid people that keeps using spyware just cause they are too damn fucking lazy to try and learn something new. (and no i didn't really ever use linux before 2ish years ago i only looked at it 1 or 2 times seeing i needed it for some server stuff but other than that never used it full time for desktop before) (from what i have experienced linux doesn't seem to have the missing "API" / software support people keep saying it has this isn't 2007 anymore people...) (not to say that there isn't things missing from linux in the software department there of course are things missing but it's fewer than what people seem to think)

@@hasp24 Really? other than trashy multiplayer games with that insane kernel level "anti-cheat" what games aren't running just fine on linux? (of course those with insane drm but but most of the time those aren't even worth playing anyway so you aren't missing anything as a pc gamer) cause i haven't gamed on windows for a while now and i haven't felt like i'm missing anything? so really why are you lying? (either lying or haven't used linux at all)

This is also the case on the logitech wireless keyboard + touchpad product line. My original one and my current gen model both have this "feature"

that is a odd key for f10 to be bound to also what is the point of the fn key? asking as i have one that is used for my key bored lights

Without my knowledge, my mother bought one of those $200 HP stream pieces of trash. I had to grab an old when does 11 iso where are the old workarounds were still viable in order to get around the Microsoft account thing. Shift + F 10 didn’t even give me the command prompt window before I used the old iso. I even tried, remapping the accessibility button to the command prompt, at which point it pretended that there were no other windows open, and would never mark any of them as active. I even tried using the Narrator screen reader, which will normally allow you to navigate to things unseen, yeah that didn’t work either. So I know they are patching out these work-arounds as fast as they can. Another work-around that is worth tryin: Enter any random email address looking username into the username field along with a password of your choosing, then once in the system, you have the option to switch to a local account and this is where you will need your fake email address and password. So far Microsoft doesn’t require you to verify the email address that you give them.

@@qvcybe As a lot of laptops, these days are used as consumption devices, a lot of the keys are given multimedia functions; It is similar to the ability of a signing the JKL; keys to a number pad. If the other functionality is not directly written on the keyboard, you might pull up a manual, since every manufacturer will be different.

@@Sonicstillpoint83 o i have a desktop i just was seeing as my keyboard has a fn key on it witch are used to just change the lights on my keyboard or a few other things with the lights XD

This is the way

Pretty awesome, thanks

@@digpan. 3.22.2009

I'm going to use Rufus to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Should be fine I guess since I have i7 quad core CPU, discrete graphics, 16GB RAM, and an SSD drive.

It’s the reason that we never stop learning, especially in the technology field.

What a nice comment

@@Sonicstillpoint83 💯 💯 💯

It doesn't go far enough. Better to use NTlite and make your own custom .ISO removing all the nonsense.

Also when you do sign in with a Microsoft account from the start the User folder will not use your entire name if its too long. mine will be Jeffr with a MS account. why it does that i dont know as my name isnt too long (and yes my microsoft account has the name filled in correctly). if that bothers you local account is the way to go as renaming your user folder breaks everything.

@@misterjeffa2128 Yeah this pissess me off. I just reinstalled 11 and forgot to do all this and ill probbaly fresh install again soon and do this. Its all so annoying. They need a good antritrust case again to remind them of their place.

i can see why they do it that way, they sync and login your onedrive account when you log in to your account and if they create your user folder in onedrive you will share the data with ms and you will be able to enjoy the "cloud based" login system as well.. Its easy to login to another computer if your files is in the cloud. I dont like to store my personal files in a cloud.. dont want to store anything but useless crap in the cloud to be fair.. If you dont like cloud stuff avoid windows 11 for a while, they enabled the cloud backup by default and they "forgot" to give the user the choice to disable the cloud backup service. Its no way to turn off cloud backups at the moment but ms promise that they "will fix the issue over time".. its up for debate if they hide something or not i guess..

@@sunnyinnv yes, you should be able to create a local account next to the old one and move everything to that account and remove the old online account. I dont know if they have sabotaged this but you should be able to create a local account if you unplut your internet (if you cant do it while you are online) one drive should be allowed to uninstall, its a add-on program of sort.. Look in the app details and you should find a uninstall option. If you have the time and feel that you can handle some new things you can try and use a linux live usb and play around with it, it wont change your windows system. Its a live test system that is the same as the installed version. That is the best way to get out of the MS hole but its a step so dont stress. Think what you need and if you need windows or not before you do the step. Microsoft wont stop re-installing apps you remove and they will restore settings you change when they update the system and they do it a lot. So its a choice you have to make, do you want to tweak windows for as long as you own the computer or are you ready to learn a new system that respect your privacy and your right to own the product you buy. There is situations where you need to use windows for work or similar and in those cases you can install a dual boot on the computer. You select the system you need at boot and they are isolated systems.. You can have the best of both worlds, both windows and linux on the same computer. Windows for work and linux for private stuff/free time.. I use dual boot at home and if i need to use something from my windows system i open file explorer and copy it from the windows ssd into the other system (to avoid bluescreen and other bugs avoid copy files into a windows file system from a external operating system, the partion size will be strange and can cause a crash). If i need to move something from my not windows system i use a cheap usb thumb drive.. or my nas storage

This is literally the main reason to do all this. That OneDrive folder is a NIGHTMARE and I’ve bricked pcs just trying to change the name of that damn folder. PLEASE anybody who’s building a new pc, follow this guide! You do not want that one drive folder anywhere near your PC

Lol you can do that through group policy ? 😂

Apple doesn't exactly force you to use an Apple ID. They do try their best to encourage you to do so, but you can easily opt out of using an Apple ID. Of course, w/o one, a lot of Apple services aren't available, but you can otherwise still use the computer.

Microsoft would get sued because they don't make their own systems

@@JJFlores197 What do you mean doesn't force you? Sure you can set it up without entering an id but it locks you out of half the OS without one, you can't even get OS updates until you enter one or get anything off the app store.

@@FakeSchrodingersCat In Windows 11, if you don't setup an online account, you can't continue. macOS, last I checked did let you setup your new Mac without signing into an Apple ID although they heavily encourage you to do it. Microsoft is hellbent on forcing you to use an online account just to setup your PC when there is no valid reason to do so.

@@JJFlores197 But there are ways around it as this video attempts to show. And once you have bypassed it Windows does not lock out parts of it's functionality. But that is irrelevant. I am not claiming that Microsoft is good what I object to is your statement that Apple isn't forcing you to use an Apple ID, when the choice is a false one if you want to actually use the product.

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@@Digikidthevoiceofreason Fixed it, thanks.

Mind sharing the Regedit? Keep in mind to others, Regedits are risky, and all precautions should be kept when doing them.

​@@fulvor778Chicken! That's why you make a backup and hack the reg to your hearts content!

This worked for about 2 months and then I got the stupid ask to “upgrade” from 10 to 11 Microsoft is like an ex girlfriend that will never go away!

Would love to hear about the work arounds, for new machines, pre-installed.

Yep. You're not wrong, but the vast majority of people who need to watch these types of videos are not IT pros. WDS/MDT are alien words to non-IT pros.

Not sure why Jay is not using the Rufus Microsoft ISO methos. Does all this and more. And is not a hacked ISO.

@@AmericaWhatsupit does it with the Microsoft iso, it use sysprep technique to configure the image with an answer file as if it was deployed in a company, and you don't want to use windows account in a company. nothing to see with a hacked iso, because you will still need a key to enable your version.

This is the method I use. It works great and and is SO much easier.

I have check the bypassing of internet connection but it still asks. Odd

@@edgarvillegas-zc4hm It will still ask, but give you the option "I don't have internet" and then "Continue with limited experience", then you can create the local account.

IIRC there are a few email addresses that can be entered that have been so abused that Setup just sighs and says OK you win, local account it is.

That worked! Thank you. All of this was too far over my normie head.

I can't believe that's still a thing, It was a local(single machine) account admin backdoor back in windows NT days, and was one of the simplest methods to bypass security for NT, 2000 and XP networks. ADMIN, ADMIN also used to work. While these back doors COULD be disabled with server groups and permissions - they almost always weren't. I remember 'hacking' my school network using exactly that trick, back in the 90's - at the challenge of our IT guy you understand, I was running my own pc repair business at 16 and he wanted some input.

i have never got the target icon in my windows 10 but i have denied it updates for a while now.. still works fine and no security issues. The security is in my head and in my usage of the OS.. I know that i have to click every ad in twitter and on internet and its required to install every software that is offered through ads or internet sites.. Its 100% safe..

lol bitlocker 🤣🤣

You dont need to do all that work... just type Admin in the email, and Admin again in the password and then you can make a offline account.

smartz.

Easier way is just to disconnect from from Internet before you install Windows. And job done. Once you install and login every three days or so Windows asks you to finish setting up. Remind me later. I have not even used a CD key.

@@arklight1670 or just use a script to remove bloatware, and additionally - it makes your system ,,legal" :P

@@goshu7009 ok, and where do you get this script from?

@@arklight1670 it dont let me poste links here. Type remove bloatware one tool for all. Its made by Christitus. Take it from the link below the video.

Almost nobody uses disks anymore

@@ObakuZenCenter .....newer, is NOT GUARANTEED, TO BE ANY ' better '. Still using Win 7 Pro and Ultimate. NO problemos.....and yes, from CD or bootable USB with multiple windows, other ISO distributions on it. Can install anything i want to......

i install windows with the erased and deleted "windows 1809" image.. the infamous one that was removed within 12 hours after its release. Its nice to avoid 3000 updates and get one system that is 90% finished.. i can always use my old usb memory that have one of the first versions if i want a super clean system ;) The "1809" iso is the one where it was impossible to skip the pin code creation in the default iso. One guy fixed it by edit a folder setting and i can skip pin code and account creation on it.. I think the backstory around that iso is that they released it and 20% or so of the users got bluescreen so they removed the iso and installed the updates one by one instead.. and they have kept on installing the updates one by one since.. MS have tried to make me overwrite the old usb memory several times, that usb is rare now. Its the one version where you can remove all bloat.. before you update. I think its a 1805 usb memory.

Ikr! MS' absurdities!!!

Same

you do you, i changed my main OS from windows to linux/arch since it was impossible for me to trust my own computer when windows was installed on it. It was a personal choice but it was no hike in central park, it took 2-3 months to learn linux/arch good enough to use it effective. So be prepared to learn something new and change how you work in some cases like when you update. In windows you open updates and click a button and confirm with a "i promise i wont destroy this computer" button.. the moral button as i call it.. and your 8 year old kid uninstall office or something.. windows security.... is great In linux you type a command in terminal and press "confirm" and then type your password and it will update and do everything.. you can watch a stream or shower or whatever while it work.. No reboot requirement but its recommended if its a core update. The only "bug" i have got is that the browser crash when i leave it open and update in the background and when the update is finished and i open a new tab for example it wont work but i only need to restart the browser and its all good again.

@@lokelaufeyson9931 Not a bad idea if it works for you. I’ve used a handful or two of Linux distros over the years, as well as running my own Linux based server at home for near a decade now, so I’m not a complete stranger to it (although probably a little rusty by now). But there are still some things it just doesn’t do very well. Gaming for example, the only real reason I still have a Windows machine in my household, but also hardware support can be patchy with more exotic setups. That said I’m about a hair’s breadth from telling Bill Gates to GFHS for good.

create install media with latest version of rufus.

@@Mr.N0B0DY. If it is a computer without an existing install, the way you suggested would be preferred. However, most of the computers I deal with do already have an existing install. Having to wait a bigger chunk of time just to install the fix is impractical.

Have you read the terms of agreement? It says that every user interaction in Windows is recorded and sent to Microsoft. If people use a VPN or dynamic IP it's harder to track it. But if a system is logged in, it's way easier.

Thank you, sir. Even after going into the registry to get rid of S mode, I couldn’t all tab to my opened command, prompt, no matter what workaround I did to get it. I never thought of disabling driver enforcement.

If you build PCs often or install Windows regularly on PCs, Look into setting up an answer file. You can automate Windows installs which makes it easier and quicker to setup a bunch of PCs at once. It takes some experimenting and trial and error, but once you get it dialed in right, it can save a lot of time.

Linux.🙂

Don't update windows, period.

"smode" windows 10 and 11 is a stripped down version on many oem laptops that wont allow any other default browsers and search engines. her computer never said it was smode but i found out by finding the original packaging.

also only apps from the microsoft store are guaranteed to work. standard mozilla firefox or google chrome have serious hiccups

@@papadave9061gaming sucks on it. And it’s unnecessarily complicated to begin with. And how do I get hardware temps ?

​@dreaper5813I have unbuntu linux on a laptop and it makes me want to snap the laptop like a flip phone

Yea it is. Oh, you mean the installer. I thought you were talking about Win11 in general.

I had to do that on my last install. After you're activated, go to accounts and switch to using a local account and sign out. You'll also want to got to Settings > Accounts > Email & accounts after creating your local account and remove your Microsoft account from Windows. If you don't remove the account, you'll still be partially signed in. It's a really sneaky trick of Microsoft to keep you partially signed in while using your local account. Edit: When reinstalling Windows, don't delete your old account, install over it. Windows will automatically reactivate you without signing in as long as you don't make too big of hardware changes. You can delete the old account after getting set up through Settings > System > Storage > Cleanup recomendations.

Actually.. you can type anything. LITERALLY anything and get an error. :)

Hey you're right! I typed the word "anything" and it worked

@@Andy-jz1zw 😛

@@Andy-jz1zw Not just the word ANYTHING, but what-ever-you-want, like anything ;)

That’s great if you are installing windows 11 professional, but if you are installing windows 11 home, there’s naturally no option to join a domain so it will not work. This cat and mouse game will only make all of us better technicians in the long run.

@@Sonicstillpoint83 👍 ikr

Windows as a Service with a subscription.

Same here. I've never even touched Linux but with MS going the route that they are, I've been researching Linux a lot lately and I'm gearing up to swap to it when I get a new pc.

All the shady stuff that MS has been doing with windows 11 has already pushed me over the edge. I went straight to installing kubuntu on to my new build. Not regretting it so far.

@@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 The jump to linux is far less painful than it used to be. Kubuntu, Mint, Pop os, Zorin all try to make it an easier switch. I took a linux laptop on a month long trip overseas as my only device as a practical real world test and it went great.

You don't have to have an Apple account to use an Apple device. On iOS devices, it just leaves an annoying red spot in the Settings if you aren't logged into one.

reminds me of the cod ads on xbox

If you make an iso with Rufus there is an option for an local account, i don't know for W11 but for W10 it is an option. a colleague of my showed it to me,

Thats just what I did for installing Win11 on my Z270X motherboard which works fine with W11 on a i5-6400 CPU, had all the updates download, you just have to push it with a fresh instal.

Rufus coming in clutch yet again

@@komkwam I did that a week ago, even with rufus creating a local account, W11 still requires you to connect to the internet and create an account, i bypassed it using the BYPASSNRO trick, when it finished the install, Windows had two local accounts, one created during the Windows installation process and the one created by rufus.

What is Rufus?