UPDATED FOR 2024 I’ve made an updated version of this video that should fix some of the things that have changed in Windows 11 setup. UPDATED 2024: How to set up Windows 11 without Internet or Microsoft Account kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpqdm7eG3cWbiac.html

This seemingly has been fixed recently, as now killing the Network Connection Flow process just sends the installer to an "Oops you lost your connection" screen. There is another way, however. Get to the same step, bring up command prompt, run the command OOBE\BYPASSNRO and the computer will restart the installer in out-of-box experience mode, which includes a link "I don't have internet" when you get to that screen again, and then the option "Continue with limited setup"

This saved my life!!! Thank you!! I’ve been back-and-forth with customer service with my brand new laptop that I literally just opened and nothing they recommended was working… This was quick and simple and fixed the problem!!! Thanks!!!

You're a life saver. Spent way too long trying to get drivers installed on this new build and not wanting to accept them.

This worked great. No fluff, and straight to the point. Thank you!

Perfect. I didn't think it was be as easy as this. Thanks again!

Thanks man. I'm a freaking network admin and had to come here for this. Sometimes I really hate MS! 🙃

this is the most useful and straight to the point tutorial

Wow! Unbelievably easy to do! Dave, thanks for helping us out here online. You're a real gentleman.

Seriously guys! This really works, you have to keep trying multiple times, it took my new set up 8 times over and over to work. Don’t give up.

Perfect. Quick and to the point. Thank you!

Yes! Purchased a new computer for my 91 yr old mother who only plays a couple of games and ran into this. Thank you for the information!

You dropped this 👑 Seriously thank you so much for this

Thanks for this. Your explanations are so concise and easy to understand. I need to update from Windows 10 to Windows 11 but I have Office 2019; Outlook 2019 and OneNote 2016 that I'm afraid of losing. I don't do backups..I know, my bad. I have watched a couple of your videos on backups (very helpful) but not sure if that will also backup Office and OneNote programs. It's a little confusing. I don't really want to do a system image. I'm wondering if you could address this issue in another video. Thanks.

When you end task it says "oops you've lost internet connection" and a retry button pops up but it doesn't let you continue.

Help please ! I dont get the Network Connection flow in task manager. I only see Network connection broker. Is it the same thing and Microsoft changed this in their latest updates so we can struggle more ? Thanks for the video !

This did not work for me, it kept saying retry, but I did find a workaround. The issue seems to stem from not having Wi-Fi drivers Get a thumb drive and on a different computer and download the Wi-Fi drivers Then do the following 1) open command line 2) type taskmgr 3) press enter 4) select a background program and right click 5) select open file location 6) find a thumb drive with Wi-Fi drivers 7) and double click to download Wi-Fi drivers

When do you physically connect or disconnect the Ethernet cable during the installation? If I bootup on my memory stick that has Windows 11 on it then during the install it looks for Windows 11 updates so if not connected at that point will the install fail? If you have to be connected at one point but then disconnected at a point of the installation then where are the points to plug or unplug the Ethernet cable. I never seem to hit the window that says, "Let connect you to a network".

It wokrd perfect on my new HP laptop. I needed to login without internet to save the computer in its brand new state to a file si that I can bring it back to brand new at anytime withou the internet, ir updates corrupting it, or slowing it down. Without this video, I was stuck and tempted to connect to the internet first because it seemed like it was my only option. We did it! Thanks

Good job man, it's stupid that we even have to look for solutions like this.

This was so incredibly helpful!! Thank you for saving me a lot of stress!

Thank you so much! For the latest version of 11 pro on a new pc build there were 2 tasks under Network Connection Flow and the only way I could get it to bypass was to first end the task called something along the lines of "configuration manager" and then end the task called network connection flow

Hi thanks that was interesting. Now where do I find out how to undo how you initially change or reverse the setup?

Hi I came across your channel as a reliable source for technical advice on computer issues, my asus laptop was working properly and now all of a sudden it's been trying to do an automatic disc repair on startup, that takes a while but nothing happens, it's not letting me reset to an earlier point. I'm trying to reset to factory settings, please help

Thanks for this, was getting frustrated with not being able to set up my new rig. But does take multiple tries before you get through and be able to install drivers for WiFi options.

Thank yo! Simple and to the point.

Don't you wish they had given us an option to set up Windows 11 without Internet?

Short & easy explanation thank you

Thanks. This helped me a lot

@Dave, thank you for these helpful tips!!!!

Hi Dave! Thanks for all the help. You're a star. Can you also show us how to set up a digital signature on Office 365 ?

Hi Dave this is exactly what i am looking for exact same screen i spent all day racking my brains just about to give up and found you on youtube thanks

Dave, Thar was a great video. I was turning up a new PC for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) a non-profit entity and Windows 11 would not let me past that screen until I watched your Video. I would like to ask you to consider loading up an extra computer with Cinnamon Mint Linux and giving advice on that also. It should replace windows.

Thank you!!! Subscribed!

This video is so helpful. I was stocked on this for a minute now but am glad your video helps a lot. Now i am good to go. Thank you once again

Didn't work for me. Instead of going to the next step it just shows a retry button to start the process but no wifi is shown.

Very frustrating. I set up computers for my customers and don't want to have to get their microsoft information or use my own to set up their computers. They can always do that part later. The application I am setting up for them doesn't require the internet. This was very helpful. Every time someone gives a solution they make an adjustment to try to block the fix. Thank those of you who keep coming up with the fixes.

On surface products, this didnt work for me. Instead, when you open the command prompt with SHIFT+F10, type in: OOBE\BYPASSNRO The whole setup process restarts, but you will be able to choose the option "I have no internet" in this step.

Hmmmm - I get a new screen that says "Oops, you've lost internet connection" and the only option is "Retry", looks like MS have closed this loophole

You know what's also interesting, trying to do this on a laptop, when the touchpad driver isn't yet installed, while having limited ports and using one for the boot USB, another for the mouse. I ended up tethering from my mobile and switching between that connection and the mouse...

What a joy to listen to a man who speaks, clearly, slowly shows what he is doing and why. As a person of limited sight, I struggle with those that say nothing, just whizz the cursor across the screen making it impossible to follow or understand. My problem is that my new laptop won't accept my wifi passcode. Like you I suspect it is Microsoft blocking me because I don't want to use their service. My computer, my choice. Microsoft are bullies and I hate internet bullying.

DONT WORK ANYMORE. When you kill the process it sayes opps, please try again, and when you press try again button it is back to wifi selection. But i need 'local' account

August 2023. It just worked for me on my new Lenovo laptop. 1) Bought a cheap wireless keyboard and used it to press shift+f10 and got to the next screen 2) I typed "taskmgr", pressed enter 3) Selected Network Connection Flow and End task 4) Closed those tabs and now in the background I got a screen saying "oops you lost connectivity" 5) I hit Retry Now you're back to square one being asked to connect to internet. I tried all the steps again for a few more times (probably 4-5, I wasn't keeping track of it) and finally it overrid it and got through to the screen were I entered my name. Hopefully it'll work for you. Good luck!

Thanks,Dave. You helped me well

Had to repeat 6 or 7 times but definitely worked! Thank you friend!

my keyboard wont type when I open the command prompt, whats up with that?

Straight to the point, thank you

After I sign in I need to reinstall network drivers as that's why my WiFi wasn't showing up. Will I have to restart the task somehow?

DUDE! you are a flipping ANGEL for making this solution so easy to understand and the steps very clear.

Hey could you do a vid for bootloop for windows 10? cause i have a ASUS laptop that shows the lego and loads for a couple seconds only to repeat the same process infinitely

What do I do if shift+f10 isn't working? We just have the 'let's connect to the network' page and it won't move from there.

Nice. All I want is to be able to name my primary user folder to the good old "Admin".

Can i still use the internet at a later date? Thx

I have no option for network connection flow, help!/

My guy , you are a life saver! Thank you!

Thanks bro, It's really help

Is there a way for me to disable account log in that would require the internet after I've already set up? I've tried to setup face recognition and pin. The face recognition works, but the same PIN problem many have (what a dumb thing for microsoft to include..unworkable PINs and startup options). Any advice will help! TIA

Crazy easy now that you have told me. Can you please work for them so we can get fast answers . Thank you 🙏🏼❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Did they patch this? it doesn't work for me. it just forces me to turn on internet again ffs to expand: after cancelling the network flow, it says "oops you've lost your internet connection, lets go back and connect to your network again", which is an endless fking loop. My MSI Z790 P wifi DDR4 motherboard cannot find the internet, and i cannot access any settings to find the internet when trying to hook up the OS. WTF is going on? this build has been headache after headache for the last 36 hours.

Very helpful thanks

This may have worked 6 months ago, but now it just says retry and does not go to a login screen. Still a nice video!

Thank you, the video was helpful, you helped a lot! 👍

I regret updating my laptop to windows 11 now I have to log into Microsoft in order to use my computer. I used my laptop to tune my car which is away from any internet connection so in order to use my laptop I need internet connection. Thanks for your help in this video. Will I need to reset the computer to original factory settings? Or is there a way to open my laptop without internet?

Nice vid very helpful thank you

Pretty frustrating because I couldn't get the lan driver to install using their method. I get to the no internet screen and according to the website listed, it says to get flash drive and put the inf files there then use the cmdprompt to install. I did all that and nothing happens. Tried multiple inf files of multiple versions.

Thanks a lot man I needed this to sell my pc

I just did this. It took me back to the retry internet connection page and I thought it didnt work. But I reconnected and then it took me to the offline page. Awesome!

If it doesn’t work keep doing taskmgr and kill connection flow. Took me about 15 tries and then it was like fine and let me continue.

Thank you. This video helped me .. 😊

This came in clutch idk I had a older version of windows 11 install and I tried it and boom

Shift and F10 did not work to bring up CMD Prompt. Any other suggestions?

I guess they changed this loophole. Now, once i end task, it says “you have lost your internet connection, try again”

Bro please help me out I am doing but next button not activate, just try again

This saved me thank you!!

Hi may i ask if anyone encounters like after installing operation system specifically windows 11, there is no folder in internet option folder

It didn't work for me at first but minor digging revealed Shift+fn+f10 is needed on some computers and worked after that.

How do you turn in on again? I got in but it doesn’t let me make an internet connection now. There is now „system“ for it. Only Bluetooth and VPN. Help

The problem with the Microsoft Account and online setup is rather than only store things on a C drive, it automatically uploads everything you save to documents gets uploaded to cloud, then you get into a spiral of "running out of cloud storage, buy more cloud storage!" notifications just let us setup locally and choose what we want to use for a cloud backup solution.

Extremely frustrating! Thank you for putting up this solution. What Microsoft did is EXACTLY why I go out of my way NOT to use their online products. No one likes to have technology oriented services shoved down their throat; especially after dishing out a lot of money for a new laptop.

What if I can’t type in command prompt? Keyboard is connected obviously since shift+f10 opened the CMDR prompt

I have a laptop with Windows 8 if I buy the license of Windows 11 disc Will I be able to use my Canon printer

I just gave Microsoft the finger thanks to this video. Much appreciated!

strange. i bought a second hand laptop with a fresh windows which has this issue, but when i press shift f10 i get a dialogue about projecting to other screens, not the command prompt...

Hello Dave, I am installing Windows 11 on a surface and while I was able to skip the networking setup (with your instructions above) but instead of taking me to the next screen for user setup, it tells me "Oops, you have lost internet connection". I have no other choice but to hit retry and then it restarts the Network setup. (may be a recent build locked this down and letting this step skip?) Any ideas?

Appears they deactivated command prompt availability as of the last update. :\ Having issues making a secondary account even with internet.

Thank you!

Thanks for this, i just got the asus b650e-f motherboard and it doesnt come with the ethernet port or wireless drivers so its literally impossible to connect to the internet when installed windows the first time lol

Hello, thank you so much for this video just help me out

you and everyone else suggest this but....nope. i'm trying this on a brand new OOBE Acer Aspire 1 with Windows 11 pre-installed. None of Shift-F10 or Shift-Fn-F10 or Alt-F4 or Alt-Fn-F4 or even the shortcut to turn off the WiFi work. Even Control-Shift-Delete doesn't work. Anything else?

Thank you dude omg i was so mad seeing this screen. Also it takes a couple trys to get it to work so rinse and repeat until it works!!!!

Thank you so much ❣️

Dell laptop couldn't go to CMD by using those keys could you please help me out

Why doesn't the Task Manager stop the whole installation process and instead moves on to the next step? It's supposed to be killing the task. Is this an intentional way made by Microsoft to skip network connection processes?

As soon as i startup the commmand prompt my keyboard stop working every time. Any help?

Are you still able to connect to the internet after wards?

Mine just tells me I’ve lost internet. Then makes me click retry and brings me back to the same screen.

Won’t work on mine any help would be great

Brilliant. Give it up for Dave.

Mine didn't work. It gives me an opps you've lost network connection. That's it. Please help

when I close it, It just goes back to retry and stuck at same screen