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title: Setup Windows 11 with local account
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date: 2024-04-10
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lastmod: 2025-04-24
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The Windows 11 setup prevents you from continuing the setup without an active Internet connection. This can be bypassed with a simple trick to still be able to create a local account
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categories:
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- os
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---
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## Forced Online Account
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Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been aiming for the computer to be used with a Microsoft account. During setup, it was not possible to set up a local account when connected to the internet. In order to see the option for the local account, you had to remain offline.
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This no longer seems to work in the current Windows 11 setup. Microsoft requires an Internet connection to continue with the setup.
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## BYPASSNRO
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Even if it is no longer as trivial as it used to be, this requirement can still be bypassed. To do this, a console can be opened in Setup by pressing <kbd>SHIFT</kbd> + <kbd>F10</kbd>. Enter the following command and confirm:
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```
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OOBE\BYPASSNRO
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```
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The system then restarts. If you follow the wizard back to the previous step, the option "I don't have internet" is now available:
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This allows you to continue with the “restricted setup” and create a local account.
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## ms-cxh
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`BYPASSNRO` still works in the current installer for Windows 11 24H2. Microsoft has removed the script in a new Insider build and it is only a matter of time before this is also implemented in a release. The online requirement can still be bypassed by manually setting a value in the registry, but the whole process has become more complex as a result.
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However, another convenient command was discovered
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This is also done by opening a console with <kbd>SHIFT</kbd> + <kbd>F10</kbd> and then entering the following command:
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start ms-cxh:localonly
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```
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After entering the command, a window opens asking for the user data of the local account. Windows 11 is then set up directly.
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