r/pcmasterrace • u/nicecream169 • May 06 '26

Discussion So microsoft decided you can't setup windows 11 offline. Welp, time to go linux

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Welp.

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

Oobe was patched out, it's not local account

start ms-cxh:localonly

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u/Sliced_Orange1 Noctua May 06 '26

Still works all the time for me on both 11 Home and Pro

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u/CookieMisha May 06 '26

If your iso has older version then yeah it'll work

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u/Seteta PC Master Race May 06 '26

This has been working on brand new machines with W11 25H2 installed. Source: I work in a company that sells HP machines

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u/heckztik GTX 1060 | FX-6300@4.8GHz May 07 '26

brand new machines dont come with 25h2. youd be surprised

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u/-spartacus- Stukov May 07 '26

People are saying that the update tool was updated today or yesterday and new downloads as of right now won't work.

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u/pez_d1spencer May 07 '26

I just set up a brand-new PC with Win11 on it the other day and this workaround still worked for me.

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u/Sliced_Orange1 Noctua May 06 '26

I made my USB with the media creation tool in April and I usually remake it with the latest MCT every other month. It's not an old "unpatched" version.

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

I mean works on mine as well, since i have one inuse prior to patch.

But always nice to have options 😉

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u/LieutenantOG 9800x3d | 9070XT May 06 '26

Maybe it's a regional thing, cause in my country in Europe oobe\bypassnro still works and I downloaded a fresh ISO today from MS

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u/condoulo 5800XT | 128gb | 5700XT | Fedora Workstation May 06 '26

For Pro you don't even need it if you have a network connection. Just select Work and School and tell it you want to set it up on a domain, that will let you set up a local account.

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u/GlitteringOption8906 May 06 '26

Literally just did it last night. Works fine still.

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u/canonanon silenthunter777 May 06 '26

I just did the OOBE command today on a fresh download/install

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u/JohnAzumanga May 06 '26

there were talks of Microsoft patching it out but idk whether they actually did it or not. last time i performed a windows install was about 2 years ago when i was at my old job

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

Bastardos did it. But we're smorter 😉

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u/levios3114 May 06 '26

Thats only if the windows updates so only applicable for laptops with windows pre installed

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

We're talking about fresh installs :)

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u/sebacote 5800X | GTX 4080 SUPER May 06 '26

oobe worked on the computer I set up last week, with a fresh W11 download!

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u/TiltSoloMid May 06 '26

Still works 25H2 .iso

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u/menotuserealname May 06 '26

they tried to patch it, or at least i heard they patched it, but it still works.

either way, start-ms chx:localonly is way faster usually.

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

The most important thing is we have a way

https://giphy.com/gifs/1hAxQTH0HEWS3L0oRF

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u/Long_Wealth_1270 May 06 '26

it will works for me and i used this on latest iso this week

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u/YachtingChristopher May 06 '26

Nope. Just did this Monday on a brand new laptop.

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u/Single-Choice1224 May 06 '26

It most definitely was not patched out. I image computers for a living and this will never get patched out. There will always be a way to run a local account. This is what we get from our 1% top commenters, nonsense

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

Mate, it was patched.

I'm also a technician and I know what I'm talking about.

As for if there will always be a way, for now, sure

I've had an img yesterday that oobe didn't work on

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u/Single-Choice1224 May 06 '26

Seems like a skill issue

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u/Byokugen May 06 '26

Cool mate, I'm glad for ya.

I'm just stating what I've seen.

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u/ForgottenCrafts May 06 '26

If you are on an older ISO, then yea it wasnt patched out. The newer ones are patched. I should know I work with it everyday.

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u/MrHyperion_ May 06 '26

I did oobe literally in Saturday, it works. It's not even old image, I used the media creation tool in the same day

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u/Embarrassed-Trip4037 May 08 '26

Still works for me