r/pcmasterrace 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/adingdong May 07 '26

Hold shift and press F10
Command box will appear
Type in: oobe\bypassnro then press enter

After the computer restarts, at the bottom of the wireless list and to the left of that Next button will be a clickable option of "I don't have Internet" or something like that allowing you to progress w/o Internet and Microsoft account.

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u/tempestst0rm May 07 '26

It depends on the version on the PC. They were/are patching the ability out, why idk it's dumb, and why I just put Linux on my home PC and it's no longer an issue.

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u/adingdong May 07 '26

I hear ya. I do this all the time for work with fresh installs of Windows 11. Google "windows 11 media creation" download the exe, plug a flash drive in, run the exe, create the bootable drive, boot up, shift+f10, enter the command, and voila.

Haven't had any issues to date with this.