[Someone1234]

To quote Microsoft[0]:

> Windows 11 Home edition requires internet connectivity and a Microsoft account.

No local accounts for Home edition. As for Windows 11 Pro or above:

- During Setup...

- "Set up for personal use."

- You'll see a "Let's add your Microsoft Account" screen.

- Click "Sign-In options" (blue href)

- Pick "Offline Account"

- [Splash screen warning of all the joy you'll be missing out on]

- Click "Limited Experience" (instead of "Next") on the Dark Pattern screen.

[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifica...

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Click "Limited Experience"

I wonder how many people actually change their minds when they see these passive aggressive prompt options. "Skip trial" "Decline bonus offer" "No gift"

Anyways, do you know if it also stealth replaces your offline account if you sign into office, Xbox, etc? I got force signed in once trying to install flight simulator and it took me hours to remove all traces of the Microsoft account. There was literally no way to sign into just xbox to install one game without agreeing to replace my windows local account with a microsoft account, and it proceeded to auto sign me into outlook, one drive and a bunch of stuff I didnt want.

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Yeah, that's very annoying, previously I was just removing cookies, now I use one Firefox container for buying Xbox games, another one for Azure, and another for work. Microsoft seems really bad at handling multiple accounts.