Forget BYPASSNRO, a new internet/account bypass during Windows 11 installs already exists
www.neowin.net
While Microsoft is bloacking the popular BYPASSNRO method of bypassing the internet and MSA requirements, a new way to do so had already existed but flew under the radar.

This might be relevant to those who wish / have to use Windows 11:

This week, Microsoft made it very clear that it wants to block the popular BYPASSNRO workaround, used to skip the internet and Microsoft Account requirement checks during the Windows 11 installation OOBE (initial setup), although thankfully, the script can still be created using Registry edits.

A 7 step guide.

    • @[email protected]
      4•17 days ago

      That’s right. Even if you have to use a windows app that Linux compatibility layers don’t support, you can banish Windows 11 to a virtual machine.

      Oh, weird, even in a virtual machine it wants an account. Anyone know where I can find a bypass method? :-)

      • @[email protected]
        2•16 days ago

        The number of Windows applications that don’t run via compatibility layers is small and shrinking. Unless everyone is a video editor who steams professional Valorant then they can find software to do what they need done.

          • @[email protected]
            1•15 days ago

            It was more than kernel anticheat from Valorant that I was aiming at.

            OBS works great (though it did have issues with Wayland) and kdenlive as well, but in these arguments the person is always going to insist that they can only use Adobe products, because they don’t work and they’re trying to prove that you can’t use Linux.

            • @[email protected]
              1•15 days ago

              It was more than kernel anticheat from Valorant that I was aiming at.

              There’s an easy solution to that too: Don’t buy games with kernel anticheat.