Microsoft has data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/06/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-6772-dev-channel#cw” data-url=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/06/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-6772-dev-channel#cw” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>announced that it’s tripling down on blocking users from bypassing signing in with a Microsoft account on data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ data-url=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 when setting up a PC for the first time. The company believes that a Microsoft account and internet connection are non-negotiable when setting up a Windows 11 PC for the first time.
Confirmed in the latest Windows 11 preview builds, Microsoft has removed multiple ways that users had found that allowed them to bypass the Microsoft Account setup page:
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“We are removing known…
