The Out of Box Experience (OOBE), what data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft refers to as the setup process for a new Windows install, just received a significant update — it’s now even more difficult to bypass restrictions in order to use a local account. For ages, people have employed creative tricks to circumvent signing into a Microsoft account before getting into Windows, but the company is making it increasingly clear that it’s not an option to skip this part.
In the patch notes for 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/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/06/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-6772-dev-channel/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Insider Preview Build 26220.6772,…
