Microsoft Really Wants You Online When You Install Windows And Are Making It Harder To Avoid Microsoft is testing a way to block one of the more popular ways
They’re Doing It For Your Own Good, Of Course
Microsoft is testing a way to block one of the more popular ways to avoid setting up an online account with them when installing Windows. That is not to say there aren’t still ways to successfully avoid doing so, after all their business customers would be deeply unappreciative of being forced into this but the easiest workaround will be no more. The registry edit mentioned in the article Slashdot linked to is one such way to avoid this step while you install Windows, for now. This follows Microsoft’s attempts to prevent installing Windows 11 on older hardware, another move which annoyed a lot of their users.
