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Skip creating an MS account during Windows 10 installation

  1. press shift+f10 from this screen to open the command prompt
  2. Type regedit to open the registry.
  3. Open Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE
  4. Create a new Dword value on the right, rename it BypassNRO and set the value to 1
  5. Then type shutdown \r
  6. Yank any network cable that may be attached.
  7. Windows should boot and tell you to connect to a network.
  8. Say you have no network (bottom left)
  9. Create a local user.
  10. Wonder why the everloving fuck such a dark pattern is allowed to exist.
  11. Send email to Microsoft telling them to go fuck themselves.
  12. You are now done.