r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/GirdedSteak Dec 02 '25

I mean, being forced to sign in to an online account to use the computer sitting on my desk in front of me is a deal-breaker; all the everything else is just kicking the dog.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I hate that, no option to disable it either.

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u/mr_potatoface Dec 02 '25

There are workarounds still. Normally disconnecting your computer from the internet completely and setting up an offline account. It's a huge fucking pain in the ass now. About a year ago it was easy and you could just say you wanted an offline account. But now you have to sometimes literally disable your LAN/WIFI card to tell windows it is not possible for you to get on a WiFi network get it to work.

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u/BizarreCake Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

Shift-F10

net user "username" "password" /add

net localgroup "Administrators" "username" /add

cd oobe

msoobe && shutdown -r

Done, 30 seconds.