You want to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account? The free tool Rufus is designed to do just that. Rufus 3.20 is now available for download.
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Windows: This free tool bypasses Microsoft account requirements
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Update 8/5/2022: Rufus 3.20 is available for download
The new version 3.20 of the free tool Rufus, which you can use to create bootable USB drives and bypass the Microsoft account requirement when installing Windows 11, has been released. The changelog and the download can be found here. For example, there are improvements to Windows UI options for Windows 10 and to auto-creation of local accounts and duplication of regional options. Rufus supports Windows down to Windows 7.
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Windows 11 users who want to avoid the annoying Microsoft account requirement on their Windows computer can do this
free program Rufus
Use from version 3.19.
Rufus can do this from version 3.19
Rufus is actually there to create bootable USB sticks and install a live system on them. But version 3.19 added the ability to install Windows 11 on a computer without having to log in with a Microsoft account. To do this, the network connection must be briefly interrupted. In addition, one should be able to circumvent the compulsion to use Secure Boot and TPM with Rufus.
Microsoft Account Compulsion
Bypassing the Microsoft account requirement is already an exciting option for Windows 11 Home users. For users of Windows 11 Pro, the account requirement will become an urgent reality with the upcoming autumn update 22H2 at the latest. You can read more about this in this message: Next Windows 11 update tightens account requirements.
With Windows 11 Pro, the account requirement can currently be circumvented as follows:
Enter “windows” as the Microsoft account and in the next step enter any password. Then the error message “Sorry, there was a problem” appears, stating that the password for this account has been entered too many times. Windows 11 Pro now allows the operating system to be used with a local user account via “Next”.
But this method no longer works with Windows 11 22H2. With Rufus version 3.19 or higher, you can bypass the account requirement again.
Downloads:
Rufus 3.20
