Windows 11 Home automatically enables Device Encryption with Microsoft accounts and stores recovery keys in the cloud. With a local account, you can't enable Device Encryption without first ...

The workaround, shared by X user @witherornot1337, lets users set up Windows 11 with a local account instead of being forced to log in with a Microsoft account.

A previously unknown trick lets you easily bypass using a Microsoft Account in Windows 11, just as Microsoft tries to make it harder to use local accounts.

With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account instead of a Microsoft account.

One workaround used to set up Windows 11 with a local account has been blocked, but there are others - and two fresh ones have emerged this week.

Home > Computing How to Install Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account It's even easier than the method Microsoft just blocked.

Note: There are some features of Windows 11 and its connected apps that require an online Microsoft account, so you may not be able to use them without logging in with a different account first ...

1] Are you using a Microsoft account? It is important to know that a password hint is visible only if you are using a Local account on a Windows 11/10 PC and you have set a Password Hint.