A new Windows 11 Home trick lets users bypass Microsoft Account sign-in and create a local account without an internet connection.

Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman hinted at removing the mandatory Microsoft account setup for Windows 11, addressing a ...

Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman has hinted at removing the mandatory Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 setup, ...

Microsoft really wants you to use a Microsoft account when setting up Windows 11, and that’s why the company has been killing the workarounds for using Windows 11 with only a local account. Even so, a ...

Attempts to block the use of Windows 11 without a Microsoft account are hindered by… the operating system itself. In a Windows 11 Home installation, researcher Bob Pony found a very simple way to log ...

A single click is all it takes for Windows 11 Home users to skip Microsoft's mandatory account sign-in, according to a method shared by X user Bob Pony, who posts as @TheBobPony, on September 12, 2026 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you've been hoping for an easy way to make a local account with a Windows 11 installation, apparently your wish has come true - via an improbable ...

Microsoft is investigating reports that the Windows 11 KB5124008 security update is breaking Active Directory domain trust on some enterprise computers, leaving users unable to sign in with valid ...

There’s a new Windows 11 update that will soon give the squiggly ~ key a job, and that is to quickly open folders like your ...

Microsoft is investigating reports that the Windows 11 KB5124008 security update is breaking domain trust relationships on some enterprise systems, preventing users from logging in with valid domain ...

Introduction"The Windows 11 Start menu feels hard to use..." "The screen is cluttered and blocked by recommended apps I don't ...