For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.

CMD will open.

Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.

Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.

Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.

Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the "U" is capitalized) and press enter.

Next type "regedit" and press enter.

This opens registry editor, navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE"

Delete "DefaultAccountAction", "DefaultAccountSAMName", and "DefaultAccountSID"

Right click on "LaunchUserOOBE" and rename it to "SkipMachineOOBE" and make sure the value is set to "1".

Close registry editor and type "shutdown /r /t 0"

Stop uploading content to YouTube - there are other hosts

The noose keeps tightening.

Google also has been trying to argue that modifying client side javascript is equivalent to hacking.

Modifying code running on your own fucking machine, in your own fucking browser.

Come join us in Linux.

It's almost like all of the big gigantic companies are in cahoots with one another and then one day...BOOM!...they bought all the governments.

Its so nice on peertube nowadays. !peertube@lemmy.world if anyone wants to join and watch/post videos.

And of course arbitrary try Linux out. Its a very productive OS.

"You will give us your data no matter what."

• Microsoft and Alphabet.

They are helping you staying away from windows, use linux it's free

Hello, I am wondering if I could get a stranger on the internet to let me know if I should use Linux. I just wish more people would literally just say "Use Linux".

This is a screenshot of this HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744503 Edit: WAS a screenshot - thanks for editing the post.

Which is about this Reddit post: https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1oiz0v0/youtube_is_taking_down_videos_on_performing/

"non-standard" means without a Windows account (gasp!) and on "non-standard equipment" - like, what a Samsung Smart Fridge instead of the ads? I can't tell what that means, YT thinks I'm a bot, and can get fucked instead of me digging any deeper.

I know it's a normal thing, to not instantly look for alternatives to software you might have used for your entire life, and I get it, if it hasn't harmed you or done you wrong, then it's probably fine to stick with what you know.

But as someone who first experienced alternatives to Windows back in 2006, and like others who walked the more beaten path, we've grown tired of this stuff. The slow, decline of Windows, and the promise of something better with every update.

It won't surprise me if one day they decide to full send it and charge a monthly subscription to use the full OS, not one bit. Enshittification, it's bound to happen. I'm teaching my child about linux now, so they'll be aware that software doesn't have to suck.

Try something different, it's a good way to live, to know you don't have to remain where you are if you don't want to. Of course, only if you want to!

Firefox based and Chromium addon to redirect YouTube and other links to privacy alternatives. Works for Firefox based browsers on Android too.

https://libredirect.github.io/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/

They realise that A LOT of those videos are not primarily about Windows?

I've seen many reviews of vintage devices where the uploader just casually installs Windows 11 in a "nonstandard" way, just because it's the only way.

Besides, you still have to activate it. Rufus doesn't help you get around that, so it's not even piracy.

You don't understand, I'm scouring the internet for obscure archives of videos on how to manually uninstall Windows 11 components with the command line because Linux is just too hard to learn!

Why does Google even care? They should make Microsoft file takedown notices for each of these installs while at the same time promoting Linux after all their own OS runs on Linux (I know it's a piece of junk that can't compare to a typewriter but still)

Me in 2026: diving into the dark web to find an instruction manual

They took control of the digital town square and now its a prison. Monopolitistic shithole corporate vampire behavior.

"Freedom is dead. Freedom remains dead. And we've killed it. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?"

-Nietzsche 2026

Time for Peertube to shine!

just searched youtube for “ windows 11 without microsoft account”.
there are thousands of videos still up.
people will just believe anything that fits their worldview and not check anything out….

This is another reason why we have got to stop centralizing everything on the web. When you reply on these platforms, you have lost all autonomy over your brand, data and content. And they get to decide what you see and do. We need to go back to everybody hosting (self-hosting or paid hosting) their own data, content and building out their own communities again. I also miss going to more than 3 websites a day.

Download the ISO from MS, make bootable USB with Rufus. After clicking Start you can choose local account only, bypass TPM and RAM reqs, etc

• Fin

E I guess not fin. Massgrave

Weird that Google would be doing Microsoft a solid like this