irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt’s not a big deal. They’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script, which is just this: @echo off reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f shutdown /r /t 0 You can still use shift-F10 at the same point, type those two lines (not the @ECHO OFF), and it will achieve the same result.
It’s not a big deal. They’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script, which is just this:
@echo off
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
You can still use shift-F10 at the same point, type those two lines (not the @ECHO OFF), and it will achieve the same result.