Depending on the type of account you want, there are several ways to create a new user on Windows 11. You can create a new user with a Microsoft account, a local account, or a family account.

Microsoft's relentless push for users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft account is hard to ignore, especially with Windows 11 making it tougher to bypass this requirement.

A workaround has been found to bypass needing a Microsoft account on Windows 11. By pressing Shift + F10 during setup, users can input "start ms-cxh:localonly" to create a local account. Education ...

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.

You can remove the Microsoft account requirement, skip all the data collection-related questions, and create a local user account, all in one go, making for a much quicker and easier setup.

Windows 10 allowed users to create local accounts by default, and even early versions of Windows 11 Pro included a local setup path.

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.

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