irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agoWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.commessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1743arrow-down116cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1727arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comirelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agomessage-square200fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkfedilinkEnglish56•edit-27 days 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.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 days agoSure, but when are they going to remove that registry option?
minus-square@tauren@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish15•7 days agoTheir intention is clear. I wonder for how long this workaround is going to stay.
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.
Sure, but when are they going to remove that registry option?
Their intention is clear. I wonder for how long this workaround is going to stay.
You’re doing the lord’s work