Install Windows 11 Home or Windows 10 Home without a Microsoft account

updated January 2024

Microsoft keeps changing Windows, so the bypass technique has to change to keep up with it.  This method is tested and working as of September 2023.

1. Follow the Windows 10 or 11 install process until you get to the "choose a country" screen.
2. While holding down the Shift key, tap the F10 key one time. A black window with white letters should appear.
3. If you don't see the black window, while holding down the Shift key and the Fn key (lower left of keyboard) together, tap the F10 key one time.
4. Click on some empty blank space in the black window so you can type in it.
5. Type this command   oobe\bypassnro
6. Hit the Enter key.
7. The computer will reboot and return you to the "choose a country" screen.  This can take 1-2 minutes.
8.  Now select your country and continue the installation.
9.  When you get to the screen where it asks you to connect to a network, click on "I don't have internet" at the bottom,  Click on it, then skip to step 22 below

If Microsoft has changed things so you don't see the option "I don't have internet", then go back to square one and this time, continue with the rest of the instructions below.

10. Hit Shift + F10 again (or Shift-Fn-F10 if needed) to show the black window with white letters.
11. Click on some empty blank space in the black window so you can type in it.
12. To list the available network connections on your computer, type this command: netsh interface show interface
13. Hit Enter.
14. The computer will list one or two interfaces. Each interface has a name. On most computers, they are titled Wi-Fi and Ethernet.
15. For the first (or only) interface listed, type the following command, substituting the listed name for the words ListedName (Note that the quote marks are required.) netsh interface set interface "ListedName" disable
      For example, if one of the interfaces was named Wi-Fi, the command would be netsh interface set interface "Wi-Fi" disable
16.  Hit Enter.
17. If your computer has two interfaces, type the same command, substituting the second listed name for ListedName.
      For example, if one of the interfaces was named Ethernet the command would be netsh interface set interface "Ethernet" disable
18. Hit Enter.
19. Close the command prompt by typing Exit and hitting the Enter key.
10. Continue with the installation, choosing the country, keyboard and second keyboard (if any).
20. A screen saying "Let's connect you to a network" appears, warning you that you need Internet.
21. Toward the bottom of this screen, in small blue letters, it says "I don't have Internet." Click there to continue.
22. On the next page, at the bottom, click where it says "Continue with limited setup."
23. It will ask you to create a username and password. Write them down! 
24.  If you skipped steps 10-21, then you are finished and do not need to do steps 25 and 26.
25. When Windows installation completes, open an elevated command prompt (click on search, type CMD, then right-click on the black Command Prompt icon)
26. To turn networking back on, repeat steps 10-17, but use the word enable instead of disable in steps 13 and 15.