First, we are going to change the boot order as without doing so, the computer will boot from an empty hard drive or another source. So this step ensures that the computer boots from the installation ...

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Microsoft is closing an existing Windows 11 loophole that allows you to set up and use a PC without a Microsoft Account or an active internet connection. Specifically, the 'bypassnro.cmd' bypass ...

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This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.