The method shown in the OP video to use a fake email address and password does not work any longer. But read my comment here and you'll find updated methods that do work. Note I am not the OP, i found this post from a google search when I was looking. I've added these instructions that I wrote myself though so others can find it if they come from searching. I have collected several methods you may choose from. At this time it seems method 4 seems to be the easiest method. Method 1. Here is my own video I made with this process using method 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhANX6YPCgY At Let's add your Microsoft account screen, asking to sign in press Shift F10 (If you're on a laptop that has Action Keys mode or something similar, you may need to Function Shift F10) Note, someone (rynezuzinec688) said this in a comment, I'm not sure its needed as I dont have an S mode handy but in case it works for someone: "if you have an 'S' edition of Windows 11, you need to hit the windows key + r and type cmd.exe and then disable 'S' mode. then you can follow the shift + f10." However i'm not sure how you simply disable mode from command line. One way I know to disable S mode is to at your computer boot enter your BIOS, by pressing maybe DEL, F2, F10, different computers have different keys to enter its BIOS. But in BIOS then you find the setting for Secure Boot and disable Secure Boot. Save your bios and then restart and load your Windows install USB after that. Windows S Mode requires Secure Boot so windows will be forced to not install in S mode. Anyway, lets continue: command prompt appears type into command line ncpa.cpl Network connections appears right click the Ethernet and or Wi-Fi whichever is connected click Disable close Network Connections type into command line oobe\bypassnro computer will restart at Let's connect you to a network, it should show it is Not connected click I don't have internet Continue with limited setup Enter the username you want to create and click next to continue windows setup normally After setup and you get to desktop there will be no internet right click the world icon in bottom right taskbar Network and Internet Settings Advanced Network Settings Under Network adapters, for any that have a button labeled Enable, click Enable. They should all say Disable (Meaning they are Enabled, and you can Disable it) Close Network & Internet settings Proceed with your windows configuration as you wish I have seen it sometimes after some restarts windows will come up and prompt to change your password for some reason. I leave the old password blank, and new password you can leave blank or you can choose a password. Method 2 An alternative way to do this is to use this online tool made by another redditor u/cschneegans https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/ With this tool you can pre configure all sorts of options to use for your windows install, and one of those options is to set Let Windows Setup create the following local (“offline”) accounts: and configure a user name there. Once you have your settings selected like you want then go to the very bottom and click to download the xml file, this will download autoattend.xml file and you simply copy that file to the root of your windows install usb drive, and the windows install will use the settings found there next time you start a new install. Method 3 Edit 3/29/2025 - A just announced windows change will remove the ability of method 1, at which time we'll try to adjust the directions. see https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1jm13la/no_more_bypassnro_microsoft_account_a_must/ A proposed method is that at the point where you would run the line oobe\bypassnro to manually imput commands that bypassnro performs. those 2 commands are: reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f shutdown /r /t 0 so if one day bypassnro does not work, please try the above and let us know, or if someone wants to give it a try before they break it to test that would be helpful also. Method 4 edit: 5/30/2025 - Another option someone has reported. At Let's connect you to a network, use the Shift F10, or Function Shift F10 to open a command prompt. In the command prompt type: start ms-cxh:localonly press enter. This should open a microsoft account screen where you can create a local account. It asks Who's going to use this PC You can put a username here, and