Remember when it was possible to browse Twitter unrestricted without having to sign up with an account? Those were good times.

So the "tech genius" doesn't know how to install windows without a Microsoft account and doesn't know how to Google it?

May I introduce the man who wants you to think he is a genius!

Thanks Elon for being so transparently incompetent.

For anyone reading this that has to install Windows, when you get to the point where it asks you to log into a Microsoft account, hit shift+F10, type oobe\bypassnro into the command prompt and after it reboots select "I don't have an account"...

I would still maintain that Linux is a better option though.

the world's richest man, de facto president, head of the tech oligarchy, is complaining about corporations irritating him.

WHO THE FUCK SAYS "PC LAPTOP"??

Did he type that from his laptop phone? Maybe speech-to-text from his cell phone smartwatch?

Yes you do have to live in capitalist hellscape too, asshat. Maybe you should have thought about that a little sooner. >:(

This supposed genius still uses Windows?

Political relevance be damned, anyway...

You can press SHIFT+F10 keys to open Command Prompt.

Execute OOBE\BYPASSNRO command then.

After this, setup will reboot the computer and after reboot, you’ll get a new option I don’t have Internet or Continue with limited setup to skip the Internet requirement.

Don't you need to create an X account just to look at posts on X?

I switched to Linux Mint a few weeks ago and it was eye-opening

For the world’s smartest guy, he sure is stupid

No I am not seeing it I use Linux

So now he's busy dismantling what little consumer protections are left in the US. Makes so much sense.

It's simple z we buy Microsoft

And then proceed to run it off a cliff

Oh please, musk, buy Microsoft, please please

If only someone would reply to him with the screen Twitter displays when you try to read a post while not signed in…

Yet his Swasticars strip every ounce of data from it owners…

We know how this ends

1. Elon complains
2. Elon buys
3. Elon destroys

Broken clock.

Click domain join instead and then create a local account

I've had 2 instances where the Shift+F10 method didn't work on a Windows 11 Home edition install. 1 was a brand new HP laptop I set up for a friend. It came with a bunch of bloatware so I created a bootable USB and reinstalled the OS. It didn't pull up a command prompt when I tried the command no matter what I did. The second was at work. I accidentally let it update during the setup and afterwards it accepted the bypass command, but still never gave me the option to log in without a Microsoft account. I have a feeling they're phasing that option out for Home.

At least Pro has the domain join option. Still it sucks that Bitlocker gets set up automatically and associates the key with the first Microsoft account you sign in with.

he's gonna buy Microsoft and rename it MicroXoft for fucks sake.

Ctrl+F10 and oobe\bypassnro

Wait the richest asshole in the world uses regular windows like poor commoners?

Because he has access to many sensitive data, shouldn't be using windows enterprise with a finely tuned group policy by some AD guru??

Is this real? I'm having a hard time believing he posted this.

LOL yeah dude you just

In the setup page before you select language Open cmd with Shift + F10 and type OOBE\BYPASSNRO

Then set up the computer without internet

Okay, this was a year ago. Still, why is anyone at that level setting up there own computer? I would pay someone to do it.

Unelected immigrant with illegal unfettered access to all data in the entire federal government complains about having to have a microsoft account to use Windows.