Install Windows 11 Home without an Internet connection and without the need to use Microsoft ID accounts, This is possible with a simple console commandwhich, as we will see in this basic tutorial, is introduced during the installation process.

Windows 11 still hasn’t gained market share, and one of the reasons is its hardware requirements, which have been artificially inflated for many analysts. Other requirements, such as the need to use a Microsoft ID account, are even less understandable, even if they are for commercial reasons, because the company wants to “sell” you its own connected services, such as Microsoft 365 or what is included with OneDrive storage.

Both impositions can be easily circumvented by preparing specific installation media, using third-party applications such as the fantastic Rufus to bypass TPM, Secure Boot, or disabling the BitLocker encryption feature that has been in the news for the past few weeks, activating automatically and without prior notification.

How to install Windows 11 Home

If you have installed the base version of Windows 11 (Windows 11 Pro and the Education and Business editions work differently), are using an official Microsoft ISO not modified for clean installations, or are restoring an already installed system, there will be a point in the installation process. where you will need to be connected to the Internet and use a Microsoft ID account.

Both requirements are not necessary at all for a successful installation.. Many users prefer to use a local account in Windows precisely because of the greater telemetry and advertising of Microsoft accounts. Regarding the Internet connection, there may be a situation where it is not available, and anyway, updates, driver installations, etc. can be done perfectly after installation.

If you create installation media with Rufus, you can automatically skip all of this. But there is another simpler way, with a simple command. You will need to activate it during the installation process when you get to the network connection section you see in the following image:

Skipping the request is as simple as this Two steps:

• Click on the keyboard shortcut ‘Shift + F10’ to open the command line.
• Type the command oobe\bypassnro

This command will restart the quick configuration (OOBE) or in other words the Windows installation process will be restarted. Here you will see the option to install Windows 11 without internet. Click on it and the installation will complete without further incident.