

Right-click on the Start Menu icon (bottom center of screen, left most icon). Now would be an acceptable time to plug your network cable back in. Only after you have turned off all of Microsoft's tracking should you select Accept to complete the Windows 11 configuration.Įventually you will be able to login and will then be presented with the desktop. It will double check that you are sure about using an offline account, select Continue with limited setup.įinally on the privacy settings screen, make sure you deselect every single option (scroll down for more options). Windows will now prompt you about having no internet connection, select I don't have internet. Run oobe\bypassnro in the command prompt window, this will reboot the machine automatically and then return you to the region selection window.īegin by selecting a region and keyboard (and a secondary keyboard layout if necessary). Upon completion, press SHIFT+F10 to bring up a command prompt window. If you do not plan on pulling your network cable you will be forced into logging in with a MicrosoftĪfter installing Windows to the selected hard drive you will be prompted to reboot the computer. However, as Win11Tweaks can be baked into an installation to be run automatically, I have added this section up near the top so it does not get skipped over. This step will need to be done before the script can be run on a fresh installation. Use any text editor or regular old Notepad to edit the file. While not required, in order to personalize your installation, it is recommended to edit user_settings.ps1. OpenShell is used for a customizable start menu experience Original Windows right-click menu restored (Optional) GPG and SSH key forwarding over SSH Git for Windows directly integrated into MSYS2, this uses the faster native version of Git with the added benefit of being able to use the default MSYS2 package manager pacman 1 (Optional) Windows Defender Completed RemovedĬhocolatey Package Manger, manage packages like a Linux system (Optional) Microsoft Edge Completed Removed Privacy is another focus and as such any call home or telemetry functions have been disabled or out-right removed. This set of scripts attempts to maintain a vanilla appearance while gutting most of the unneeded and/or unwanted items from the operating system.

The following will walk you through setting up Windows 11 with a local user account. Before the script can be run, Windows itself needs to be installed properly. This script is meant to be utilized immediately after a fresh installation of Windows 11.

This repository is provided for archival/educational purposes, I am not responsible for any data loss or
