If your computer is still running without issues and meets your needs, you have a few ways to extend its life beyond 2025. Microsoft is now offering enrollment to the Extended Security Updates (ESU) ...

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Microsoft has tightened Windows 11 setup restrictions again. Here are a few solid methods still let you create a local account during setup.

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Microsoft just ended offline setup in Windows 11. No more local accounts as every installation now needs internet and a Microsoft sign in.

Windows Insider Program lead Amanda Langowski said in a blog post on Monday that those setup screens -- called the Windows Setup experience (or "out of box experience") -- are "critical" during ...

Microsoft is increasingly clamping down on methods for bypassing the Microsoft Account requirement for Windows 11.