All you need to disable is: Windows Update (wuauserv), Update Orchestrator (UsoSvc), and Windows Update Medic Service (WAASMedic), and it will stay disabled. But you have to do it with the registry editor.
Find those services in: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and change the ‘Start’ value to ‘4’, which is disabled
It will whinge about permissions so you’ll have to right click on the folder for each service and grant yourself permissions to edit it.
It’s been doing it for a while. At some point I remember not being able to create a local account at all when installing Windows 10 and then I found there was a hidden way to do it later on. They’ve been trying this shit forever.
Currently the only way is to do the initial install without an internet connection. So don’t plug in the ethernet, and don’t put in the wifi password until after the first full boot.
I guess this is a Windows 10 pro thing because with this version you can at least tell it that you want to join a domain later. That way it will let you create a local account without joining a domain anyway.
I just set up a mew win11 desktop today, to have a local account you need to enter a command into the hidden terminal via shift F10, then restart the setup process, only this time the option “I don’t have WiFi right now” shows up and lets you continue with a local account.
First thing I did was ran a debloat script, mcafee now has a games launcher being shipped! HP thinks you need 9 programs, including OMEN gaming, smart photos, and an app manager to manage all those apps you didnt ask for. Windows didnt get to say much before the script edited group policies to rid of nags.
And before anybody (yes. You.) says anything about Linux. I use it every day, but im not about to make old pops have to relearn everything he barely knows about computers, he refers to bookmarks as icons.
You can also just put whatever wrong login and password at the Microsoft account login. When it fails to log in the installer lets you continue with a local account. It’s faster than the “proper” method with the command.
This. I use “no@thankyou.com” and an empty password so it displays the error message that the email/password was incorrect too many times and is forced to do things my way.
Am I a bad person for enjoying tormenting my OS on first install?
I put a fresh install of Windows 11 on a new PC last month using Rufus to create a bootable USB drive, and it lets you set the option to use a local account on install. Nice and painless.
Been using it since maybe a couple years ago and finally got a new laptop February that is currently running it, despite the occasional headaches it has caused me. It’s been a trip, but I’m down.
Friendly nerd advice: Install VirtualBox or VMWare another virtual machine system, and test drive some distro of Linux in a virtual machine to learn more about it and get the feel for it before taking the deep dive.
And once you do make the deep Linux dive, you can still run Windows inside a virtual machine there as well 👍
I’m fairly confident in Linux, but for a long time I used Windows for gaming. These days pretty much all my games run on Linux, though, so the plan is to jump ship next time I can be bothered to change OSs.
I only started using Windows with Windows 10, and I used Windows 11 very briefly when it first came out before switching to Manjaro GNOME, which I am still on (through multiple reinstalls and customisations).
since windows 10, when they forcibly rebooted my computer and i lost hours of work, and thats after fucking with the registry all week to turn this off…
not to take away from the dumbness of win8 ux design
Trying again with debian. Got the 1 show stoper software my wide needed working the other day.
One thing that is doing my head in is game cut scenes are janky as all hell. I suspect video drivers as im on a 3060 I bought yrs ago. No clue what to do about it as I’m not ready to spring for another non nvidia card
Mind sharing what game is giving you problems? I’m on the 3070 and I had some issues with Cyberpunk 2077 but it was my fault, after a clean reinstall everything was ok.
Ixion. (Works fine on the steam deck)and oddly ck3 when scrolling in and out of the map. Havnt had the chance to try many more. Oxygen not included works fine though
Darn. You may already be aware of it, but ProtonDB is an excellent resource. People share their experiences with specific games, and quite often someone will have found a workaround for problems.
(Sorry for the delayed response, my app didn’t alert me)
Unfortunately all my recent experiences with Linux have been abysmal.
My computer just refuses to cooperate with any Linux distro and DE. I have tried them all.
The one program I used the most (Discord) runs like absolute trash.
Wayland is still extremely buggy and unusable. It crashes constantly.
I really wish I could switch full time but Linux just is t there yet, and in some ways feels it has regressed in recent years.
I’m a Linux enthusiast and have used it in some capacity since 1996 with my first foray using Slackware.
I desperately want to use Linux as a daily driver but for my entire work flow, it fails at every metric. I’m disgusted that I have to continue using Windows.
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