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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months ago

Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts

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Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months ago

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Many users use an e-mail trick to avoid creating a Microsoft account. This has now apparently been stopped by Microsoft.

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It worked as of six months ago, but it is possible that was patched in this recent “fix”.

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