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  • Mostly because it’s for business. There are a mix of customers, some want it one way some want it another. We don’t normally use text. So if your equipment is done and you don’t listen to your voice mail. Please don’t complain you weren’t contacted. Hypothetically. Not saying it’s you. But I do get these complaints.








  • Sorry, missed your reply. I run the setup for Windows on a lot of computers. Last time I tried that command it wasn’t working. I used to be able to start the setup and once you got to the point of needing to sign in to a Microsoft account you could skip it. They removed that. Then this command you are talking about worked for a bit. Then removing the ethernet cable worked for a while, Microsoft closed that too. Currently I connect the machines to a network and attempt to log into an account, but mistype the password. This will give an error and allow a local account. Unfortunately these are machines for sale, so I can’t use a Microsoft account like they want. It’s a whole “thing”. However, if it’s your own machine, use Rufus to create a boot disk that will bypass the Microsoft account requirement.

    Why would they block it? Because they want everyone to use a Microsoft account, and they have been getting more and more aggressive about it.

    Edit: forgot to mention again, OP’s post image is from an update message and not initial Win 11 install. The command to skip the sign on is for OOBE, “out of box experience”. Aka initial setup.

    For this screen not to come back, Settings notifications turn off the last three checkboxes





  • Could be a dead CMOS battery, but if the computer had a case switch more likely it was a security feature that lets you know the case was opened. On Acer computers you would have to press F1 to continue the boot, or Del key to enter the BIOS and have the chance to change the setting. Incidentally the setting is usually under the Security tab> Open Chassis. You can reset the notification or turn it off.

    I run into this situation on office computers all the time, because no one knows how to turn it off or reset it.