Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 42m Just bought a new PC laptop and it won’t let me use it unless I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their Al access to my computer! This is messed up. There used to be an option to skip signing into or creating a Microsoft account. Are you seeing this too? This is not cool of Microsoft.


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-02-25)

  • M500@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I used some command prompt to get around it, so I’m not saying it’s impossible. but unless you are decently techy, you will not know to do it.

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      9 months ago

      The guides I found give you every single detail you’d need to know. If you know how to read, you can use the terminal bypass method.

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        9 months ago

        Right, but my mom and dad would not even think that there is a way around it. They wouldn’t even know to look.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          9 months ago

          Sure, but are they ones who care about not having a Microsoft account?

          They might even think it is convenient.

          If someone is privacy aware enough, they’ll find the solution themselves.