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 ...

The Windows setup process has generally required an Internet connection and Microsoft account sign-in since the Windows 11 22H2 update. Before this, Windows 11 21H2 and some of the later Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years. It's the right thing to do.

Microsoft removes local-only Windows setup in latest Insider Preview, but an age check trick could help you out.