Re: The problem with not owning the software

On Fri, 1/3/2025 8:55 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

Installing Windows 11? The installer won't allow you to continue without logging
in to your account. Sure, there are workarounds if you pray five times a day and
stand on your head doing so, but it doesn't allow it be default.

Start with the https://rufus.ie USB stick preparation tool.

   Name: rufus-4.6p.exe                # Portable version
   Size: 1622832 bytes (1584 KiB)
   SHA256: 8279696C1D78B14618500E9135886A3667B9DECC65946F3729002E4BFDBB20AB

Run from Windows machine, to prepare Windows 11 media for clean install to a PC.
If Linux is onboard the target (to-be-installed) machine, make sure you have
prepared a [Linux] Boot Repair CD for later, when Linux needs to be returned to control.

It uses syslinux for the USB boot part, plus it modifies some
of the goods in the Windows 11 materials, for Windows-10-like behavior.
There is a separate dialog box, which only applies when you tell
Rufus (one way or another) that this is a Windows 11 project, that
will appear before the writes to the stick start.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/9Q0kMWTB/Rufus-Boot-Stick-Preparation.gif

Note that, if you are using a Window 11 24H2 ISO, there is a
remote possibility that Rufus will defeat the usual issues,
however, Microsoft has promised the OS will *crash* if the
hardware does not support SSE4.2 POPCNT instruction. I tries on
the Optiplex 780, the E8400 Core2 Duo lacks the instruction, and
a Microsoft dialog stops the install. I don't get to crash.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/X7Pw33gF/optiplex-780-Core2-Duo-W11-Fail.gif

Notice how in that example, I install W10Home first, then while
booted into Windows, I plug in the Rufus stick and run the Setup.exe
file on it. And do a W11-over-W10 installation. Which is a lot
smoother than what I'm about to show you.

If you made media from the 24H2 ISO, and had a perfectly compliant
machine, this is the hay ride you get to take. Starting over, ls likely
to be your fate. Imagine the length of the storyboard and how many
whiteboards it took to put together this customer torture sequence.
Notice on this side-by-side Clean Install of W11Home, my new C:
drive is Bitlocker encrypted. The key for it, will be stored
in my Cloud account at Microsoft, indexed by the new MSA I'm forced
to make.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/XX6BGN1D/W11-24-H2-DVD-Install.gif

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Finally, this is the Success Case. W11-over-W10 using Rufus stick Setup.exe .

    [Picture]

     https://i.postimg.cc/T1FGRGJ7/Rufus-W11-Home-24-H2-on-10-year-old-machine.gif

Looks like Disk #33, normally used for Win10, now has a Win11 24H2 dual boot.
Since the processor has a POPCNT, no problem getting the install to work.

   Paul