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I’d make a new landscape page with 2 columns, then paste the page info into each column.

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I set my W11 laptop up using the standard manufacturer OOBE process. This gave me all the drivers and laptop apps so all worked without issue. Then I removed the most obviously annoying software, removed the disk encryption because I have a local account, installed my own apps (including Veracrypt) and then made an image.

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Casey H, TechTango

There are already several workarounds listed above. All seem to work.
Here is a summary.

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Did it come pre-encrypted? Have you kept / removed encryption?

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Alex, have you become a shill for MS? 

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Isn’t it the other way around? Buffet funds the Gates foundation.

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Probably a 4GB disk then.

The manufacturers “cheat” by describing capacity in GiB not GB.

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Not my distinction, see the OP.

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A few useful posts.

PKCano wrote:

I set up Win11 Pro 24H2… Used the “for Work or School” option in the setup… No hassle trying to use the Local ID.

RetiredGeek wrote:

Here’s a new one I just read about in PCWorld newsletter:
Press: Shift+F10
Type: Start ms-chx:localonly
Follow the prompts to create a local user. Setup continues normally

RetiredGeek wrote:

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0
You could just type those two commands into the Command Window yourself.

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satrow, Still Anonymous, windbg, Tex265

Individual waste water testing is a conspiracy theory.

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I use a spreadsheet, but I don’t require budgeting and I only track costs to do my tax.

GnuCash and NerdWallet are free, after that it’s whatever works at a price you are prepared to pay. Even MS have free Excel sheets and there are plenty of Google ones.

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cellsee6

Given the amount he has I doubt he cares how MS fare. He can’t spend the money he currently has, although he could come close by buying a social media company. 

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WSbobby-p, TechTango

Although you might find the tesla email never gets through. 

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Bill wrote:

Computer technology will be used to enforce the prohibition of buying or selling without the mark

By “mark”, you mean money? It has ever been thus.

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Until they legalise drug X, then they will need to update all the detectors….
Nice conspiracy theory though.

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