Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
To bypass the Microsoft Account requirement, proceed with the first few steps of the installation process normally until you reach the Sign in screen.
Then press Shift + F10 to open up a Command Prompt Window and enter the following command:
oobe\bypassnro
The system will restart and begin the installation steps all over. At this point disconnect your PC from the Internet. Eventually you’ll see an “I Don’t Have Internet” option, or you’ll be prompted to create a local account immediately.
The procedure below assumes a standard Windows 10 | 11 installation where the Recovery Partition immediately follows the Windows OS partition
1. Run Command Prompt as administrator
2. Check the Recovery partition is enabled
reagentc /info
If the Recovery partition is enabled disable it
reagentc /disable
3. Shrink the Windows OS partition by 250MB so as to increase the Recovery partition by the same amount
diskpart list disk sel disk [OS disk index] list part sel part [OS partition] shrink desired=250 minimum=250 sel part [Recovery partition] delete partition override
4.
Inadvertently hitting Up-Arrow just before striking the Enter key causes the search to select last drop down menu search option, i.e. “Change Search Settings” instead of searching the web. This could be intentional but more often than not it’s an annoyance. It also wipes the original search query forcing it to be retyped. In addition the “Change Search Settings” option doesn’t get highlighted to give you a clue that it is going to Change Search Settings.
Using Regedit navigate to
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\
Click on Windows and add new key called Explorer
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Click on Explorer and add 32-bit DWORD DisableSearchBoxSuggestions = 1
Restart
If not installed already install the Intel HD Graphics 5500 drivers either through Settings > Update & Security > Optional Updates > Drivers or download directly from Intel Support Download web page.
Router centralised malware and adult content blocking
Choose Cloudflare 1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2 and 1.1.1.3/1.0.0.3 DNS servers to entrust them to block malware and adult content sites.
Choose Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 primary and secondary DNS servers for Open unrestricted access.
Alternative public Open DNS servers:
For public DNS Servers by country see https://public-dns.info/
Notes:
Cloudflare promises that it won’t use your browsing data to serve ads and commits to never writing the your querying IP address to disk.
Windows 10
Virtualbox v6.1
When trying to run newly created VM the following Virtualbox error is generated:
WHvCapabilityCodeHypervisorPresent is FALSE! Make sure you have enabled the 'Windows Hypervisor Platform' feature. (VERR_NEM_NOT_AVAILABLE).
VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX).
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
To fix ensure the following Window Features are disabled and VT-x is enabled in the BIOS:
Finally run the following Command Prompt command:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
Restart the computer
Note: When VT-x is first enabled the PC should be powered off and on again
When you reach the “Let’s Connect You To A Network” page, press Shift+F10 to bring up the Command window and enter following command:
taskkill /F /IM oobenetworkconnectionflow.exe
Return to the Windows 11 setup and enter local account information
bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal
To stop PC entering Safe Mode on every boot run System Configuration tool (msconfig) and under Boot options untick Safe boot, click OK and close