The Rufus tool will offer to modify your Windows 11 install media when you create it. The workaround for the Microsoft account requirement is new to the 3.19 beta.
Enlarge / The Rufus tool will offer to modify your Windows 11 install media when you create it. The workaround for the Microsoft account requirement is new to the 3.19 beta.

Microsoft account requirement is one of the new features coming to the Windows 11 22H2 update, regardless of whether you are using the Home or Pro version of the operating system. The 22H2 update corrects a few of Windows 11's original flaws and adds some nice quality-of-life improvements.

There is an easy way to create install media for Windows and other operating systems with the help of theRufus tool. Some flags have been offered to remove Windows 11's system requirement checks from the installation process. The removal of the Microsoft account requirement will make it easy to set up a new Windows PC with a local account.

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Don't connect your PC to the internet before you create your user account. The trick was used to get around the account requirement in Windows 11 Pro and some of the later versions of Windows 10. The status quo is maintained by theRufus tool.

Once you have Windows 11 up and running, your system will be "unsupported" if you use Rufus to avoid it. There is a vague threat that Microsoft may stop providing updates and security patches for unsupported systems. Windows 11's TPM and security features are not kept out of the picture when the OS is installed, so if you want to create a single installer that will cover both supported and unsupported hardware, you can.

Microsoft provides its own media creation tools for people who want to create their own media, but it doesn't offer the same circumventions for the company's requirements.

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