• Ace! _SL/S@ani.social
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    5 months ago

    Imagine having no internet for real when setting up Windows. I guess the hardware you bought is useless then

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      5 months ago

      I always setup my own new installs offline, with no Internet connected and assumed that the was the workaround this was referring to. Guess that’s my fault for not reading the article. I wasn’t even aware of the fake email bypass.

      But my reasons were primarily because I wanted to disable as much telemetry as possible and tweak other settings before putting it on a network.

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Just call anyone that has Linux they will gladly bring their favorite distro to your door on a flash drive. Be forewarned though, they will stick around and talk to you about it for at least two hours though.