• the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.

    CMD will open.

    Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

    Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

    Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.

    Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.

    Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.

    Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.

    Next type “regedit” and press enter.

    This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”

    Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”

    Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.

    Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”

      • SatyrSack@quokk.au
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        29 days ago

        I cannot find this meme I know I have seen

        Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
        Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
        Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
        Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons