Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts

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schizoidman ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml )

Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months ago

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Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts

www.pcworld.com

schizoidman ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml )

Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months ago

Many users use an e-mail trick to avoid creating a Microsoft account. This has now apparently been stopped by Microsoft.

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Chahk ( @chahk@beehaw.org )
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1•10 months ago
Isn’t this getting blocked in 24H2?
- Scary le Poo ( @Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org )
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  No, only a “normies” exploit involving using a defunct email address is getting blocked.

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