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minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoFor 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”
minus-squaregigachad@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point
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”
I am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point