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Microsoft Account (MSA) may no longer be a requirement for Windows 11!

When Windows 11 was released on October 5th, 2021, several people pointed out the biggest flaws of this version of Windows, especially when it comes to Microsoft Account. This outrage was so loud and heated that we even provided our opinion about how we approached the Microsoft Account requirement, which is negative.

Due to negative opinions outnumbering the positive ones when it comes to Microsoft Account, several workarounds were being proposed, with Microsoft closing them in an attempt to force more people to sign in to their Microsoft Account, especially when it comes to Windows 11 Home and Pro.

Now, Microsoft has announced that they’re committing to a better Windows 11 quality with a huge milestone that will happen this year, with this blog post being posted to the Windows Insiders Blog.

One of the improvements that will be made, alongside vertical taskbar, Copilot reduction, and other quality-of-life changes, Microsoft’s VP, Scott Hanselman, explained that he hated the Microsoft Account requirement with a simple tweet:

https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/2035110958314745891

However, this is just an update from the Windows VP indicating that he’s working on dealing with the Microsoft Account debacle that has been going on for over 4 years. The actual changes remain to be seen, and we won’t be able to see this change until Microsoft releases an update that contains all life-of-quality changes.

Meanwhile, you’ll be stuck with the current workarounds, such as “bypassnro” and Rufus (with unattend.xml), until this update actually arrives.

When Microsoft decides to remove the requirement, we will let you know.

To learn more about the remaining changes, here is the blog post.

#SequenceAlignment is notoriously prone to error. Our latest #preprint offers a new tool for filtering errors out, assesses it and other filtering tools, and recommends new best practice. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691663v1 1/10 #MSA #alignment #phylogenetics

Microsoft makes it even harder for users to use local accounts

In the series of non-ending mistakes that Microsoft did since the release of Windows 11, the biggest of them was to try to get people to sign in to their Microsoft account instead of using the local account when first setting up their Windows 11 installation, especially when targeting those who use the Windows 11 Home edition. Since then, Microsoft have been taking efforts to take down known bypass methods to get around the Microsoft Account sign in requirement, such as removing the bypassnro.cmd file from the %WINDIR%\System32\oobe folder, while still allowing the local-only workarounds with start ms-cxh:localonly.

Now, Microsoft continued to play their chess game at doubling down on requiring users to sign in to their Microsoft account by releasing a new Windows 11 Insider version v26120.6772. According to their official blog, Microsoft explained that they’ve removed all known workarounds, because while “these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip critical setup screens, potentially causing users to exit OOBE with a device that is not fully configured for use. Users will need to complete OOBE with internet and a Microsoft account, to ensure device is setup correctly.”

According to Windows Latest, Microsoft is still testing the requirement, and it might make it to the final Windows 11 ISOs when 2026 starts, which is going to be the worst way to start the new year.

Basically, Microsoft had said “Checkmate” to all users who are planning to using local accounts in new installations, which is disrespectful to users who didn’t want an MSA to sign in to Windows.

We are absolutely not going to sign in to our Microsoft account in all our new Windows 11 installations, especially when dealing with virtual machines, due to our internal requirements we cannot specify. This change doesn’t account for situations where local accounts are necessary, such as temporary virtual machines, test machines, and enterprise-oriented machines. It also doesn’t account for situations where the internet access is limited or nonexistent, such as lab equipment or air gapped systems, or for users who prefer privacy first.

When creating bootable Windows USBs, Rufus already provides an option to remove the requirement for Microsoft Account when setting up your computer. When it’s enabled, it adds the same command to the deployment file.

If Microsoft is to block this method of bypass through the unattended file, it might have a negative impact towards major enterprise infrastructure. Local accounts require no internet connectivity to sign in to Windows, and has been this way since the introduction of Windows NT, while the Microsoft account sign-in to Windows function was added to Windows 8.

If a workaround is found other than the Rufus unattended file workaround, we’ll post it here to continue letting users to make their local account.

#microsoft #MicrosoftAccount #MSA #news #Tech #Technology #update #Windows #Windows11

Judge temporarily pauses Trump's freeze on grants, loans (Reuters, 2025-01-29)

https://www.reuters.com/legal/non-profits-health-groups-sue-over-trumps-freeze-grants-loans-2025-01-28/
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“A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily paused part of the Trump administration's sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, granting a win to advocacy groups who said the policy would be devastating.

“At a hearing in Washington, D.C., federal court, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the Trump administration not to block ‘open awards,’ or funds that were already slated to be disbursed, until at least Feb. 3.

“The judge said her temporary ruling was intended to "maintain the status quo.’.. "

“The National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance and SAGE earlier on Tuesday sued over the directive issued by the acting head of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on Monday…”

#USPol #legal #NationalCouncilOfNonprofits #APHA #MSA #SAGEUSA

CfP: Last Call for Meeting of the Memory Studies Association - Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability

14 to 18 July 2025 in Prague

#MemoryStudies #Memory #Conference #cfp #msa

https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20046198/last-call-9th-annual-meeting-memory-studies-association-beyond-crises

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Raumsonde BepiColombo lüftet den Schleier der Venus

Unser Nachbarplanet verliert Sauerstoff und Kohlenstoff in den Weltraum. Eine Presseinformation der TU Braunschweig gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Weltraumforschung (IWF) Graz.
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https://www.raumfahrer.net/raumsonde-bepicolombo-lueftet-den-schleier-der-venus/

24.4.2024

#BepiColombo #CNRS #ESA #IDA #IGEP #IWF #JAXA #Kohlenstoff #MSA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Sauerstoff #TUBraunschweig #Venus

Re - #Introduction

I'm @paul. On the fowl site I was known as #FeedingTubePaul because I first started tweeting feeding tube awareness videos after getting mine on April 16, 2012, 11 years ago.

My social life & purpose evolved so here I am just Paul & @hashtaggames

My hashtags are #Parkinsons Plus-#MSA #MultipleSystemAtrophy #Disability #HashtagGames #Jokester #Healthcare, #USpol, #climate, #music, #literature, #movies, #TV, #fedi22 #Ohio #US #Veteran #Banjo #CatsOfMastodon among others.

@kuketzblog 2/2
# Sample file for use for on device debug override only
# Prefer frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml and
# frameworks/base/core/res/res/values-mcc*-mnc*/config.xml

################################
##### AGPS server settings #####
################################
# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following
# SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com or IP
# SUPL_PORT=7275

# supl version 2.0
# SUPL_VER=0x20000

#SUPL_MODE is a bit mask set in config.xml per carrier by default.
#If it is uncommented here, this value will overwrite the value from
#config.xml.
#MSA=0X2
#MSB=0X1
#SUPL_MODE=1

# Emergency SUPL, 1=enable, 0=disable
#SUPL_ES=0

#Choose PDN for Emergency SUPL
#1 - Use emergency PDN
#0 - Use regular SUPL PDN for Emergency SUPL
#USE_EMERGENCY_PDN_FOR_EMERGENCY_SUPL=0

####################################
# LTE Positioning Profile Settings
####################################

I have #ParkinsonsPlus, #MultipleSystemAtrophy ( #MSA ) with severe autonomic dysfunction

I understand a lot of doctors treating #LongCovid don't understand #dysautonomia's, esp POTS

Speaking as a long-time sufferer, for #POTS they really should look at using #Pyridostigmine (brand name #Mestinon

It has been the best relief I've received in the past decade

The quality of my life improved after I started taking Mestinon

Significantly decreased my syncope and pre-syncope. #MedMastodon

My Dividend Growth Portfolio - Final 2022 Recap

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4567289-dividend-growth-portfolio-final-2022-recap?source=feed

#WyoInvestments #AAPL #ABBV #AVGO #CINF #DHIL #FBIN #HCSG #INTC #LADR #MSFT #SBUX #SPGI #STOR #ABT #ADP #AFL #AMP #AOS #BBY #BLK #CAH #CME #CVS #DUK #EPD #HON #ICE #JNJ #LMT #MBC #MDT #MSA #NLY #NNN #OHI #PEP #PRU #PSX #SJM #SNA #SPG #TXN #WBA #BX #HD #MA #MO #PM #UL #O #V

My Dividend Growth Portfolio - Final 2022 Recap

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4567289-dividend-growth-portfolio-final-2022-recap?source=feed

#WyoInvestments #AAPL #ABBV #AVGO #CINF #DHIL #FBIN #HCSG #INTC #LADR #MSFT #SBUX #SPGI #STOR #ABT #ADP #AFL #AMP #AOS #BBY #BLK #CAH #CME #CVS #DUK #EPD #HON #ICE #JNJ #LMT #MBC #MDT #MSA #NLY #NNN #OHI #PEP #PRU #PSX #SJM #SNA #SPG #TXN #WBA #BX #HD #MA #MO #PM #UL #O #V

My Dividend Growth Portfolio - Final 2022 Recap

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4567289-dividend-growth-portfolio-final-2022-recap?source=feed

#WyoInvestments #AAPL #ABBV #AVGO #CINF #DHIL #FBIN #HCSG #INTC #LADR #MSFT #SBUX #SPGI #STOR #ABT #ADP #AFL #AMP #AOS #BBY #BLK #CAH #CME #CVS #DUK #EPD #HON #ICE #JNJ #LMT #MBC #MDT #MSA #NLY #NNN #OHI #PEP #PRU #PSX #SJM #SNA #SPG #TXN #WBA #BX #HD #MA #MO #PM #UL #O #V

So #introduction is a thing, I see, so here goes. I write about #disability #carework #technology #modernism #radio #literature #Ireland. Writing a #memoir but passionately hate talking about myself. Currently a #publichumanities fellow at #sarahlawrence where I teach undergrads alongside #seniors in an adult care community and develop #lifelonglearning and #creativeaging programs. I represent #contingent faculty on the #msa board and love to boost content from #adjunct and non-TT scholars.

I warmed up with some art of Mystery from MSA that I haven't drawn for ages.

#MastoArt #Art #mystery #msamystery #msa #dog #kitsune #fanart #kawaii4eva