Install Windows 11 Without Internet (BypassNRO)

On the screen that asks you to connect to a network, press Shift + F10 and run:

oobe\BypassNRO

The PC restarts and the network screen now shows I don't have internet. You can continue offline with a local account.

If the script is missing (Microsoft removed it in recent builds), set the value by hand and restart:

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v BypassNRO /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
shutdown /r /t 0

Microsoft keeps closing these workarounds in new builds. If none works, use an unattended answer file.

Related: use a local account in Windows 11 setup.

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Written by Daniel Ruiz Peláez, Systems & Infrastructure Engineer (Linux, VMware, Proxmox, Active Directory, networking and security). These are notes from real problems I have solved.

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