Set up Windows 11 without internet - oobe\bypassnro

Anonymous
2022-05-15T21:52:40+00:00

Ok, now on Insider builds you can't get it past anymore by killing OOBE Connection Flow. This is just nonsense.

How are we supposed to set up PCs that don't have any Wi-Fi/Ethernet drivers in the first place?

When killing Connection Flow you just get this message:

Here is the solution:

Open cmd with Shift + F10 and type OOBE\BYPASSNRO.

Your computer will restart and now you will have the "I don't have Internet" option.

No need to thank me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-30T22:04:45+00:00

    This workaround no longer works.

    Yes it does, nothing to do with wi-fi drivers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T02:22:44+00:00

    This workaround is still working clean installing build 25217 😁

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-09T22:11:52+00:00

    Hey fg, Sibro,

    Appears with todays Dev build 25197 total offline clean install is working with oobe bypass again.

    Have a great weekend guys.

    Regards,

    Thanks Johnny,

    I'll give it a try as soon as I finish the download.

    Have a good one too, regards.

    CONFIRMED

    Tried also official MS ISO 25197, that works fine too.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-04T05:48:54+00:00

    I'm not sure when this took effect but oobe\bypassnro doesn't work anymore (build 25193)

    Instead of the regular options, right away the installer tries to check for updates and this comes up

    I could not find a way out. I tried oobe\bypassnro one more time , same result.

    Also, I couldn't perform an in-place repair on this clean installation without using a hack. AFAICR, this is the first time this happened to me with a Dev build on this yellow zone laptop.

    Hi Sibro,

    Confirm, I see the same message with 25193.

    I had to connect the ethernet and then hit "Try again" to get over that message "AUTOPILOTUPDATE" and then it continued.

    Note that at this point it did not give me the choice for connecting the Wi-Fi either, I just connected the ethernet and hit Try Again. 🤷‍♂️

    It let me connect with Wi-Fi when I did a normal install without using oobe\bypassnro. 🤷‍♂️

    Always some new changes. 🤣

    I never heard anything about AUTOPILOTUPDATE. 😎

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    As for update in place, in my case, there is no change because I already needed a little hack on appraiserres.dll to get over the TPM and Secure Boot checks. 🤣

    I did the upgrade of my red zone laptop from 19044.1949 to 25193.1000 without any new problem. 😉

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-25T01:57:44+00:00

    I tried a download again an hour ago for 25120.1010 but keeps getting errors on download.

    I know, you told us already on my thread.

    With all due respect, please stop posting about this topic on multiple threads. You have your own thread, then you posted on mine and now you are repeating yourself here. 😒

    A little touchy, are you? 🤐

    I still cannot understand how you get 25120.1010, it kept failing for me and for Johnny too.

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