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
    2023-09-07T11:17:04+00:00

    It's really simple. With the Shift/F10 feature (on newer laptops), you might also have to use Shift/Fn/F10. (The Fn key)... so anyway, you will or should be at Windows/System32, I believe. Now just change directories to Oobe. Now type in "bypassnro" and watch what happens... It's like magic.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-06T15:11:08+00:00

    You’re a legend!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T20:35:14+00:00

    Ok thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T20:27:58+00:00

    @John McPherson1,

    Thanks for the input, but I was not discussing VM here, just the procedure described on page 1 of this thread which is still valid. 🤷‍♂️

    Fn + Shift + F10 only applies to specific keyboards and PCs.

    Shift + F10 is the normal way to get to Command Prompt as shown in page 1. 🤷‍♂️

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T19:26:32+00:00

    just saw this :
    after that the system did an auto restart if not - just chose reboot VM and try again - <fn><shift><f10> AT the language preference contry selection if you go past it you have to restart and hit <fn><shift><f10> before making any selections .
    you can create a user add to the admin group as referenced in a previous post - then once its finishes install vmware tools

    to install VMware tools on Windows 11 ARM - using the powershell as admin.
    Set up powershell execution mode : then run setup.ps2 as admin:

    refer to the read.me file:
    Shared folders/drag/drop/copy/paste are not supported with Windows 11 ARM VMs. This is documented in the VMWare Fusion documentation for Fusion 13 here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/13/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7... and has been discussed ad nauseam here in the forum and in the Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion document found in the VMWare Fusion Documents section of this forum..

    Unfortunately the VMware documentation is missing the step to run set-executionpolicy, which is really, really important.

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