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How To Bypass Internet Connection To Install Windows 11

To install Windows 11 without an internet connection, use a USB flash drive to start the PC and select the "Custom: Install Windows only" option to delete existing partitions and install Windows 11 on the unallocated space. Bypass the network connection page using the "Shift + F10" shortcut and "OOBE\BYPASSNRO" command, then complete the out-of-box experience by creating a local account. Once complete, Windows 11 will finish installing without an internet connection.

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How To Bypass Internet Connection To Install Windows 11

To install Windows 11 without an internet connection, use a USB flash drive to start the PC and select the "Custom: Install Windows only" option to delete existing partitions and install Windows 11 on the unallocated space. Bypass the network connection page using the "Shift + F10" shortcut and "OOBE\BYPASSNRO" command, then complete the out-of-box experience by creating a local account. Once complete, Windows 11 will finish installing without an internet connection.

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Install Windows 11 without internet connection

To install Windows 11 (version 22H2 or 21H2) without an internet connection,


use these steps:

1. Start the PC with the Windows 11 USB flash drive.


2. Press any key to continue.
3. Click the Next button.

4. Click the Install now button.


5. Click the “I don’t have a product key” option if you are doing a reinstallation. If the
Windows 11 installation were previously activated after the installation, reactivation
would happen automatically.

6. Select the edition of “Windows 11” that your license key activates (if applicable).
7. Check the “I accept the license terms” option.
8. Click the Next button.
9. Select the “Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)” option.
10. Select each partition in the hard drive you want to install Windows 11 21H2 and click
the Delete button. (Usually, the “Drive 0” is the drive that contains all the installation
files.)

Warning: Deleting a partition also deletes all data on the drive. Also, it is not required to delete the
partitions from a secondary hard drive.

11. Select the hard drive (Drive 0 Unallocated Space) to install Windows 11.
12. Click the Next button.
13. Select your region setting after the installation on the first page of the out-of-the-box
experience (OOBE).

14. Click the Yes button.


15. Select your keyboard layout setting.

16. Click the Yes button.


17. Click the Skip button if you do not need to configure a second layout.
18. On the “Oops, you’ve lost internet connection” or “Let’s connect you to a
network” page, use the “Shift + F10” keyboard shortcut.
19. In Command Prompt, type the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command to bypass network
requirements on Windows 11 and press Enter.

20. The computer will restart automatically, and the out-of-box experience (OOBE) will
start again.

Quick note: You will need to select the region and keyboard settings again to get to the network
connection page.

21. Click the “I don’t have internet” option.


22. Click the “Continue with limited setup” option.

23. Click the Accept button (if applicable).


24. Confirm the name of the local default account on Windows 11.

25. Click the Next button.


26. Create a password for the account.

27. Click the Next button.


28. Confirm the account password.
29. Click the Next button.
30. Select and complete the three security questions to recover the account.

31. Click the Next button.


32. Choose the privacy settings.

33. Click the Next button.


34. Click the Next button again.
35. Click the Accept button.

Once you complete the steps, Windows 11 (version 22H2 or 21H2) will
continue the installation on the computer.

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