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Windows 11 Local account setup

easiest way to create a win 11 local account is to enter:

press shift+f10(sometimes you need to hold fn key depending on device) then type:
oobe\bypassnro

another option thats more advanced if that doesnt work is the following

Shift + F10

CMD will open

Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active” and press enter.

Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires” and press enter.

Next type “net user administrator /active” and press enter.

Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.

Next type “regedit” and press enter.

This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”

Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”

Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.

Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”