Basically, install Windows as you normally would, but when asked for Time and Currency format, select English (World) instead of your country.

Then let the installer do its thing. Eventually, you will see a window with an ice cream cone on the floor with the words “Something went wrong” and the error message “OOBEREGION.” This cryptic message means that the “out of box experience” (OOBE) didn’t launch because it didn’t know which region to launch.

Click Skip, though, and Windows will install just fine. You won’t be prompted to buy Microsoft 365, you won’t be prompted to pay for a OneDrive subscription, and your Start menu won’t be cluttered with apps.

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    After the install. Create admin and user accounts not tied to ms. Use the user account normally, and when you need admin you enter the second account details.

    Use Sophia script to clean up all the advert apps bundled with win11.

    I wish I could find a script to remove the advert features from edge for when I have to office. Mozilla Firefox is your day to day browser.

    Use chocolatey.org to install ur apps. When you do updates, one command can do it all.

    Check start-up scripts, and ensure there is nothing that doesn’t need to be there. Teams no, zoom also no.

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      “The only downside is that the Windows Store appears not to work out of the box.”

      This is a feature, not a bug.

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          If you’re gonna buy into the Microsoft ecosystem with a subscription service and a Microsoft Account, you’ll be stuck with their trash. Should maybe consider what else might “break Gamepass” in the future (purely by accident of course).

          Like how if you don’t want OneDrive, whoops, now your Office documents can’t autosave. Better put OneDrive back like a good consumer and here’s some ads about increasing storage, you’re welcome.

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      Article’s author didn’t fully catch the meaning of “downside”.

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      I’m of the opinion that MS will eventually get this right, but it won’t be called Windows 11 by the time it does. The redesign, efforts into command-line and WSL, they are moving in a positive direction, but the ads, bloat, spyware, needs to go. If they can release Win12 or whatever its called with the simplicity of Win11, have the features of Win10 (and finally put a nail in the old interfaces from XP and before), they could have another solid performer like Windows 7.

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        they are moving in a positive direction, but the ads, bloat, spyware, needs to go

        They’re going nowhere. It’s making money, Microsoft is using that income to offset development cost instead of just selling the OS at a flat reasonable rate. It’s part of the Windows business model now.

        Windows is entrenched, they own most of the business world, they will never face serious kickback for their design decisions. Not at this point. Not until Gen Z gets old enough and numerous enough to start pushing workplaces to adopt Apple, and that’s an even worse direction.

        This isn’t ever going to change. The only thing they’ll do is give tools to Enterprise editions for businesses to control the install, and only via Azure, at a price point far too high for the average user. Anything less than Enterprise will be locked down and monetized to hell and back.

        Effectively, if you’re not a business, you will not have true control over Windows. Users no longer get to be admins. You have to pay for that privilege.

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          I don’t know why gen z is being portrayed as tech illiterate everywhere on lemmy. We grew up with technology and half of us are adults already

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            Growing up with technology doesn’t automatically grant you knowledge of it. Kids that grow up with iPads are capable of using iPads, but sit them in front of a computer and they’ll be lost. Being technically literate is more than just being able to install an app from the app store.

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              Technically true yes but that is not going to be that way for everyone gen z are also people who are capable of learning. I personally am a tech and privacy nerd and know that not everyone of my generation is as interested but I am also sick off people branding gen z as dumb children on here, hell most of us are adults already.

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                Of course everybody can learn, but is anyone teaching them? I’m a millennial, I grew up with computers, but I had to learn a lot of things the hard way because it was just expected that we’d somehow become experts without anyone teaching us. We weren’t told about cybersecurity, or how to troubleshoot issues, I had to learn all those things by myself. And learning to troubleshoot and other more technical things I only learned because I’m actually interested in computers. Many of my peers aren’t, and so don’t know even the most basic things.

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          They’re not offsetting anything, they still charge money for the boxed copy sold in stores. This is pure profit for them.

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          Not until Gen Z gets old enough and numerous enough to start pushing workplaces to adopt Apple, and that’s an even worse direction.

          I am a bit weirded out by such an association. Around me, I do see a few people with Apple tech, but they’re a minority. How would people that are able to afford these products be numerous enough to matter?

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          Not until Gen Z gets old enough and numerous enough to start pushing workplaces to adopt Apple, and that’s an even worse direction.

          Elder millennial here. This was said of us, too. I remember main framers sometimes noting this direction and poking fun.

          Yet here I am and the world keeps chugging along in similar ways.

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        the ads, bloat, spyware, needs to go

        They just introduced them. What makes you think this isn’t an integral part of the future of Windows?

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        I think they’ll go even harder, making Windows only run stuff purchased through the Windows Store so they can completely lock in the market.

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        (and finally put a nail in the old interfaces from XP and before)

        that’s probably not going to happen because it will break some programs

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      Now that I can get the Windows Terminal and WSL without the Microsoft Store it seems like this is yet another bonus.

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      It also talks about just setting your region again after the install to get the windows store working again. Most of the other bloat still stays away though.

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    The cleanest windows 11 install topped off with formatting the drive and installing Linux.

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    Download Rufus.

    Download Pop! OS

    Create USB installer.

    Install Pop! OS

    There you go.

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      insert specific versions of missing dependencies here for whatever program you try to run

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        I mean sure I guess? I don’t know what you’re running where that happens a lot, but everything I have on my system has been as easy or easier to install as Windows.

        Joking and snark aside, Linux can be as difficult or as easy to use as you want it to be.

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            Installing Steam on Windows: Microsoft has a store but it sucks, I don’t think Steam is even in there, so you have to open up your browser and remember that the URL is steampowered.com or maybe valvesoftware.com, or google it, somehow make visually sure you’ve found the right webpage and that you’re not being scammed, find the download page, click Download, now it downloads a small installer .exe to your Downloads folder, open up your file manager, go to you Downloads folder, find the .exe that just came down, click that, there’s a several step process that asks you several questions that amount to “do you want to install this in a non-standard place that will break shit later?” then it downloads and installs the actual app.

            Installing Steam on Linux (I’m using Mint Cinnamon here, but the process is pretty similar for most popular distros): Open the software manager, type “steam” in the search box, click on the first result to come up, click install, key in your password, it downloads and installs the app.

            TL;DR: Everyone. Android, iOS, MacOS, every single Linux distro. Everyone. Has a functioning app store system that users actually use. Except Windows.

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                I pretty much outright don’t believe you. Flatpak ships by default on a lot of distros; it works on Linux Mint and is integrated with Mint’s software center. In my procedure I said “click the first option that pops up” well the Flatpak version is the second option. I do know that Manjaro requires you to go into the software manager’s settings and toggle it on, and Ubuntu deliberately doesn’t include Flatpak by default because of their competing Snap store.

                The assertion that Flatpak “does not come by default on most systems” is factually incorrect. Per this page: https://flathub.org/setup the majority of distros listed say that “Flatpak is included with newer versions by default and is ready out of the box.” With a notable exception of regular old Ubuntu, for which the command is “sudo apt install flatpak.” Or Arch or Gentoo, whose entire deal is “By default we install AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. Do it yourself.”

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            Are you serious? I can install nearly any software just by typing ‘sudo apt install’ and that’s it. How is that difficult?

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        Honestly, there’s a half dozen that are just as good as Fedora out of the box, and dozens that are just as capable once broken in.

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        The gamer variant you’re talking about is Nobara.

        Which is pretty good.

        I switched to it about a month ago, reminds me of what Ubuntu used to be with its easy to use-ness

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        It is? Hmm I’ve not had a single issue with it in years. It gets regular updates, granted it’s not on the current Ubuntu version, but out of date it is not. What problems does it have?

        Use what you want, but making the declaration that Fedora is the distro to go with is a stretch.

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    How has it been like 20 years since Slashdot was relevant, and we’re still getting the same, “LOL install Linux instead” comments?

    Like, I’ve been using and loving Linux since the late '90. But damn, I’m expecting to see “Micro$oft” in these comments any moment.

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      Slashdot or not, Microsoft sucks. The underlying truth of the “meme” will keep it alive forever.

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      Lmao I’m surprised I don’t see Micro$oft anymore, was literally just thinking about that the other day for some reason.

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      Reminds me of the PC Master Race people that comment on Console related posts. Like, cool we get that you’re insecure about your platform of choice, we don’t need to be reminded.

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    I would rather go for Linux but when Windows needed I’d go for LTSB/LTSC version, choose this oobe during install, after install run christitustech debloat script, activate through github script and in register turn off auto download/install updates. 1.4GB ram idle usage while having all you need.

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      but when Windows needed

      the irony is that the only reason ever for “Windows needed” is because some obnoxious asshole decided they want to force others to use Windows. There’s literally nothing that Windows can do better. There is only a quasi monopoly and probably bribes to companies to release no builds for other platforms (e.g. for games).

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      It will be fixed pretty quickly

      You’re better off removing everything from power shell since you’ll be in there to install apps anyway

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    Pretty @#%^ing ironic posting this shortly before the W11 23H2 build releases and literally un-does everything all over again.

    The only answer is refusing to use Microsoft malware full stop.

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    This is my opinion …

    To clean install Windows 11, first, create a bootable USB drive using the Windows Media Creation Tool. Boot your PC from the USB drive, select your language and region, and click “Install Now.” Enter your product key if prompted or choose to activate later. Follow the on-screen instructions, format your desired drive, and complete the installation process.