Setting up Windows 11 with a local account

During the out-of-the-box setup procedure, stop at the screen where it asks to you select a network and:

  1. Press Shift + F10
  2. At the cmd window type taskmgr and then enter
  3. Expand to more details
  4. Find ‘Network Connection Flow’ – right click and choose End task
  5. Now go back to Setup and continue to add local account

Here’s a YouTube video that shows this being done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3NPilpkC8M