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Boot up a router without any ethernet cables hooked up to it. Or turn on tethering on your phone but disable mobile data.

I believe this trick doesn't work on Windows 11 anymore, though. Microsoft will happily wait for you to move some place with internet access to finish the OOBE, especially with upcoming changes where they disable various internal mechanisms to bypass the account restrictions.

For about 30 bucks (or a crack) you get more life out of Windows 10 if switching to Linux isn't an option for you. You'll need to log in to an MS account once every three months to keep that going, but you can log out in between. If you live in the EU, you'll get the first year for free if you just sign in to an MS account, which I believe will also work as long as you sign in once every three months to keep the computer registered for updates.



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