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Windows 11 and local accounts (www.techrepublic.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Does this trick actually work?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is the way! I did this recently with a recent Win11 Pro installation.

This is also the proper way to name the user’s folder yourself instead of letting Microsoft decide. The auto namer often makes poor choices and renaming it breaks a lot of stuff unless you wipe and reinstall.