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Released 2021-10-05

• 2022-07-06

• 2022-07-06 - Switched from Windows 10

  • I was able to use my old Windows 8.1 OEM key.

• Product and Services Lifecycle Information: Windows

2022-07-06 ∞

What I expect to suck:

• It has some sort of reinstall thing needed every x months.

  • See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/lifecycle/faq/windows  ^[ 2 ] 

• Windows 11 Home cannot disable internet search via a registry key, and it does not have access to Group Policy settings.

Usage and troubleshooting ∞

Much of the Windows 10 notes will work.

Generic low-level installation check ∞

1. Open an admin command prompt
2. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /restorehealth
3. sfc /scannow

4. Restart

Install Windows 11 without an internet connection or Microsoft account ∞

~2022-07-06 -- While there are some other variations, these instructions were easy to remember and worked for me:

When you find yourself prompted to set up your internet connection:

1. shift-F10 for a console
2. (in the console)
3. taskmgr to launch the Task Manager
4. (In the Task Manager)
5. Click "More Details" at the bottom-left.
6. In the Processes list, find "Network Connection Flow"
7. right-click and select "End task"
8. Exit the Task Manager
9. (In the command prompt)

10. exit

Determine drive usage on Windows 11 on the commandline ∞

As admin:

fsutil volume diskfree C:

Footnotes

1. An archived link so it's a stable page if/when another version of Windows is released. - [↩]
2. was https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/lifecycle/faq/windows - [↩]