One of the biggest pain points for Windows 11 users in recent years is Microsoft’s insistence to log into an online account to access Windows 11. Seemingly as part of the Windows team’s recent initiative to address community feedback, Microsoft may be moving towards a Windows 11 that no longer requires that online account login at the initial setup. While no official plans have been confirmed, Scott Hanselman, a Microsoft Partner Product Manager and VP of Developer Community, recently hinted at the change in a post on X. This announcement comes after Microsoft revealed plans to improve Windows 11 memory management and the overall user experience.
You can just add an xml to your win11 iso. You can do a lot of things with it, like skipping the privacy answers, setting the dark theme (even if you don’t activate windows), preventing the microslop store from preinstalling adware, disabling disk encryption or even preinstalling virtio drivers for qemu-kvm.
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
If you just want to skip the online account there’s always Rufus, which is the easiest way to add that xml to your iso.