You Can’t Get Rid Of It, You Can Only Hide It: Microsoft Imposes Controversial Windows Backup On Users - Gadget Tendency
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Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a "system component" that can't be

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a “system component” that can’t be

  • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
    52·
    2 years ago

    Use local accounts only and do not login to a Microsoft account.

    Edit: In my situation, I used an MS account during a reinstall and disabled backups and logged out quickly after. There are methods to still do an offline install, from what I understand.

    Disabling backup is annoying, but not hard.

      • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yes. I had to do that on my latest reinstall. I had to create a local account after the install and log out of my MS account. It really tried to force backups, which is super annoying.

        • Frisbeedude@feddit.deEnglish
          0·
          2 years ago

          Is it still possible to install Winndows 11 without network connection? It was the optimal solution for local account Windows back in the day.

          • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I quickly tried, but I gave up as I just needed the install done. It didn’t occur to me to pull the network cable as that may have worked. If I remember what I was reading at the time correctly, it will take a bit for the option to show to do an offline install if you don’t have a network connection. (I could be completely wrong on that! It’s been a couple of months already.)