Forced to sign in to work or school account during setup

Can you select Set up for personal use in step 17 of this guide?

Can you select Set up for personal use in step 17 of this guide?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-make-clean-install-of-windows-11/789f6891-7261-4c40-a632-6a44e53a3e30

No. Being unable to do that is literally the very thing I have posted this question about. If I was able to do that, I wouldn't have posted here.

It jumps from step 15 to the "Let's get you set up for work or school" screen, as described in my original post, and never gives the option to log in with my personal account.

Does anybody have any ideas about what I can do to resolve this?

I'm also experiencing this issue. It's frustrating as I've reinstalled Windows several times.

I have a Surface, so my troubleshooting steps might not be exactly what you need to do. I rolled back to Windows 10 via recovery image, after running the Surface Data Eraser. Then, I signed in with a local account by entering in my personal email during setup and having it kick back. Once in, I was able to sign in with my personal account.

In your case, try using 10 Pro, and doing what I did during the setup. Then, upgrade to 11 Pro.

Thanks for this, I may give it a try.

Now that you have done this, do you still have to use it every time you want to reinstall Windows?

One of my concerns is that if, for example, I ever come to sell this computer, whoever I sell it to will also have this problem - and it will be my employer's logo that they see, which will probably seem really sketchy to them.

Where did you get the windows 11 bootable device or Where did you downloaded the windows 11 iso file.

Where did you get the windows 11 bootable device or Where did you downloaded the windows 11 iso file.

From https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows11, obviously.

I too use same iso file downloaded from Microsoft official website,

I installed windows by cleaning harddisk completely. I able to setup without school account but with local account first and then upgraded to Microsoft personal account on top of local account.

It seems that any time you go to reinstall Windows, it will force you to sign into a work/school account unless you can get it to allow a local account. I tried installing Windows 11 again from USB, and it did not "convert" the device to a personal device.

As for a permanent fix, I have nothing.