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Options to create an offline account or a Microsoft account are presented to administrators and users who set up a Windows 10 PC.

Microsoft prioritizes the Microsoft account option heavily during first run; it is the default option that is put into the focus. The option to create an offline account has been part of the setup experience and while users have to confirm twice that they want to create a local account on the system, it was never the case that the option was removed entirely from the setup process.

Recent reports suggested that Microsoft removed the offline option from the setup experience, at least for some. We decided to install different editions -- Pro, Pro N and Home, Home N and Home SL -- of Windows 10 version 1909, the upcoming version of Windows 10, to find out if the setup experience changed indeed.

We installed Home and Pro editions of Windows 10 version 1909 multiple times and the offline account option was presented to us each time. It is quite possible that Microsoft is A-B testing the chance or that the change affects only some regions and not others.

Tip: if you have a domain join option on the account creation screen but no offline account option, click on domain join as you may find it behind it.

Windows customers have two options when it comes to the creation of offline accounts during the initial setup.

Option 1: disconnect the network connection

The first option is without doubt a straightforward one. If your Windows PC is connected to the Internet, cut the Internet connection as it is not possible to create a Microsoft account without Internet connection.

If it is connected via a cable to a router or mode, unplug the cable from the PC before you start the PC. If it is connected via Wi-Fi, consider disabling Wi-Fi on the router/modem before you do so.
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