A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

Could y'all point at instructions for how to imitate this limited internet situation ?

I ask because, two years ago, I was able to circumvent the Windows-11-requires-internet-and-a-microsoft-account part of the set up for a new laptop computer by doing this on a flight. Apparently, connecting to the airplane wifi (without yet logging in) was enough to satisfy the OS set-up, but limited enough that my laptop didn't require a microsoft account. With windows 10 now end of life, I will probably get a new desktop computer and would like to repeat the feat at home. Thanks

>Apparently, connecting to the airplane wifi (without yet logging in) was enough to satisfy the OS set-up, but limited enough that it didn't require a microsoft account.

Set up a wifi network with no internet? If you have a separate router/modem, just unplug your modem from your router. If your mode/router is combined unplug the coax/fiber/phone line.

Boot up a router without any ethernet cables hooked up to it. Or turn on tethering on your phone but disable mobile data.

I believe this trick doesn't work on Windows 11 anymore, though. Microsoft will happily wait for you to move some place with internet access to finish the OOBE, especially with upcoming changes where they disable various internal mechanisms to bypass the account restrictions.

For about 30 bucks (or a crack) you get more life out of Windows 10 if switching to Linux isn't an option for you. You'll need to log in to an MS account once every three months to keep that going, but you can log out in between. If you live in the EU, you'll get the first year for free if you just sign in to an MS account, which I believe will also work as long as you sign in once every three months to keep the computer registered for updates.