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Windows 10 users are soon to be hit with nagging prompts asking them to create an online account | It's an improvement—supposedly.

It's an improvement—supposedly.

Even though Windows 11 has been around for years and received swathes of updates, many users stubbornly hold onto the older OS. If you are thinking of making the switch to Windows 11, the good news is that its not difficult to bypass the requirement for an online account. Once back at the same screen, press Shift + F10 to open the command prompt once more, and this time type: ipconfig /release(again, no spaces)

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