Microsoft really wants you to use a Microsoft account on Windows, to the point where it won't tell you how to make a Local one.
  • Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
  • Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company’s preference for Microsoft accounts.
  • People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company’s stance.
  • @[email protected]English
    5•14 days ago

    Appreciate the link!

    Rufus is what the instructions said to download and then a list of prompts to enter in the command line. I understand none of those prompts, literally a completely different language.

    I am using an old laptop that has windows 7 on it. Figured it didn’t matter if I screwed that up since it was old and not in use.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•14 days ago

      What instructions are you following? Last time I used Rufus on Windows, it had a graphical interface with reasonable default settings and zero messing around on the command line. (I mean, I sometimes did once I was booted into Linux, but I was using distros where that’s not unexpected.)

        • @[email protected]
          English
          11•14 days ago

          I just downloaded rufus and a mint iso, here’s a couple screen grabs.

          Launch rufus, and plug in your usb stick, it should show up under device.

          From there click select on the right side. Browse to where you have the ISO you got from the linux mint website and select it.

          Once you get back to the other screen hit start.

          You shouldn’t need to mess with any settings unless you are using secure boot.

          Once that’s done, you should restart and boot from the USB stick. Depending on the model of your laptop there are different methods to get into the bios to change the settings to allow booting from usb. If it goes into grub mode it will look like a command prompt with a few selections. Just hit enter on the first option and it will boot into the live usb.

          Once you are in the live usb mode, it’s basically all gui to install, test, etc.

          Nowadays the terminal stuff is not really needed for basic use, so you should be able to get spun up pretty easy.

          • @[email protected]English
            11•14 days ago

            Thanks for the screenshots! I have saved this comment for reference. I plan to try again tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

            • RussEnglish
              2•13 days ago

              Let us know how it goes, and if you have any further questions, feel free to give us a shout!

          • @[email protected]English
            3•13 days ago

            I wanted to add an additional reply thanking you again for the screenshots.

            These visuals helped put the worded instructions in context for me so I was successful in creating and installing the bootable drive.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•13 days ago

          I wanted to add an additional reply thanking you again for the screenshots.

          These visuals helped put the worded instructions in context for me so I was successful in creating and installing the bootable drive.