you've built a new PC or upgraded your existing one and now it's time to
install Windows pretty straightforward right isn't it just a case of inserting
installation USB clicking through the prompts and arriving at your fresh new
desktop well it turns out there are still issues that you can run into even
though the process is supposed to be mostly automated we're going to tell you
all about these issues and how to avoid them starting with the first screen you
see once the installer loads up if you're attempting to install Windows 11
without extra bloatware pick English word world in the time and currency
format field you might get an error message but just skip it and once you
get into the Windows desktop you will need to change your country to the
appropriate setting in order to get the Microsoft store
working as if there's something on the Microsoft store that you want just
joking sometimes they force you but regardless of whether you care about bloatware what if the installer doesn't
even list your system's drives when it asks you where you want to install
Windows although Windows can usually
recognize your drives automatically there are still times when this won't
happen fortunately you can always download storage drivers from the
manufacturers website and either put them on your installation USB before
installing Windows or on a different USB
if your computer has another free Port click load driver follow the
instructions and your drive should pop up speaking of drives it can also be a
good idea to disconnect any extra drives
before you install Windows not only does this ensure you own accidentally pick
the wrong drive but Windows can sometimes weirdly install certain
installation files on a separate dis especially if you already have another
copy of Windows installed on that drive so if you ever remove or wipe that drive
your Windows installation could just stop working but once you get past these
first few steps you can still get tripped up because of the way Windows 11
installer now requires you to be online
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Link in the description previous versions of Windows allowed you to skip
through network setup but no longer this
presents a couple of problems the first is that like with drives the Windows
installer sometimes won't automatically install a driver for your Ethernet or
Wi-Fi controller fortunately also with drives you can mitigate this problem by
downloading the driver beforehand but you'll need a bit of command line
Wizardry to install them hold shift and F10 to bring up the command prompt type
in this command to open up the device manager find your Ethernet or Wi-Fi
adapter and update the driver manually but here's the other problem what if you
want to bypass the need for an internet connection entirely this can be a
legitimate concern if you don't want to sign up for a Microsoft account or you
simply need to get into Windows and you're in a place without a connection
handy imagine that and unlike previous versions of Windows you're not presented
with an option to just use a local account to get around this ensure you're
not connected to the internet disconnect your Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi adapter if
you have to and bring up the command prompt again type in this command and
the computer will restart after going through the subsequent screens you
should see an option that says I don't have internet which you can click
through to a limited setup option that will let you proceed without an internet
connection will this approach work forever given Microsoft's push to
continue integrating Windows with its cloud services it's anyone's guess
whether they'll make offline installation even harder in the future do you have any suggestions for your
fellow users face with a new Windows 11 install let us know down below and if
you want to find out why Windows 11 still doesn't have all that many users
compared to Windows 10 go watch this video next