[Tip] Create Unattended Windows 11 Setup with All Requirements Checks Disabled

This article will help you in creating a bootable USB drive for Windows 11 installation and the setup will be fully automatic or unattended (almost) with all requirements checks disabled.

You’ll be able to do following things after following the steps given in this article:

• Create Windows 11 bootable USB drive
• Disable hardware requirements check such as Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, 4GB+ RAM
• Disable Microsoft Account requirement during setup
• Install Windows 11 using a local offline user account
• Disable data collection and telemetry related privacy options automatically during setup
• Unattended Windows 11 installation including automatic user account creation, no security questions asked, automatic regional options applied, etc.

We all know that Windows 11 setup automatically checks for minimum hardware specifications in the device. If the device meets system requirements, the setup continues to install Windows 11 in the device but if the device doesn’t meet Windows 11 system requirements, the setup doesn’t allow the user to install Windows 11 in his incompatible device. The hardware requirements include TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and compatible processor mainly. You can learn about full details about Windows 11 hardware requirements in this article.

Similarly, Windows 11 requires a working Internet connection at installation time during OOBE (Out-Of-Box-Experience) wizard to download updates and create online Microsoft Account for the user. If the device isn’t connected to Internet, the setup stops and asks the user to connect to Internet to continue the installation process.

Also option to create a local user account is no longer provided during Windows 11 installation. User is forced to sign in using MSA (Microsoft Account) or create a new Microsoft Account (Hotmail, Outlook email ID) to login.

There are many methods and workarounds available to bypass or disable these requirements check during Windows 11 setup. We have provided links to these manual methods at the end of this article for your convenience.

But in this article, we are going to share the most easiest, latest and 100% working way to install Windows 11 in an incompatible computer with all requirements check disabled.

The latest version of popular utility Rufus allows users to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows 11 in any device even if the device is not compatible with Windows 11. Rufus is a very old utility to create bootable USB for Windows installation. We reviewed this small utility in 2012 when it was a simple and small software to create bootable USB drive for Windows and Linux OS. Now this small software has become a powerhouse containing several extra options to customize Windows setup.

If you also want to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows 11 in your computer system and also want to disable all hardware requirements check, Internet connection requirement, online Microsoft Account check and want to setup Windows 11 using a local user account like previous Windows versions, Rufus app will help you.

STEP 1: Download Rufus Utility

First of all download and install Rufus in your computer. Following exclusive article contains review of Rufus utility along with download link:

Download Rufus to Create Windows Bootable Drive

STEP 2: Download Windows 11 Offline ISO File

You’ll need Windows 11 offline ISO file to create the bootable USB drive. If you don’t have ISO file, you can download it free from official Microsoft website with the help of following article:

[Tip] How to Download Windows 11 Offline ISO Files

STEP 3: Create Windows 11 Bootable USB With All Checks Disabled

Run Rufus utility, select Windows 11 ISO file using SELECT button and click on START button. Once you click on START button given in the app, Rufus will show an options screen to disable requirements check in Windows 11 setup as shown in following screenshot:

You can now disable hardware requirements check, online Microsoft Account requirement and all privacy options. The tool also allows you to automatically create a local user account by providing a desired username. You can also select “Set regional options to the same value” option to automatically apply all regional options to the same as your current device has.

These options will help you in creating almost unattended Windows 11 setup which will not ask for many options to select during installation process.

Once you enable/disable desired options, click on OK button and Rufus will start creating Windows 11 bootable USB drive.

Following article contains details of using Rufus to create Windows 11 USB:

[Tip] How to Create Bootable USB Drive for Windows 10 ISO

Now you can use your bootable USB to install Windows 11 in any device. The setup will block all hardware requirements check and no Internet connection will be required at installation time. The setup will automatically create a local user account for you with the same name you mentioned on Options screen of Rufus while creating bootable USB drive. The setup will also automatically set all privacy related options to OFF for your convenience.

Manual Methods to Disable Requirements Checks During Windows 11 Setup

Following exclusive guides contain manual ways to disable hardware requirements checks and Internet connection check during Windows 11 setup process and install Windows 11 using a local user account:

[FAQ] Installing Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware Devices

[Tip] How to Install Windows 11 With Local User Account

[Tip] How to Complete Windows 11 Setup Without Internet Connection