On Windows 11, you can still create a local account without needing a Microsoft account (also called an offline account), which you can use to determine whether the problem is related to the account.

Use Windows ISO (USB) to upgrade 1] Create a Local administrator account The most straightforward solution to fix the issues is to create a local admin account, and use that to update Windows.

I have an application which, unfortunately, I have to deal with that has switched to run on DB2 instead of SQL. With the new install, our vendor required us to create a local admin account ...