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How to skip networking settings when a new computer starts up the win11 system for the first time? That is, do not activate the system and enter the desktop to complete the machine inspection.

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Release date: 2022-09-19 Migration time: 2026-03-21

Computers shipped from the factory this year, whether they are PCs or Notebooks, have begun to come with Windows 11 pre-installed. The difference between the win11 boot interface for the first time and the previous win10 boot interface is that when it comes to network settings, you must be connected to the Internet before you can perform the next step, see Figure 1 below (the "Next" button on the Internet interface is gray). As we all know, once connected to the Internet, the win11 system will be automatically activated. Subsequent returns and exchanges are not very good, and it is especially unfriendly for machine inspection. How can I skip the win11 networking settings and enter the system desktop?

  1. Press SHIFT+F10/SHIFT+F10+FN to bring up the cmd command window:

  1. Enter the taskmgr command in cmd and press Enter to open the Task Manager window: the screenshot is omitted, see Figure 2 above.

  2. Click "Details" in the lower left corner of the task manager window, then switch to the "Processes" tab, find the "Network Connection Flow" process, and right-click to end the task:

  1. Close the task manager and cmd, return to the boot interface, and find that "Next" has become clickable:

  1. Keep "Next" and wait for a while to successfully enter the win11 desktop:

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