Unable to exclude requirement for Microsoft account from Windows 11 installer media

[kovacsakos91]

Unable to exclude requirement for Microsoft account from Windows 11 installer media

[pbatard]

Duplicate of #2434.

You are trying to install Windows on a platform where Windows has previously been installed in its restrictive S Mode (which is a mode of installation that persists and will be re-applied even if you wipe the computer).

And because S Mode forces the use of a Microsoft remote account, if you enabled the "Create a local account" option of Rufus, there will obviously be a conflict during installation, which will produce the error message:

[specialize] The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied.
The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Deployment].

There's nothing Rufus can do about this. You need to uncheck the "Create a local account" of Rufus because you have no choice but to reinstall Windows in S Mode (but then you might be able to use the link I gave earlier to switch Windows out of S Mode, and reinstall Windows with a local account).

As this is not a Rufus issue, I will close this report (but next time, please follow the check list and provide your log).

[thecatontheceiling]

Thanks for pasting in a screenshot of a random error written in a language that the Rufus developer doesn't understand in the Log section while completely ignoring the checklist and just checking everything there without reading.

[kovacsakos91]

Thanks a lot for your help, it is resolved. For future reference, this video contains solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsnzAtPNCI