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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Well, if I've got no way to bypass it (when setting up for customers), I'll create an account specifically for this purpose.

And proceed to poison the hell out of any data it sends.

Does it still let you sign in locally if you disable network interfaces in BIOS?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Does it still let you sign in locally if you disable network interfaces in BIOS?

Don't think so. The setup itself can't complete without internet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man it must suck to set up a computer now on restricted networks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Windows computers that is

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