In Progress New Preloaded HP Laptop, Shift+F10 cmd Prompt MSFT Account Bypass Not Working

Hi everyone. I just purchased an HP Laptop model 17-cn2083dx and am trying to set it up, but i'm coming across the infamous microsoft account login requirement.
I did some quick research and found out about using the Shift+F10 key combo to get the command prompt to input the OOBE BypassNRO command.

However, when i try to hit Shift+F10 on my laptops keyboard, the loading icon on the cursor just blinks real quick and nothing happens. I've also tried an external keyboard and that seems to result in the same thing.
The only other resolution I can think of is to make a backup image just in case and then just reinstall Windows 11 on it to see if it helps. But that would get rid of the OEM image partition that i could use to restore the laptop later, and i'd prefer not to do that.

I didn't know whether to post this in the laptop section or this section, because this seemed like a laptop model issue at first. But now it's sounding like a Windows related issue. Has anyone come across this before or know of anything to try to bypass the account requirement without the command prompt?

Bastet said:

There’s some suggestion that entering a fake email address will force use of a local account.
Microsoft are certainly now forcing use of a MS account by removing workarounds but the above still seems to work.
If you click Fnc + F10 or just F10 does that work?

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I've tried putting in a fake account and that didn't seem to work, on top of seeing different places say that it was more than likely patched previously.
Yes, i've tried using the Fn key in combination with Shift+F10 and it doesn't seem to have helped.
I also didn't realize I had the S-mode version of Windows 11, and the Home version nonetheless. That's probably the main culprit behind all this. I'm going to have to get a Pro key and upgrade, because I can't deal with the restrictions that come with S-mode.

The moral i've come away with is to read product descriptions more carefully

I was actually connected to the internet when i tried opening the command prompt.

So just for the heck of it, i grabbed a Windows 11 ISO from microsoft's website to reinstall windows. I put it on a flash drive with a tool called Yumi and booted it up. I made a backup image of the drive with Clonezilla just in case. The install went through ok, except for the fact that I couldn't use my trackpad cursor during the install at all, so i had to use the keyboard keys to navigate.

Once i booted up to the new install of windows, it actually allows the Shift+F10 key combo to work. BUT, it's still not allowing me to see my trackpad cursor.
Worst of all, once i bring up the command prompt, I can't even type up anything. I can't type in OOBE\BYPASSNRO to try to bypass the microsoft account login.
My guesses are that there's some sort of trackpad driver issue that the install image doesn't have and that the new windows install didn't get until it connects to the internet and updates. That, or microsoft really did try to lock this down and disabled typing if the command prompt is brought up. The keyboard worked for Shift+F10, but doesn't seem to work after with the command prompt

Maybe there's some other windows images i can try that may actually have the right drivers for my touchpad and keyboard, or where microsoft hasn't nerfed the install already?

Bastet said:

You can also use the media creation tool to create usb installation media, using third party can interfere with the creation of the media.
The media should contain the basic drivers for everything afaik.
Another option would be to borrow an external keyboard for use during setup.

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What's your thought on using Rufus? I've seen it suggested in different places i've checked.

But regardless, the fact the trackpad cursor isn't available during a fresh install is what concerns me, along with the keyboard working initially to bring up the command prompt but then not working to type anything out. Maybe installing via the right tool will help, but it almost seems like things are being disabled on purpose, maybe in combination with missing drivers needed from the ISO.

So, it appears for some reason, for my specific model of laptop and a fresh MS Windows ISO, it doesn't have the drivers for the trackpad.
I was able to plug in a USB mouse to my laptop and that got it working.
Plus Rufus was able to give me options to skip the microsoft account login setup altogether, and skip a bunch of other stuff it looks like.
Then i was able to login to windows, transfer over the WLAN drivers and windows automatically updated all the drivers after that.
Trackpad and everything works, and i can get into Windows now.