How to Bypass the Windows 11 “Let’s connect you to a network” Screen

Windows 11 seemingly will not let you finish the setup process unless you are connected to a network. Fortunately there is an easy way to side step this issue.

When you get to the “Let’s connect you to a network screen”

Hit the Shift + F10 keys to launch a command prompt

From here, there are two ways we can disable or skip the network setup.

1. Run the OOBE Command

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-set-up-without-internet-connection/

Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and hit enter. The computer should now reboot and it will give you an option to skip the network setup.

OOBE\BYPASSNRO

2. Kill the Network Connection Flow from Task Manager

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/how-to-bypass-network-connection-during-clean-install-of-windows-11.2647/

Type in “taskmgr.exe” to launch the Task Manager

Find the Network Connection Flow service, select, and End task

It should now skip the network page and go to the License Agreement and let you finish setting up your computer.