Rufus
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Dec 21, 2025first mention
Jun 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Toss your Windows 11 ISO into Rufus and disabling things like Microsoft account requirements is a trivial process.”
Left Windows 11 for Linuxon “Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirement…”
“Rufus has options to make the Windows installer skip the Microsoft account login. Worked great!”
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“I used Rufus to make a Windows 11 installer USB drive that bypasses the TPM check and online account setup”
refreshes computers for local folkson “I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
Yeah, TPM and secure boot aren’t a big deal at all. I use them on Linux as a security enhancement. Neither is the whole “React” thing. Microsoft using web technologies that are compiled to native code is a sensible decision. It’s a lot better than being completely unable to update the operating system at a reasonable pace like how Microsoft struggled for decades to modernize the control panel. No, the start menu does
“Toss your Windows 11 ISO into Rufus and disabling things like Microsoft account requirements is a trivial process.”
“Rufus has options to make the Windows installer skip the Microsoft account login. Worked great!”
“I used Rufus to make a Windows 11 installer USB drive that bypasses the TPM check and online account setup”