“Don’t Mean to Be a Pest,” Elon Musk Calls Out Microsoft CEO for Tech Support
Feb. 27, 2024Elon Musk, the famous billionaire who holds several prestigious titles under his name including the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink, and the CEO of the social media platform Twitter, which he recently acquired and renamed X, recently stumbled upon a challenging task that even he couldn’t figure out easily: setting up his new Windows laptop.
The Community Note contributors don’t take their job lightly and decided to help the guy out once again, swooping in with another response explaining that the option is still there, but it requires a workaround that is not easy for everyone to figure out.
After hours of back and forth and several memes later,Elon Musk figured out that his laptop was connected to an open Wi-Fi networkand all he had to do was disconnect from it.This is what allowed him to skip the Microsoft setup screen. Yep, that was the issue.
This ordeal goes to show that even the most brilliant and influential person in the world can also be troubled by simple tech-related issues.
As funny as it was, this entire situation sheds light on how restricting the Windows setup process and Microsoft’s account requirement can be for the average Joe. The good thing is that if you ever come across such an issue then you don’t have to ping Satya Nadella, just use our guide tocreate a local Windows accountif you don’t want to create or sign in with a Microsoft account.
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