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1 | 1 | OfflineInsiderEnroll |
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4 | 4 | ### Description |
5 | 5 | OfflineInsiderEnroll is a simple Windows Command Prompt script to enable access |
6 | 6 | to the Windows Insider Program on machines not signed in with Microsoft Account. |
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8 | | -This script is compatible only with Windows 10 RS5 and later. |
| 8 | +This script is compatible only with Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 1809 and later. |
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10 | 10 | ### Usage |
11 | 11 | This script requires administrative priviliges to run. You can simply execute it |
12 | 12 | by right clicking it > `Run as Administrator`. |
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14 | 14 | #### Installation and configuration changes |
15 | | -After starting the script offers selection of *Windows Insider Program* channels. |
| 15 | +After starting, the script offers selection of __*Windows Insider Program*__ channels. |
16 | 16 | To make a selection, press a letter coresponding to option you choose and press |
17 | 17 | ENTER. |
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19 | 19 | If the machine was not enrolled to the Insider Program, you will get prompted to |
20 | | -restart your machine to enable *Microsoft Flight Signing* which is required by |
21 | | -*Windows Insider Program*. |
| 20 | +restart your machine to enable *`Microsoft Flight Signing`* which is required by |
| 21 | +*`Windows Insider Program`*. |
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23 | | -**Notice:** Windows Insider Program requires telemetry to be set to *Full*. |
| 23 | +**Notice:** Windows Insider Program requires telemetry to be set to *`Full`*. |
24 | 24 | After enrolling your machine to the *Windows Insider Program* please make sure |
25 | | -that your diagnostic data collection settings are set to *Full*. Some *Insider |
26 | | -Preview* builds may not get offered in *Windows Update* if you do not have |
27 | | -correct telemetry settings. You can verify or modify your telemetry settings in |
28 | | -*Settings* > *Privacy* > *Diagnostics & feedback*. |
| 25 | +that your diagnostic data collection settings are set to *`Full`*. Some `Insider |
| 26 | +Preview` builds may not get offered in *`Windows Update`* if you do not have |
| 27 | +correct telemetry settings. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +You can verify or modify your telemetry settings as follows: |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +__Windows 11__: *`Settings`* > *`Privacy and Security`* > *`Diagnostics & feedback`* |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +__Windows 10__: *`Settings`* > *`Privacy`* > *`Diagnostics & Feedback`* |
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30 | 35 | #### Restoring Windows Insider Program to default options |
31 | | -To restore *Windows Insider Program* to default settings simply choose `Stop |
32 | | -receiving Insider Preview builds` in OfflineInsiderEnroll. You will get prompted |
33 | | -to reboot, because this option will disable *Microsoft Flight Signing*. |
| 36 | +To restore *`Windows Insider Program`* to default settings simply choose `Stop |
| 37 | +receiving Insider Preview builds` in `OfflineInsiderEnroll Script`. You will get prompted |
| 38 | +to reboot, because this option will disable *`Microsoft Flight Signing`*. |
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35 | 40 | ### How does this work? |
36 | 41 | This script takes advantage of undocumented `TestFlags` registry value. |
37 | 42 | If this value is set to `0x20`, all access to online *Windows Insider* services |
38 | 43 | gets disabled. Because of this, we can set our own *Windows Insider Preview* |
39 | 44 | configuration without being overriden by the contact to the service. Since |
40 | | -Windows Update does not check if machine is actually enrolled to the program, |
| 45 | +`Windows Update` does not check if machine is actually enrolled to the program, |
41 | 46 | you will get offered *Insider Preview* builds by just setting correct values in |
42 | 47 | the registry. |
43 | 48 |
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44 | 49 | ### License |
45 | | -This project is licensed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for details. |
| 50 | +This project is licensed under the MIT License and GNU License. See `LICENSE` for details. |
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