Last week I started a brand new laptop for work and I used that trick. I do not know the exact W11 versión, but not connecting to the Internet allowed to me to create a local account.
Ironically, i only used it to download Ubuntu and make a live usb, as we mainly use GNU/Linux at work.
@FabianRY @cygnathreadbare @jon @writeblankspace
In a similar vein I open Edge once; to download #Firefox. I still have to deal with ~10 Edge processes in the background all the time though.....