Windows 10: How to prevent Windows from joining a domain?

Hi,I've asked this question earlier: https://answers.microsoft.com/cs-cz/windows/forum/all/nelze-se-p%c5%99ihl%c3%a1sit-ke-sv%c3%a9mu/76d7a786-45f3-4dee-9bad-c2b6466dfa68In short - my home PC joined a school domain which exposed it to the school administrators. You and official MS support recommended clean reinstall of Windows in order to resolve the shituation. I.e. this change can not be reverted by normal configuration.As a followup to that I've another question: Is it possible to prevent windows from joining a domain?We're talking about kids PC dedicated to games. Kids need an admin accoun

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UnattendedJoin error: failed to find the domain data (0x6e)

Thanks for the suggestion! I don't want to add a domain account, as this is a generic unattended install that will be used for all company machines. Do you think it's possible that the computer would join the domain if, instead of using UnattendedJoin in specialize, I used your steps but left out the specific account? The other thing I was thinking was to use a generic account to allow the domain join during the specialize step. I added a machine password in the UnattendedJoin component, and instead of getting the error listed above, I got an authentication error, which makes me think I could probably do a secure join instead of the unsecure join. Thoughts?

 

Re-join the domain after upgrade

There is no need to leave the domain, you can perform the upgrade (with Admin privileges).

You can also leave the domain, upgrade with a local account, then join the domain again.

Resources:

• Quick
  Tip: Join a Windows 10 PC to a Domain

 

Join Windows 10 PC to a Domain  


@rseiler,

I just finished clean installing Windows 10 Enterprise build 17093 in a VM using a local account, and it still has the same steps in the tutorial for me.

Is your PC already joined to a domain?