Windows 10: Temporary Change of Personalization Settings Without Activation

I often install Windows in a VM on VMware Workstation to do some temporary testing. These machines are typically in use for a day or two, then deleted. Because I only use these a few days, I don't activate. If I had to activate every VM then I would have to activate probably 20 VMs a month.

I have always known that when installing Windows in a VM, or even on a physical machine, if I simply make sure that that the machine has no internet connectivity, then after Windows is installed, you will be able to set all personalization settings without any problem. Once personalized, establish internet connectivity. Now you will see that any further personalization is no longer possible but the settings you made prior to getting an internet connection will remain.

However, since VMware Workstation currently has problems running on top of Windows 10 1903, I have been forced to use Hyper-V for now. I notice that the personalization prior to getting network access does not work on Hyper-V. When Windows is installed, even with networking completely disabled, personalization is not possible. Anyone have any ideas regarding this?

This is by no means a critical issue, it's simply nice to have a few customizations while I perform my testing and I'm simply curious about what may be causing the difference in behavior.

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Settings/Personalization

Hi,

We suggest that you follow the steps below to put your settings back to default and see if it helps.

• Right-click your mouse on your desktop.
• Click on Personalize.
• Select Colors.
• Click on High contrast settings.
• From the drop-down menu, select None.
• Click Apply.
• Reboot the PC for the changes to take effect.

Let us know the result.

 

Changing personal settings to another in Windows 10

Hi Metso,



Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting your query.

Let me help you changing the personal account.



I would suggest you to create a new user account, sign-in using your sister Microsoft account and delete your user account.

To create new user account follow the below steps.

• 
  Press the Windows key + R on the keyboard.
  
• 
  Type netplwiz and press Enter.
  
• Click on Add button and Sign in using Microsoft account.

To remove your user account follow the below steps.

• 
  Press the Windows key + R on the keyboard.
  
• 
  Type netplwiz and press Enter.
  
• Click on your user account and click on Remove button.

Hope this helps. If you need further assistance with Windows, let us know and will be glad to help.

 

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