Forced to sign in to work or school account during setup

Hi everyone I believe I found the solution. I'm sure many of you noticed that when this occurs you actually don't pick which edition (figure 1) of Windows during the install. You need to get this screen to appear to solve the issue.

To get this window (figure 1) to appear in the installation process. You need to add a file to the bootable usb you've created for your install.

1. Create a file in notepad (figure 2). This notepad file needs to look EXACTLY how it appears in figure 2 below. I've pasted the text below the figures for you to copy and paste.
2. Now save the file in the appropriate location (use "Save as..." in the "File" drop down menu of notepad). Location is the BOOTABLE USB/sources (check figure 3 to see if you're in the appropriate area). NOTE you must name the file "ei.cfg" with the quotations and "Save as type:" should be selected to "All Files (*.*)"
3. When completed your sources folder should look like figure 4. (note the order of the files is set to "Date modified"
4. Now attempt the installation process of Windows again.

***This works for Windows 10 and Windows 11 installations. (I personally did this with Windows 11)

Credit and video (YouTube):

Video title: Fix Can’t Select Windows 10 Edition During Clean Installation

Creator: Britec09

Link to tutorial: https://youtu.be/xW5nDUbwTo4

***I would love to here if this solution work for anymore please me know it would mean a great deal to me

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

[EditionID]

Professional

[Channel]

Retail

Please note - everyone's scenario can be unique and different, based on how the computer is set up. If the recommendation method doesn't work for yours, please start your own thread, so the troubleshooting can be unique to your specific scenario.

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For this OP, it looks like it is due to autopilot being deployed on their device. For this type of issue, a clean install is NOT going to help. The key here is the OOBE will display company name, that's the giveaway of autopilot. If you find yourself in that situation, it is usually because you got your computer used or is a refurbished model, and the previous business owner didn't deregister the device from their device management. If this is your case, only the former business IT, or registered reseller or OEM can remove it for you. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/autopilot/autopilot-motherboard-replacement 

However, you can manuplicate the .iso with the ei.cfg file to force the clean install to allow you to choose home edition, and install it as home edition so the autopilot will not work, because it requires Pro to work, in that case, make sure you home license.

Here is the instruction:

After you make the bootable flash drive with Windows media creation tool, On your computer, launch the Notepad app and place the following in the file:

[EditionID]

Core

[Channel]

Retail

Then choose Save As and choose file type "all ..", then save it as EI.cfg in the file name field. And then place this file in your flash drive under the \Sources folder.

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Some other scenarios that can look like this, but not due to autopilot can be because:

1. Your computer is domain joined, you need to do a clean install to get out of it.
2. Your Windows edition is enterprise, in this case, a work/school account or local user is must, personal account will not be accepted.

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Once again, please start your own thread so your issue can be looked at individually.