Windows 10 setup - Selecting "Domain Join Instead" at MS login screen causes an endless loop

[Guest Charlie Habert]

I recently reinstalled Windows on a new Lenovo Thinkpad laptop. After the initial OOBE steps of setting the region and connecting to the internet, it reaches the stage where it asks to sign into a Microsoft account to continue. When I select "Domain Join Instead" to set up a local account instead, it immediately loops me back to the Microsoft account sign in page. I do not get an error message, it just loads for a second then goes right back to asking me for a Microsoft account to sign in.

 

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