![]() In the resulting settings application, click on Accounts.Ībove “Your picture”, the picture associated with your account, is a link to “Sign in with a local account instead”. It appears Microsoft has learned a little bit of a lesson from Windows 8, as the process for changing to a local machine sign-in is significantly easier in Windows 10.Ĭlick on the Start button and then click on Settings. ![]() It’s that account that many people use to log into their machines after running Windows 10 setup. It’s pretty easy to check: if you can log in to, then you have a Microsoft account. It’s very possible you already had a Microsoft account even before installing Windows 10.Ī Microsoft account is any account you’ve used for Microsoft-provided email or other online services. Most commonly, that means that your, ,, msn.com, or other Microsoft-provided email address is already your Microsoft account. ![]() While it’s difficult, after the fact, to disassociate the computer from a Microsoft account, it turns out it’s fairly easy to return your sign-in to a more familiar “local machine account”. They would prefer, instead, to continue to use a local machine account for signing in. Many people find this near-requirement inconvenient, and even a potential invasion of privacy. The Windows 10 set-up and upgrade process really, really encourages you to associate your computer with a “Microsoft account”, and use it to sign in to the computer from then on.
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