Windows 10: Change windows 10 login to a Microsoft acct instead of a local acct.

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  1. WIN SINCE BEGINNING
    Win Since Beginning Win User

    Change windows 10 login to a Microsoft acct instead of a local acct.


    If I change my windows login to a Microsoft acct instead of a local acct, will I still be able to bypass the login screen?

    :)
     
    Win Since Beginning, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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  2. NICKTH
    NickTh Win User

    MS Acct vs Local acct

    I think you can take extra mesurments like two-step authentication, but as you said, using an MS Acct needs you to be more carefull than a local one.
     
    NickTh, Jun 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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  3. RB22531
    RB22531 Win User
    Local User Acct Not showing on Login

    Bought my wife a new Laptop, came with Win10 Home. So I setup the 1st OOBE acct which was admin privileged. Got it signed into my routers secured SSID. Then got security software installed and configured. Did all the long time updates suffering my ISP
    (or it's leased modem) bumping me off several times. Finally got the machine all ready to go.

    So today I went to setup a local limited user acct so my wife won't have to surf the web in an admin acct. After all this is Windows 10 a modern OS surely creating a 2nd Non Admin User acct can't be such an exercise to complete, right ?

    Ok the actual creation goes ok in the Control Panel->Users. I sign out of my admin acct expecting to see the new non admin user login option come up on the login screen. Nope, just the Admin acct showing (the one I just signed out of).

    So I do a total restart, same thing, no sign of new user acct on login at all. Only the OOBE acct shows.

    So I login to the admin acct. I look and no files have been created for the new user, but I think that usually happens the first time the user logs in (?) so that's not a biggy yet.

    I open an admin cmd console and run Net User and the new user is showing up in the net user display and it's active and it's local group membership is "users".

    So I'm at a loss. Did I get a windows 10 that refuses to let me have a functional 2nd user acct ? Just can't imagine such being this difficult right out of the box.

    Appreciate any info as I've searched several places and found nothing to help me
     
    RB22531, Jun 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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  4. LIKITY
    Likity Win User

    Change windows 10 login to a Microsoft acct instead of a local acct.

    My mispelledmail acct

    one of my e mail addresses is misspelled, but is one of those accts that pops up when I go to log in to an e mail acct. How do I remove this misspelled acct from this list of accts that pop up as suggestions when I begin typing in the email acct I want.

    and change the spelling
     
    Likity, Jun 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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