Windows 10: Cannot switch my windows account from a microsoft account to a local user.

Discus and support Cannot switch my windows account from a microsoft account to a local user. in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Hello, I have setup a work station at my work and right now it is under my personal microsoft account I want to switch it over to a local... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Brett Middleton, Sep 17, 2019.

  1. Cannot switch my windows account from a microsoft account to a local user.


    Hello,


    I have setup a work station at my work and right now it is under my personal microsoft account I want to switch it over to a local administrator account. However I cannot sign in as a local user no matter what I try there is no option to sign in as a local user I can see it when I go into account settings but I cannot sign into it. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

    :)
     
    Brett Middleton, Sep 17, 2019
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  2. Windows 8 with 2 Microsoft accounts?

    Yea, I would create a local account and just use your school account to login to Outlook and Onedrive.

    Edit:

    Here switch between local and microsoft account.
     
    Mindweaver, Sep 17, 2019
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  3. Zakin Win User
    Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

    Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

    I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

    It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

    EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown Cannot switch my windows account from a microsoft account to a local user. :(
     
    Zakin, Sep 17, 2019
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  4. DarWun Win User

    Cannot switch my windows account from a microsoft account to a local user.

    Switch Back to Existing Local Account from Microsoft Account

    I already identified that I had tried this, and that it did not allow me to switch back to the original Local Account. The Microsoft Account hijacked the User Name of the original Local Account. When I click "Sign in With a Local Account instead" and enter
    the original User Name, Windows 10 won't proceed. The only way to get back to a Local Account is enter a new User Name.
     
    DarWun, Sep 17, 2019
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