Windows 10: Can you create a seperatelocal account on a microsoft account computer

Basically my partner is wanting a user account on my PC but she'd rather not have it linked to her Microsoft account. The main account I use is linked to my Microsoft account.

According to what I've read online I should be able to go to add a family member and click the person doesn't have an email account. This I can do but then it wants me to create an email address for this person and the option mentioned in the guide to create an account without a Microsoft account isn't there.

Is there a way to create her account as a local account while keeping mine as a Microsoft account or would both have to be local?

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How can I create a Microsoft account without a last name?

Hi Doug,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

Please be informed that, we cannot create a Microsoft account without entering last name and we cannot continue the steps by keeping this field empty. So, we need to enter both the first and last name to complete the process.

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thank You.

 

How can I create a Microsoft account without a last name?

I have a local Windows 10 account named Doug and it has access to various shared drives on the network, for example on another Windows 10 computer. Of course that access is keyed on my account account name.

Now I want to use a "Microsoft account" instead of a local account, but that requires me to enter both a first and last name which causes the account name to change (e.g., to "Doug Jones"), and that causes me to lose access to the network drives. How can
I retain my simple userid, "Doug" and have a Microsoft account?

It does seem pretty silly that every Microsoft account must contain a blank.

 

Certainly! Take a look at this tutorial here on Tenforums. It should answer your question and give you step-by-step instructions. Post back if you have any other questions on this or problems. TC

Add User Account in Windows 10 - Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

 

Thanks the guides online might be outdated as the guide you linked to seemed to work straight away. Thanks again

 

You're quite welcome! Glad it got you going. Lots of good tutorials here.....glance thru when you have the time. Cheers! TC

Windows 10 Tutorials

 

That's because the tutorials here are continually updated. For example, the one you used says: