Windows 10: Cannot click second local account on windows 11 Pro

I am not able to click the second account on start-up. I can only click it after logging in to the first account and signing out.

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Local account installation question

I'm fairly certain that Skip this step was available in 10.0.130 - the workaround in Step 20 (back button) is no longer required.

The currently known, as of 10.0.130, ways to create a Local account sign-in are

• Skip this step at the MS account creation phase
• No Internet connection during the install
• static IP (post# 2 by Fragment) - New (to me anyway)

 

Local vs Network user accounts

I just did a VM install, just to verify that I don't speak total crap.

Steps I took:

1. Installed Windows 10 Pro x64 Build 15063.0
2. Entered the License Key
3. Created a local account
4. Went to accounts and added my Microsoft account
5. Let Windows use this account for all apps
6. Checked status on Microsoft account web page.
7. Verified that the VM shows up there
8. deleted my VM locally
9. created a new VM installation without entering the License Key (on same VM but totally new Virtual disk)
10. re-did steps 3-7
11. verified that my VM is activated.

And indeed it is activated and I login to my VM using local account which is linked to my MS account.

Should I create a Video of this or do you trust my word on it? Or better yet test it yourself if you have a valid license key you can waste on a VM.

 

Upgrade to Win 11 Pro from Win 10 Pro and keep local account

I agree this has nothing to do with a Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrade. I did that a few months ago where my local account was preserved. However, for a clean install of Windows 11 Microsoft does its best to make you use a Microsoft account but you can still bypass that with the current release ISO 21H2 for Windows 11. I agree the old workarounds no longer work but the new one I used still do. I installed both Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro just last week. Note I only have local accounts for each one. BTW, the next Windows 11 release, 22H2 is scheduled to be released on September 20. I will be checking it to see if the Microsoft account is required for that one. Also, a person might want to wait until 22H2 is available until they upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11.