Windows 10: changing accounts from local to Microsoft?

Just a quick question: I have an old netbook on which I have always signed in to a local account, and this is an administrator account. If I want to sign in with my Microsoft account instead, would it still be an administrator account? And would I still be able to use all the programs and access all the documents as before? I just installed Windows 10 Anniversary Edition on it.

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Changing local accounts to Family accounts in Windows 10

Hi Gregory,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

If you want to use Family Safety then you need to have Microsoft Account for the Kids. If your Kids doesn't currently sign in with a Microsoft account, they can select Sign in with a Microsoft account and then enter their email
address. You'll use their email address to add them to your family Safety.

I suggest you to refer the link article below and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/add-child-account

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Changing local accounts to Family accounts in Windows 10

I am interested in setting up Family Safety for my kids. However, their previous accounts from the earlier Windows were not established as family accounts, only local standard ones. Is there any way of transferring their current accounts over to the family
settings without losing content? I home school and each kid has math software installed within their own accounts that will wipe all progress if I have to reinstall it after creating whole new accounts.

 

Yes, you will still be an administrator and still have access to your documents. You can switch back to a local account at any time, if you wish. More in these Tutorials.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

Before you start, you might like to create a second local administrator account. It's sometimes useful to have another way to log in as an administrator in case you need to fix something and are locked out of your main account.

 

OK, that looks easy. Thanks! *Smile