Windows 10: How do I sign in to windows with my windows acct as opposed to a local acct?

Discus and support How do I sign in to windows with my windows acct as opposed to a local acct? in Windows Hello & Lockscreen to solve the problem; I currently sign in with a local account that is linked to my windows account @live.com. When signing in I am asked for my username and password. On... Discussion in 'Windows Hello & Lockscreen' started by Whiplash61, Apr 10, 2022.

  1. WHIPLASH61
    Whiplash61 Win User

    How do I sign in to windows with my windows acct as opposed to a local acct?


    I currently sign in with a local account that is linked to my windows account @live.com. When signing in I am asked for my username and password. On other machines it asks for my PIN as opposed to my password. can I just change the local account to a Windows account that uses a PIN?

    :)
     
    Whiplash61, Apr 10, 2022
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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, Apr 10, 2022
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  3. BREE
    Bree Win User
    Non Admin acct questions

    I think you may just be looking in the wrong place. When you sign out the sign in screen and password box will be for the account that has just signed out. It's the same for a restart, the sign in screen will be for the last user that had signed in.

    Sign out, then look for a list of names in the lower left corner of the sign in screen. All available accounts should be listed there, click on the one you want to change the sign in screen to be for that user. See the screenshot at step 2 in this tutorial.

    Sign in to Windows 10

    Correct, the user folder is not created until the first sign in.
     
    Bree, Apr 10, 2022
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  4. LIKITY
    Likity Win User

    How do I sign in to windows with my windows acct as opposed to 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, Apr 10, 2022
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