Windows 10: How does a local account get associated with the Microsoft personal account used to sign in...

Currently, when I sign in with my Microsoft account "*** Email address is removed for privacy ***" and do whoami I see that I am local user dave. Also when I run netplwiz I see that "*** Email address is removed for privacy ***" shows as local user dave along with the Full Name I setup for user dave.


Unfortunately I created the local account dave right after setting up a new Windows 10 Pro system and did not check whoami or netplwiz before I setup that dave local account.


My questions are 1 what would the default account be if no local account was setup and 2 when signing in with a Microsoft account, does Windows create a new local account using the portion of the email address before the @ character?


So in general, how does signing in with a Microsoft account associate with a local account in order to support NTFS and other classic Windows permissions like file shares etc.


Thanks, Dave

:)

 

Windows 10 - Wrong Microsoft Account linked to local admin account - no Sign in with local account instead link available

Thanks for the response. What I suggest you do is to switch to a local account and then switch back to your Microsoft account.

Here's how:

• Sign in using the Microsoft account.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Accounts.
• Under Your email and accounts, click Sign in with a local account instead.
• Type the password of the Microsoft account and click Next.
• Under Switch to a local account, click Next.
• Click Sign out and finish.

Once you're done switching to a local account, you can now set your new Microsoft account to associate on your Windows 10 computer. Make sure to type in the correct email address you want to associate to your PC. Follow the steps provided above and click
Sign in with a Microsoft account instead to set up your new account.

Should you have further questions, let me know.

 

Microsoft Account Sign in or Local Account Sign in?

Hi all,
Im curious and interested to know how the rest of Tenforums members sign in to their laptops/PC's?
In my case I only have one device with Windows 10..and thats my laptop.
My only other device is a Smartphone which is Android.
Im always trying to decide which is the best way to sign into my laptop and my feelings can differ month to month lol
Are there others out there with just a laptop or PC. How do you sign in?
I realise its a personal choice. If I had a couple of Windows devices and liked to Sync everything between the two devices then for me the choice would be clear..it would be a Microsoft Account sign in.
In the past prior to Windows 10 I used to just use a Local Account to sign in . However since Windows 10 even with just my single laptop Ive been signing in with my Microsoft Account but Im considering now going back to a Local Account.
I thought Microsoft were gearing everything towards the Microsoft Account sign in because they were pushing Windows 10 as a mobile operating system. I thought they might possibly even phase out the Local Account sign in so I might as well get used to the Microsoft Account sign in method..but theyve quit the phone market now so now Im not so sure.
I would be interested in other peoples thoughts on the most appropriate laptop sign in method if you only have one Windows device

 

Microsoft Account Sign in or Local Account Sign in?

I only use a local account, but that's not to say a Microsoft Account isn't useful - just my personal preference.

Even if you intend to use a Microsoft Account, one good argument for initially setting up a clean install on a PC with a local account is that you have full control over the name of the User folder for that account. If you set up a MS account initially it uses the first five character of the email address for the name of the user folder. A local account uses the full name you choose for the local account. It is easy to switch a local account to a MS account once you have signed in, but it is near-impossible to change the name of a user folder once it has been set up.

This is true, but you can avoid setting up the three security questions by the simple expedient of setting a blank password initially - no password to forget means no need for security questions. You can then set a password after the initial sign in without being forced to set any security questions.

Like Ken, I ALWAYS set up a second local administrator account which I use just for maintenance purposes.