Windows 10: How to Add My Wife to Windows 10 Account So She Can Log Into Her Own Profile

Can someone please explain step-by-step how to set my wife up so she can log into her own account/profile on Windows 10? It appears I can't simply setup a log in for her without her having to create a Microsoft Account. Soooooooooo very frustrating. Every time I enter her email address, it states that email address is already in use, but when I try to log in with her email address, it states it's not a Microsoft account. Grrrrrrrrr.


Any information and/or assistance would be greatly appreciated since Microsoft no longer supports its Operating System anymore.


Thanks!


Jon

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

from Lifehacker

 

logging into windows through my profile

Hi Rich,

For better assistance, we'd like to know the following:

• Were there any changes made to your computer prior to this issue?
• Are you using a Microsoft account of local account when logging in?
• Are you getting an error? If yes, please provide us the exact error message.

We're looking forward to your reply.

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown