Windows 10: How to limit the number User Account allowed to be added to a Windows device sign-in.

I'm looking for a way to restrict a child's ability to bypass their account restrictions by adding a new account to a windows device. Any advice?

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Is there a limit to numbers of Windows accounts?

Is there a limit to numbers of Windows accounts?

 

Adding a Device to Microsoft Account Requires a MS Account User

I noticed that my newer Windows 10 computer had not been added to my list of devices on my Microsoft Account so I attempted to add it, only to find out that apparently the computer must be logged in to a Microsoft account user in order to do this. I only have local accounts set up on my computers and I don't particularly want a Microsoft account user set up as I will never use it. With the latest Win10 versions apparently Microsoft wants all computers to have a Microsoft account user set up as they make it very difficult to set up a local user as the first account. Does anyone have any way around this? I am not sure what listing this device on your account buys you.

JohnD

 

Is there a limit to numbers of Windows accounts?

Well, there's nothing like a practical experiment. I've set up a VM with a batch file to create accounts and increment a counter. So far it has created over 9,000 accounts (and is still running)...





Edit: now 12,000 new accounts, and counting....

2nd edit: at 16,266 accounts created the script ran into a brick wall and stopped. I restarted the script and it made a few more accounts, but very slowly. On restarting I longer get a user name or password prompt on the sign in screen, not even in Safe Mode. I think I've broken the system. Good job it's just a VM.