Windows 10: How to setup a new computer without a Microsoft account

When setting up a new Windows computer you will nearly always be prompted to sign in to your Microsoft account to continue.What if you don’t have a microsoft account, and what if you don’t want one.There is a very simple solution and you can avoid messing around with command prompts and code that’s difficult to understand.Once you reach the prompt to “sign in with Microsoft” simply enter the email address: *** Email address is removed for privacy *** and click “Next”When asked for a password just leave it blank and press “sign in”.This will send you to an error message saying “Oops, something went wrong”, that’s exactly what we w

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Microsoft Account Setup New Computer

When you are setting up a new computer do have to setup a Microsoft Account? If you don't want an account how can you get the new computer up and running?

 

Microsoft Account Setup New Computer

Hello, *Smile


It depends on what you are wanting this for.

Windows requires you to have either a local account or Microsoft account on the PC to be able to sign in and use Windows 10.

If you wanted to set this up without an account so whoever gets the PC can finish setting up Windows 10 with their own account, then you could do the tip under step 17 in the tutorial below for this.

If you just wanted to set up a local account instead of Microsoft account on the PC, then you could use step 24 in the tutorial below when you reach step 22.

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Microsoft Account Setup New Computer

Thanks for the help!!!