Windows 10: I can't sign in to my laptop's local account with my Microsoft account.

Please help me. I can't sign in to my laptop's local account with my Microsoft account.

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Switch laptop sign in from MS account to Local Account questions

Hi, Ive just switched from signing in to my laptop with a Microsoft Account to signing in with a Local Account instead. My laptop was always listed as a Device on the opening screen along with a map showing its location when I looked in my Microsoft Account. Under Devices I could also view my laptop along with other bits of various information about the device and its location was always shown on a map there too. After signing into my laptop with my Local Account ..If I sign in separately to my Microsoft Account afterwards Ive just noticed that having switched to a Local Account my laptop isnt shown on the opening Microsoft Account screen anymore and its not listed in devices either. Is this normal behaviour? I was expecting to still find my laptop listed in Devices. Also...Under Update and Security/Activation..it used to say Digital Licence linked to a Microsoft Account. Now it just says Windows is Activated with a digital licence. Is all this normal behaviour if you sign into a laptop with a Local Account instead of a Microsoft Account?

 

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?

Hi Mike. Yeah..Even though I only have one Windows device (my laptop) that has been my main reason for using the Microsoft account sign in method over the Local Account sign in method. The fact that when you sign in with a Microsoft Account it links your Hardware ID-Product Key (Im not sure if its both) to your Microsoft Account so any hardware changes don't cause problems with Windows 10 Activation. I had to have a faulty motherboard replaced under my laptops warranty and because I was signed into my laptop with my Microsoft Account Automatic Windows 10 Activations weren't affected at all. I did a clean install on the laptop a few weeks later without any issues