Windows 10: Issues with Logging in to local computer after creating MS account

Got a question because Microsoft support hasn't helped me at all. About 18 months ago, a prompt came up asking me to sign into my MS acccount. Since I never opened an account I thought okay...so I did. I created a login with a password and a hint. Mind you, I have never used this word as a hint before. So then later that day, I go to reboot my computer and for the very first time I am asked to log in. Never ever had to before. So I figure the log in must be my new MS account. So I put in the password and it says it is wrong. But here is the kicker, the hint is the word I used when I created my MS account. So it HAS to be the password. Called MS several times and spent 16 hours on the phone with them. They acted like it was the first time the have ever heard of this. We tried everything. So I was able to use my computer under the second user, but I have no admin privileges meaning if I have an issue, I cannot fix it. I can't download new programs or updates on many programs either. Its aggravating. So, has anyone encountered this or have a fix for it. Please don't guess. Really looking for an answer here.

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Creating a MS account without losing Local account

Go to https://account.microsoft.com, click Create account and fill the form:





With a Microsoft account you can then use OneDrive and Office Online apps for free. You can also use built-in native Windows apps which require a Microsoft account like Mail, Skype Preview, People, Calendar and download apps from Windows Store.

See steps 3 to 5 in this tutorial to continue using local account as Windows sign-in account even when / if you download apps from store and / or use Windows apps requiring a Microsoft account, to avoid Windows user account converting to Microsoft account: Store - Use when Signing in to Windows 10 with Local Account - Windows 10 Forums

Other tutorials you might be interested in when you have created a Microsoft account:

• Microsoft Account Two-step Verification - Turn On or Off - Windows 10 Forums
• Microsoft Account - Link to Digital License on Windows 10 PC - Windows 10 Forums

 

Local account installation question

I'm fairly certain that Skip this step was available in 10.0.130 - the workaround in Step 20 (back button) is no longer required.

The currently known, as of 10.0.130, ways to create a Local account sign-in are

• Skip this step at the MS account creation phase
• No Internet connection during the install
• static IP (post# 2 by Fragment) - New (to me anyway)

 

Creating a MS account without losing Local account

Not true at all. You can convert the same user account back and forth between the same MS account login and local account as many times as you want. When you convert a local account to a Microsoft Account, in reality it does nothing to the local account but provide a different way to log into it. And when you convert Microsoft Account to a local account, in reality all you are doing is remove the MS username and password from the underlying local account.

I create a local account called Joe Smith, with a password of abc1234. I convert it to a MS account with a login of L: [email protected] and password of xyz987. Then I enter the L: [email protected] to login - it actually logs in to the exact same local account of Joe Smith. I'm just using a different username and password for the exact same account on the computer. When I convert it back to a local account, all I am doing is removing the L: [email protected] username/password from the exact same local account and going back to only a local login for the exact same account.

Changing back and forth between a local account and a Microsoft account to log into Windows 10 with does not change the underlying user account on the computer - it only changes the login method for that underlying user account.