Windows 10: Microsoft Login is badly implemented

It was my first my first time installing Windows 10. I did a ton of research, as much as I could. Watched videos, read a lot of text and whatnot. After installation, I was happy and used a little bit of my PC and internet also, and then shut it down. Still I was bound to make the big mistake of attaching my Microsoft account to my Windows key. Because nowhere was this fact highlighted and stressed enough that if you login with a Microsoft account and shut down your computer, you won't be able to log back in and use your computer unless you have an internet connection. What. The. Heck??


This extremely important piece of information should've been highlighted in big bold red text as a caution everywhere on the internet wherever there is a Windows 10 installation tutorial, specially on Microsoft's own website!


Do you just assume that everyone in the world has a plug and play internet? Cable internet is very common not just in my country but in my region as well. We get a wired LAN connection which needs to be connected to the internet via a dialer provided by the company. And it goes without saying that the dialer cannot be used if you can't get to the desktop. Hence you're completely locked out of your system and the only way is to reinstall the entire Windows again. How convenient! Oh, and the best part is that you can't even get into Safe Mode because guess what? It also needs internet! Why the heck does Windows even need to be dependent on the internet to begin with to make it usable?


Whose idea was this to make it like that? Somebody just now told me that this is a one-time thing. Even if it is, then people like myself are already screwed because how can we even do that one-time internet login? We can't, because of the nature of our internet connections.


Why couldn't Microsoft just make it so that you could just log in to your PC using a local account, then once you get to your desktop and connect to the internet, it would automatically log you in to your Microsoft account? How hard was that to do, seriously?


Now I'm forever afraid of logging in to my MS account ever again after what happened. MS account should only be a desktop thing, instead of a PC login thing. This is simply bad design.


Microsoft must seriously think about what they're doing. If any MS employee is reading this, you must seriously do something about it ASAP, and implement something like what I've suggested above. You promote Windows as a global product and hence you should be considerate of people living in all the regions of the world and make your product friendly and easily accessible to all of them.


Thank you.

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Microsoft Login

Hi Gourmage,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to perform Safe Mode with Networking and then try to change the password.

Method 1: Safe mode.

Please follow below steps:

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    Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold
    Shift key and click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Click on Troubleshoot.
    
  • 
    Click on Advanced options.
    
  • 
    Click on Startup Settings.
    
  • 
    Click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Login to Microsoft Account and create a new administrator account.
    

If you’re not able to login using Microsoft account then refer to below steps and check if it helps.

Method 2:
Activate Inbuilt Administrator Account.

Follow the below steps:

• • 
    Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold
    Shift key and click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Click on Troubleshoot.
    
  • 
    Click on Advanced options.
    
  • 
    Click on Command Prompt and enter following command.
    
    net user Administrator /active:yes
    

Now reboot your system and login to inbuilt admin account and try to reset password for other account. Once you reset password login to other account and to deactivate inbuilt admin account enter following command in elevated command prompt.

net user Administrator /active:no

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Can't login to new computer w/Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

• 
  Are you able to login to Microsoft Account on Web?
  
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  Have you installed any language pack?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to select the appropriate language in login screen at the bottom right corner and check if it helps.

Steps 2: Use On-screen keyboard in the login screen to login and check if it helps.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

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