Windows 10: MS Acct vs Local acct

Kari,
This response reminds me of the story about the seven year old girl asking her mother where she came from.........
Mother sits the child down and spends thirty minutes explaining the facts of life. When asked if that answered her question she replied simply "I guess...... I was wondering because the new girl at school came from Cleveland"
Relax.............
I log on without a password because it's set to auto-logon. Why it does that doesn't ever enter into my question.
I was wondering why people use a local account????
Your little tirade answered questions that I never asked with information that I already knew.
Man, you are spring loaded!!! Relax

 

*Roflmao2

BTW - I work with local accounts. I don't want anything synced.

Sounds like an MS commercial but is not very practical for me.

 

I wanted to be sure that this is clarified because it is not true.

It's a huge difference signing in to Windows without a password which is only possible with a local account, and signing in using an MS Account which absolutely always needs and uses a password. Signing in to your MS Account automatically does not mean you sign in without a password. Even then you sign in with a password, it's just entered automatically for you.

I repeat: it is not possible to sign in to Windows using an MS Account without a password.

 

"I repeat"
It's not necessary to repeat........... I saw it the first time and already knew it!
I
I log-on without a password! I boot the machine, go pour a cup of coffee, back to the machine and it says "Welcome "
How it gets there, I don't really care!
I logged on and never entered a password!
Game over. End of discussion!
If you want to log-on without entering a password see Mike's post above.
Have a nice day!

 

Yes, each utility can be signed in separately.

Your Response does not address the original comment.

You neglected to answer the main question... Avoiding a question discredits your position.

I don't really care how you run your system, you asked what others thought.......

 

No Roger, you don't log in to Windows without password and I think it is important to know for those who have not yet used Windows 8 and later and not signed in using an MS Account.

You log in with your MS Account password which you have set to be entered automatically. I really think it is necessary and important to understand the difference.

 

For home users, I don't see much of a difference between a local account and a Microsoft account, apart from some potential security issues.

However, for enterprise environments, Microsoft accounts are unacceptable. Most enterprises already have their own accounts using Active Directory or another directory service. They don't want that replaced or supplemented, and depending on the industry, using Microsoft accounts can result in severe auditing issues. Microsoft accounts are not controlled by the enterprise.

Some of this is being alleviated in Windows 10. Some services, like the Store, can be used using domain accounts. It does appear that enterprises wanting this will have to use Azure to some degree, though.

 

why I use local account? The exact opposite of what you like. I don't use onedrive, evernote, kindle and calibre. I don't need any of those. I just need a platform and I can take care of the rest on my own. My Qnap NAS (5TB total) has Qfile like OneDrive and Qnote like OneNote.

 

For one thing, MS insists on long, complicated passwords. I for one prefer short, easy-to-enter passwords, since my machine is not going to be invaded in my own living room. I really like the new scenario where you have your MS account for downloading, *and* a local account for everyday usage.

 

Apparently you've never actually used Windows 8 on an AD Domain. It doesn't work the way you think it does. You log in with your AD credentials, and then you can associate a Microsoft account with your AD account. You can't log in with those credentials, but it allows you to access MS account protected resources, like OneDrive or Outlook.com.

 

You can set PIN number instead.

 

I use a Microsoft account. Syncing is useful for reminders. Enter a reminder/date on any device and it comes up on the others. I use netplwiz in order not have to enter a password when logging into the computer. It was only reading this thread that made me think to look up what 'netplwiz' means. It's short for, 'Network Places Wizard'. Now that's something that most people probably knew already ..and so do I now.
*Smile

 

Why should I have to "notify" MS (or anyone else) that I'm using my PC?

 

In the case of W 10 TP it's because MS expects (that's why it's released at this stage) so they would know about gripes and suggestions for it's development and to report problems. Luckily, there's options to opt out and use it with local account if you are unwilling to help.

 

Somehow they still manage to get your feedbacks and pop up questions even on local account. I think there's a program within 10 that detects how frequently you click on something and pop questions about it. Then at the bottom there"s a link for "Send us more feedbacks" (or something to that effect) to get you to logon on your MS acct.