Windows 10: New Win10 installation with online accounts or not?

Hi all,

Ill soon install my first Windows 10 PC and have therefore some questions related to the accounts.
As far as I know Microsoft want users to use the Microsoft online accounts - is it even possible to use offline accounts only? And what is the difference in between using online accounts and offline accounts?
Is there somewhere a comprehensive but not to exhaustive list that compares the two models.

• What are the actual benefits of one and the other?
• What special features are enabled when using the online accounts?
• What services/features/functions are not working with offline accounts?
• What services/features/functions do need a different way of configuration with offline accounts?

Is there a way of using as Administrator account an offline account but as normal user account a MS online account?

Further - as I usually tend to split my system into two parts:

• Partition A containing the system (operating system and applications)
• Partition B containing all the user data and for some applications as well configuration/databases

That way I can backup these two parts separately (with different strategies) and can as well restore or reinstall the OS independent.
Would there be a problem doing so with the access to the data if I user account was an online account and therefore the permissions bound to that user ID in the system and later reinstall with the same user (or even with another)?

KR,
Maxwell

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Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

 

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)

 

Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code: