Windows 10: What is the best approach to disassociating windows 10 from a microsoft account?

I recently installed windows 10 and found, to my utter contempt, that microsoft forces you to use a microsoft live account to do the install. There is a way around it but I didn't know that at the time.

I want to completely disassociate my windows 10 install from any microsoft account, or any email at all. I want to have a local account which is completely private. So far this is proving extremely difficult.

According to windows my account is a "local" one and I am an administrator but the account is managed online through microsoft which is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable to me. When I go to manage my windows account on the microsoft website I can see that it knows WAY more then I want it to. I wasn't even aware I was sharing that much information. I can see all my physical hard drives, their brand, capacity and name.

It seems that it's impossible to edit my current account from a microsoft sign in to a genuinely local account. That option no longer exists in the windows 10 account settings or on the microsoft site.

I know that I can create a new local account without a microsoft sign in but if I do that I have to spend a lot of time, all over again, getting all my settings and programs set up properly. From what I have read there is no supported way to copy all settings and preferences from account to another. The 'copy to' button in user profile now only works for the default profile and apparently there were issues with it when it did work.

Honestly, this subversive level of control that's creeping is downright scary. I'm borderline ready to install some linux distro because I'm just about done with big brother microsoft.

So, what are my options for making my windows 10 account completely local and free from microsoft control and awareness?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

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Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

Windows 10

you don't have to use a Microsoft account....
I know I'm not.