Windows 10: Windows 10 keeps reverting to microsoft account when I select local account with no...

This is for an HTPC that came with windows 10 preinstalled.


I set it up with a microsoft account because it initially forced me to.


I then got frustrated with it constantly demanding the password this is a computer with no sensitive information so I set it to be a local account with no password. It worked the first night and then when windows restarted itself for an update, it presented me with a logon prompt which would not accept the old password and it would not accept the microsoft account credentials either.


So my questions are:

* how do I make windows 10 just act like a dumb box that doesn't require authentication at all?

* how do I prevent it from reverting to demanding microsoft account connection whenever it gets an update?

* how do I fix the current problem? The computer won't let me log on to it with local credentials or microsoft account credentials.

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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 8 with 2 Microsoft accounts?

Yea, I would create a local account and just use your school account to login to Outlook and Onedrive.

Edit:
Here switch between local and microsoft account.

 

Windows 10 - Want to revert back to local account logon from Microsoft account but can't

Hello Jill,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

Toe be able to assist you better, let us know the app are you referring to in this case.

Now, I suggest you to open Advanced User Accounts Control Panel to check if the Local user account exists or not. Please follow below.

• Press the Windows key and R from the keyboard to open the Run Command Dialog Box.
• Enter netplwiz

If not, I suspect that the Local user account you were using has been connected to the Microsoft Account you own.

To convert the account back to Local User account, I suggest you to follow the below steps:

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  Sign in to your Microsoft account.
  
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  Click Start and then PC settings.
  
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  Click Users and accounts and under your Profile select “Sign in with a local account instead ” option.
  
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  Enter the required details.
  
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  Type in a Username, Password, and Password Hint that you want set for your Local account and click
  Next. Click on Sign out and Finish button.
  
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  It will then prepare your local account and your Microsoft account will be disconnected.
  

Let us know the results.