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  1. Windows 10 need documentation to explain Microsoft account and local account


    I really need access to documentation the explains 1 how windows 10 configures a user, including "Full Name" and how that relates to the name of c:/users/{userid} folder2 are there any differences between the local user profiles and the microsoft user profile3 what do I lose if I go back to using just the local user account.I don't need anyone to recreate the wheel, just recommend a book or links to instructions THAT MATCH my current iteration of Windows 10 the instructions of most howtos on the internet do not match my version of windows.Yes, I am windows 10 illiterate. Spent 25 years

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    edspyhill01_844, Jul 1, 2022
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  2. Zakin Win User

    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 need documentation to explain Microsoft account and local account :(
     
    Zakin, Jul 1, 2022
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  3. Mindweaver, Jul 1, 2022
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  4. Kari Win User

    Windows 10 need documentation to explain Microsoft account and local account

    Local Acct user and MS account user - sync them or merge them

    If the local account is the one where you have most of your personal data, this is how I would do it:

    • Sign in to your Microsoft account
    • Copy all documents, pictures and other personal data from Microsoft account's user folders to corresponding folders in user Public (contents of MS account Documents folder to Public Documents folder and so on)
    • Sign out from Microsoft account
    Notice that above steps are only required if Microsoft account user folders contain data you want to keep. If its user folders are empty or do not contain anything worth saving, you can skip the above steps. Continue from below.

    • Sign in to the local account
    • Delete the Microsoft account (Option One in this tutorial)
    • Switch your local account to a Microsoft account (tutorial)
    • Copy the data backed up from old Microsoft account to Public folders to new Microsoft account in corresponding folders

    That's it. Using the Public folders as temporary storage you will have none whatsoever file owner / permission issues later on.
     
    Kari, Jul 1, 2022
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