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Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 7 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn't install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the company your data, you can still switch to a local account after the fact. Microsoft even had instructions on how to do this on its official support website - or at least it used to...

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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The accounts started out optional with benefits to entice

They're now mandatory for Home and hard to bypass

How long before they extend this to Pro and Enterprise? To Server? To Active Directory itself?

They're not done yet, not by a long shot.

[–] macgyver@federation.red 1 points 7 months ago

It’s mandatory for Pro now too, or was for a short amount of time, it’s just you can bypass on all.