When the setup is finished, we would create a local user account. Since Windows 11 does not let you create a local account when installing or setting up Windows for the first time, we could work around it by using the following strategy: we would create and use a temporary Microsoft account just to keep Windows 11 happy diring the intial setup. But what if you just want to use the computer and not share your data with other services and devices? If that's your thing, go ahead, and use your Microsoft account. Of course, you may also find it beneficial: if you use the same account to log in to various Microsoft services, as well as the apps on your phone or tablet, it gives you a way to easily share your settings and files between them. If you use a Microsoft account to login to Windows, it gives a way for Microsoft to keep track of your computing activities. This gives us the primary reason to avoid using a Microsoft account: privacy. The Microsoft account is stored on the Microsoft cloud servers, and a copy of it is also maintained on your computer as well. What is a local account and why would you want to use it instead of a Microsoft account, you might be wondering? The main difference is where your account information is stored: the local account is stored locally on the computer itself.
Password-protect and hide personal files and folders with Folder Guard for Windows 11,10,8,7. This trick used to work with Windows 10, but not anymore: with Windows 11 Microsoft decided you need a Microsoft account, no way around it. Previously, one could use the trick of disconnecting the computer from the Internet while installing Windows, and that would force Windows to present you with an offer to create a local account. If you tried to install a fresh copy of Windows 11 recently, you had probably discovered that it no longer allows you to create a local user account: it insists on using a Microsoft account to set up a fresh copy of Windows 11.
How to create a local user account in Windows 11 or Windows 10
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