There are still other ways to choose a local account in Windows 11. You can set up your PC with a Microsoft account initially ...

Using local accounts instead of a linked Microsoft Account was once a surefire way to avoid some of the Windows bloatware and ...

Microsoft is removing known workarounds for local account creation in Windows 11 setup (OOBE), effectively making a Microsoft Account (MSA) mandatory for most users. The company cites proper ...

Microsoft is removing more methods that help users create local Windows accounts and bypass the Microsoft account requirement when installing Windows 11. The change ...

Microsoft really doesn't want you making local accounts. For the company, local accounts do nothing for it. Local accounts ...

This post explains how to find your computer’s username and password in Windows 11. Usernames and passwords are assigned to users when they first set up their Windows account. They are the unique ...

Microsoft says users of its Azure cloud portal may be not be able to access Office 365, Minecraft or other services due to ...

Microsoft is tightening the reins on new installations of Windows 11 with stricter Microsoft account requirements. As participants in the Windows Insider Program have ...

October 2025 is now behind us, so let's take a look at some useful changes that Windows 11 received in the last month.

Microsoft has deployed a fix to address an outage of its Azure cloud portal that left users unable to access Office 365, ...

Microsoft really doesn’t want you creating a local account on Windows 11. Microsoft really doesn’t want you creating a local account on Windows 11. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...