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How Microsoft made it harder to create Windows 10 local accounts
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How Microsoft made it harder to create Windows 10 local accounts
-Arizona Hot (July 22, 2019, 04:53 PM)
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The article mentions two ways around making a Microsoft account:
During the Wi-Fi sign-in page, you can opt to skip it. That leads you to the page where Cortana soulfully begs you to reconsider, reminding you that just a single click can save you precious time later on. Standing firm and clicking No will lead you to the local account page—though there’s absolutely no helpful cue to inform you as such. This may not be as insidious as Microsoft’s 2016 “click the X” debacle, but it’s close.
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If you manage to be ensnared, however, don’t despair—there’s a way to wriggle free. If you’re stuck on the “Sign in with Microsoft” account page, you’ll need to turn off your PC’s Internet connection: Unplug the ethernet cord, disconnect the router, or turn off your laptop’s WiFi using an “airplane mode” key on the keyboard (if it has one). What you’re trying to do is force Windows to be unable to connect to the Internet. What worked for me then was to then try once again to create a Windows account, knowing full well that it would fail.
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Around 2 weeks ago, Microsoft wanted to give me another update(on my second computer), I got it. It was a disaster, the screen was black afterwards and the computer wouldn't boot even with a Repair disk or Restore Drive in. I had to unplug the power for a full minute to get it to boot. Thankfully, it booted OK then, but was (still?)at version 1809. I used StopUpdate10 to keep it from updating again for more than the 4 days Windows would give me. I undid that today and checked for an update, a Feature Update showed. I used MediaCreationTool1903 to make a flash drive installation fearing vagaries of the internet installation before. It started OK, but didn't restart at around 30% like previous updates. It didn't restart until after being at 89% for a long time. After the restart, I got a message box saying it thought I had been installing from installation media and giving me a choice of removing the media and keeping my programs or a clean install. I removed the flash drive and clicked on my answer. It went from "Processing update 0% to 27% quickly and changed that slowly afterwards, I got the second reboot at 64% and the 3rd reboot at 100%. After the reboot I got a normal feature update start and stopped worrying about the update. Because it rebooted at 90%, I thought I might have the Fall 2019 Update, but a winver check showed I had 1903.
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