On Windows 11 Pro you can also just choose the work account option and then just choose domain and it will let you create a local account

My hero!

It doesn't work anymore

It works I dit it today 22 may 2024​@@brandonrichuski7759

@@windwarrior7648 This works for me. Thank you so much!

Same here

@@gumersindocebollero3261 Many find that it does not work with the Home edition of Windows 11

I had that and i clicked back button and it offered me to create a local account…

Meaning it got updated. Typical petty tactic by Microsoftego.....

It's possible it will still work on new machines, as computers sold in stores have Windows 11 versions from six months ago when they were manufactured. If you are doing a fresh install from a new Windows 11 ISO, it is likely patched.

why, what's wrong with it? it's surely not the worst chromium based browser......

It's a matter of choice. Many people do not like it on their machines.

@@John-fj3qw so they put chrome or alike, and essentially get worse browser....yeah, subjectivity

​@@ivok9846not for you to decide what's better objectively

New HP yesterday and No Go.

Perfect. Disable both Ethernet & Wifi card. Worked for Asus PC Win11Pro new setup 24/6/2024

Clutch. The key was to disable all of the network adapters. Thanks!

"give away all my data" You give away nothing. No personal data is tracked or collected.

@@Drew1903SG your a bot...

@@AlphaZentori You're funny 🤣

Exactly - MS has gotten wise to the fake email trick. I'm looking for the new solution now as well.

@@floridapctutor It's great how Microsoft respects the wishes of their customers.🙄

to me what worked is to not chose a personal account and to choose a work / school account, and then when it tell you to enter an email you select something like "sign in using another way" and then something like "select domain" and then i entered local account information and it went through.

@@MrUnknown47thank you very much!!!🙏

Microsoft does "encourage" using the Microsoft account when you sign in to other services, so I would assume activation counts as well. However it's always been an option, so be careful to watch the messages and options available as you do so.

Wrong video..

Not sure what you're really asking, but "Sign Out" is an option alongside shutdown and reboot. You can then sign in to whatever account you want that's on your machine.

You should, yes.

You will have to log in to Win11 properly.

It should.

You should be able to. At worst you might need to follow the instructions in the video if it tries to force you to use a Microsoft Account.

It is NOT BS, not at all. And nobody should be telling you it is. A grave disservice, indeed.

@@Drew1903SG It is to me. I don't want to sign into a Microsoft account to use my personal desktop computer that I own and paid for.

@@askleonotenboom I think I will clone my SSD and try upgrading. That way I have a full backup option I can fall back on if it doesn't work.

yes, if it can't find the internet during install, it instead takes you directly to create a local account.

THANKS@@MarkWhich

If it's an email address, then it's likely NOT a local user. If it's just a username (like "leon" in my examples) then it's likely a local user account.

@@askleonotenboom Yes -- I have local accounts (my name, or variations of it, not email). Also, when I go to settings/accounts, it says "local account". Now I'm trying to figure out if I update to Win 11, will it delete my 2 local accounts ....

@@nancym1430 An upgrade should not delete ANY accounts. (As always, take a full image backup first anyway.)

@@askleonotenboom Thank you for your help. I really value your videos!

If you use a Microsoft account things like profile pictures and such get synced. Signing in to Hotmail is separate, unrelated to how you sign in to Windows. Some people don't like the additional intrusiveness of a Microsoft account, or the way Microsoft is pushing it so hard.

"I don't think in Windows 10 it's difficult setting up a local account. Why it's different in Windows 11?" Correct. But in Windows 11, Microsoft has made it more difficult to circumvent their insistence that everyone use a Microsoft account. "Also, why do people recommend setting up PC with a local account instead of a Microsoft account?" Many people (myself included) do not want to be at the mercy of a Microsoft server. If Microsoft should have a service outage, and you can't get a green light from Microsoft when you are logging in, you could get locked out of your own computer. If you have no internet service, perhaps due to an outage in your area, you do not want to get locked out of your own computer. Yes, you will still be able to login. But for how long, or for how many times, before Windows deem it that you must get permission from their servers? Microsoft will collect even more of your personal data from your computer, when you sign in to a Microsoft account. It is none of Microsoft's business (or any stranger's business) when you login to your computer. Microsoft appears to be moving to a "You own nothing" business model. They push their Office suite, via a rental. Now they are working towards you renting your operating system, where you need their permission to use your own computer that you paid for (you paid for the hardware and for a Windows license, and yet you still need Microsoft's permission to login). With a local account, you will never be locked out of the computer and operating system that you paid for; that you own. By the way, our host created a local account, which by default, is an administrator account. I recommend that you then use that account, to create yet another account; a standard user account, and never use the administrator account again, except for a rare need. Using your computer with administrator privileges can cause you to inadvertently mangle your computer, because you will have permission to make egregious mistakes.

#3. Because Windows has tightened things up to not allow people to get away with these signanigans. #2. Nobody ever should recommend that. #1. Yes. Once you sign in with your MS Account everything syncs straightaway.

its does not .. so dumb

It's not a strong recommendation, and I do both myself on different machines, but in general: MS Account.

Thank you for your answer 😊

I have had clients on multiple occasions using a Microsoft account and it will randomly stop working and says your password is wrong. Then you have to jump through all kinds of hoops to reset it with Microsoft. What a pain. Also, I don't want to have to connect to Microsoft just to log onto my computer. No thanks to MS account sign-on.

You can always rename the computer which will rename the folder.

@@sonyal9696 I think I tried this and I think but I may be mistaken that the folder did not change.

You can't change. All you can do is add a local account and begin using it instead.

Activation is unrelated to your login account. (But yes.)

5GB is a Microsoft Account thing. You can still use a local account on your machine, but create or have a Microsoft account online if you like. You won't be able to sync unless you sign in to OneDrive on your PC using your Microsoft account.

@@askleonotenboom As always, thank you for your clarification.

There are heaps of things & funtionality you do not get or have including optimum security.

When you setup the OS this way, yes.

@@askleonotenboom Thanks Leo, from Australia. Watch all your helpful videos. Regards.

NO

Username and password for those services. Perhaps I'm missing something about your question?

There's no undo other than reinstalling. You can create an additional local account, and switch to using that instead, but the originally created account using your Microsoft account will still exist. Shouldn't affect Office, BUT it'll be very easy as part of that to accidentally enable the Microsoft account, since for those tools you need to sign in to those tools using the MS account.

@@askleonotenboom Thank you. When the Windows 11 was installed with the pre-loaded Word and Excel, those programs only operate in "compatibility mode"- constant "upgrade to 365" popups at every dysfunction. So will having a Windows 11 local account then make any difference?

MS does not know, want or care about your Password. What an outrageous thing to think or say❗ The address & P/W are used to sign-in to YOUR account, the P/W goes nowhere (else). Once signed in use a PIN or biometrics for all future log-ins.

@@Drew1903SG On Windows 10, I tried to sign into Microsoft and "only" my email password worked. On Windows 11, I've shut off their Copilot and with Britec09's privacy video have shut down all telemetry that Microsoft is collecting (spying) on us from all their apps and eliminated all the bloatware that's installed on the system. Microsoft is truly a "MALICIOUS" company, they have locked out my D drive. A D drive that I ordered and "paid" for on my Dell XPS 8960 PC. It cost me $3,280.13 Canadian to have it customized to the way I want, Microsoft didn't pay one red cent. The joke is on them as I only use external hard drives and I have Kaspersky Premium keeping an eye on them. My Windows 10 HP Z440 was working perfectly but due to "MICROSOFT BLACKMAIL", I a retired person on a fixed income had to spend money that would have otherwise gone to paying life's essentials every Month. The day that Microsoft goes under will be a day to cheer!

Yes, but you'll need to sign in to a Microsoft Account to actually get anything. AND it will "encourage" you to make that the sign-in account for the machine if you're not careful.

@askleonotenboom thank you, I'm trying local account on surface pro x after upgrading ssd

In theory, though I'm hearing reports that the specific technique I use might not work any more.

Sure. Just go into the Settings app, users and add a new user.

@@askleonotenboom it still ask email id to add other user account

@@rojoroj9777 Does it say "I don't know the user account"?

You should stick with your MS Account. You can, ALSO, create a Local Account if need bu not for the Primary User

Working on a Surface Pro 9

Before you go into Microsoft login. Use shift+f10 and write. Netsh interface set interface "wi-fi" disable . Press login and you will come to lokal user. Right after do the same but with enable. Problem fixed

You can reset it by booting from Windows installation media and reinstalling Windows from scratch.

It works perfectly well. Can't you just type another fake email? People were supposed to be more productive with the advent of the internet, but it is getting worse.

It works with Pro x64 23H2. I've tested it few days ago.

I would love to see any official citations on that. It seems unlikely, but Microsoft has done the unlikely before.

Worked for me a couple weeks ago...

@@AlphaZentori seems like the fix is pretty recent then..

@@snakeclips theres gotta be more ways around it. Not allowing local accounts is ridiculous. I just posted a comment with a link to a petition.

@@AlphaZentori yea i got around it with a command prompt trick, nothing in this video though.

Graci! 😊😊

This works. Just did it - July 23 2024