# Microsoft Wants To Do Away With Windows 10 Local Accounts

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**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-wants-to-do-away-with-windows-10-local-accounts/71476 "2020-02-26T15:39:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-wants-to-do-away-with-windows-10-local-accounts/71476/1 "2020-02-26T15:39:47Z")

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bleeping Computer: _As time goes on, it is becoming increasingly clear that Microsoft is [trying to make local accounts a thing of the past](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-wants-to-do-away-with-windows-10-local-accounts/) and push all new Windows 10 users to a Microsoft account. Since Windows 10 1903, Microsoft [quietly changed](https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/) the Windows Out-of-box Experience (OOBE) or setup experience so that many users are no longer able to create a local account during set up as they could previously. Recently, this change also [expanded](https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/22/microsoft-is-making-it-harder-to-use-windows-10-local-accounts/) to international users in India and Germany._

 

_For those affected, the only way to create a local account during setup is to disconnect the computer from the Internet. Yes, that’s right, Microsoft now makes you disconnect the computer from the Internet to create a local account during setup! If you don’t want to disconnect your network, then you need to first set up Windows with a Microsoft Account and then when done with setup go into the Windows 10 ‘Family & other users’ settings and create a local account. Even that is a bit convoluted as you have to first start the process of creating a Microsoft account and finally on the second screen, be given the option that you wish to create a local account. Once a local account has been created, you can delete the original Microsoft account you created during setup._