Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider build disables another popular command-line workaround for creating a local account, ...

A newly discovered trick allows Windows 11 users to bypass Microsoft’s online account requirement during setup, raising questions around user control and privacy ...

Microsoft is building the local account setup into the latest Windows Insider previews. But there are also new functions.

Microsoft is removing more methods that help users create local Windows accounts and bypass the Microsoft account requirement ...

Future versions of Windows 11 will require you to complete the out-of-box experience (OOBE) with both internet access and a ...

Learn how to find a computer's username and password in Windows 11/10 using Command Prompt, PowerShell, Task Manager, File ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

Since the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it hard to use the operating system with a local account, instead forcing users to log in with a Microsoft Account. Microsoft says this is done to ...