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Legacy1
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Oct 07, 2025

Microsoft whats your beef with local account?

I for one have a app that will not work unless I use a local account also you says fully configured is silly what can a online account do that a local account can't (no you don't get to say because I don't need to know because everything works just fine) if I only had one PC how will I hope to remember my password when the password is so long it is in a password wallet (or other method) but how do I access it in setup? Catch 22 (what if MY network needs to be setup first before it can get online!) so your focusing people to use a simple password for your online account thats not good is it!

 

What do you hope to do with online account? What if your login fails due to your servers being down? It will happen.

 

Maybe the only reason is another way to link ones windows key to a account but surely you can do that after a local account? And of cause what if someone has may Keys and uses the same online account (I'm sure you done that bit right) I mean you have me with Edge and Sync is on Plus Microsoft store which I'm sure you use to link the windows key to anyway.

 

So way not make local account have what this online account has which it likely already has you just choose to reinvent the wheel that don't need doing.

 

So people can still make a local account after a online account and use only the local account how long will that last I wonder? Will this be removed or is it just the case you want a log in before using windows your only goal here?

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