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Legacy1
Oct 07, 2025Brass Contributor
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...
tyrokdov
Oct 11, 2025Copper Contributor
Hi, I recently created a "Local Account" on my laptop. I thought I was creating a new user, but it seems that I completely replaced my Microsoft Account identity with this new "Local Account" identity. And microsoft seems to think it is a school or work ID. I want to put my Microsoft Account identity back, but when I try to "Add Account" under Other Users, or simply Sign into my Microsoft Account, a big gray, square window comes up with "microsoft account" at the top left of the window, but there are no fields, no buttons and no options, and after a couple of seconds, it goes away. Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?