Users can use hardware security keys, manufactured by Swedish company Yubico to log into a Local account on Windows 11/10. The company recently released the first stable version of the Yubico ...

Here’s how you can sign in using a local account: Press the Windows key + I to open Settings. Navigate to Accounts > Your info. Here, click on Sign in with a local account instead.

Yes, you can log into your personal PC without using a Microsoft account. Here’s how to choose a local account during or after the Windows 11 setup process.

If you've set up a Windows PC recently, you'll know that the process includes logging into or creating a Microsoft account. Where once you could push on with just a local profile created ...

Then, log-out of your admin account, and log back in with the username "root" and the password you specified. After doing so, go to the "Accounts" pane in System Preferences and modify the desired ...

Afterward, you should probably switch to logging into Windows 11 with a Microsoft account. (You can do so in Settings > Accounts.) ...

hands on Redmond really – and I mean really – wants you to log into Windows 11 with a Microsoft account.… If you're setting up your own computer, rather than using a centrally managed one, Windows 11 ...

I understand the benefit of logging in with a microsoft account. However, what I don't like is exposing my email address and password every time I login to my machine.