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Boost Your PC Security by Renaming Your Windows 10 Administrator Account

This single action could save your Win10 PC from external threats This article describes how to change the built-in Administrator account name in Windows 10 to bolster your computer's security. We'll ...
Mashable

Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off.

Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to use their Microsoft Account. They don't have to. Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Windows 11 has been out now for about two and a half years, but its ...
PC Gamer

Windows 10 users are soon to be hit with nagging prompts asking them to create an online account

It's an improvement—supposedly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Now, Microsoft is going to more aggressively push Windows 10 ...
PC World

Microsoft erases guide for switching to local Windows accounts

Did you know that it’s entirely possible to use Windows 11 with a local-only account, the way it worked way back when computers still used floppy drives? You’d be forgiven for not knowing, because it ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Ends Local Account Workarounds in Latest Windows 11 Build

Microsoft's latest Insider Preview, Build 26220.6772, introduces a significant policy change: removal of known workarounds to skip Microsoft Account setup during Windows 11 installation (OOBE).