Why you should NEVER login to Windows with a Microsoft Account!
To change to a local account, watch this:
9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW!
• 9 Windows settings EVE...
❓ If you need personalized help, here's how you can find me: Please remember that I am just ONE person. It takes a TON of time and money to keep quality content coming to you free of charge. Viewers like YOU supporting the growth of the channel through tips and donations is how I'm able to do that!
I get TONS of questions daily, so here's the best way to get direct answers to your questions, in the order of "easiest to reach" to "may never see your message".
❤️ A Superchat donation on any of my videos is always appreciated and ALWAYS gets my attention
❤️ Purchase anything on my Amazon wish list:
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...
☕ Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/askyourc...
💻 Standard KZhead comment on a relevant video
💻 E-mail to askyourcomputerguy@gmail.com
💻Twitter DM: / askmecomputers
💻 Facebook message: / askyourcomputerguy
💻 LinkedIn message: / ask-your-computer-guy-...
💻 Instagram message: / askyourcomputerguy
💻 Discord server: / discord
😎 Hope you guys enjoy this video! If you did, please like and share it!
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more updates! cutt.ly/mOW7myv
🔍 Here are some other related videos you might enjoy:
⏰ Timecodes ⏰
00:00 -
⚡️ Here are tools that I highly recommend and use personally every day...
Hardware ---
◼ 142-piece magnetic electronics precision screwdriver set with 120 bits
👉 amzn.to/3exdNeb\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
◼ Sabrent USB-C docking station for SATA and m.2 with offline cloning
👉 amzn.to/47iK2aI
◼ StarTech 4-bay USB 3.0 hard drive docking station 6Gbps
👉 amzn.to/3z6zNpG
◼ StarTech 2-bay USB 3.0 hard drive docking station SATA 6Gbps
👉 amzn.to/3sAGZt0
◼ Netgear A6100 wifi adapter
👉 amzn.to/3DWUp5p
◼ Godshark NVME to USB adapter M.2 SSD to Type-A USB 10Gbps
👉 amzn.to/3FGw3O8
◼ Cordless, rechargeable air duster 6000mAh 10w fast-charging
👉 amzn.to/3pzJWIa
💢 Here is some helpful/useful and FREE everyday software that you might enjoy!
◼ Ninite (used to automatically download and install your favorite software):
👉 www.ninite.com
◼ Defraggler (used to defragment and organize your files on hard drives, not for SSD):
👉 www.defraggler.com
◼ Open Office (Microsoft Office FREE replacement)
👉 www.openoffice.org
💢 Hey, do you want even MORE in-depth techie stuff? Check out my friend Nico's page, Nico Knows Tech. Tell him I sent you and watch the obscenities fly LOL
✔ / nicoknowstech
⚠️ Affiliate link notice ⚠️
Some links included in this video are affiliate links. The creator may make a small percentage from any products that you purchase through one of these links. This purchase comes at ZERO extra cost to you, and greatly helps to support the growth of this channel.
Thanks so much for stopping in and watching!
I agree 100%. I miss the days when Windows was just an operating system, not an advertising machine, that collects all your data using useless features as an excuse.
For me "you can't log in into your machine until microsoft allows you" is enough to forfeit all the possible benefits.
I still remember Windoes 98 when there was no need to login to anything it was just a computer. I miss that.
Computer guy of 30 years here. Watched your video with interest. It reinforced and crystallised my own feelings about local accounts versus MS accounts. The information about Bitlocker also useful and interesting. Thanks
I agree, I miss the days when your windows computer was really "your own machine". Little by little everything seems to be moving to away from a standalone computing environment to a cloud based subscription model which feels very intrusive. Thanks for the great videos
As an IT professional with over 25 years of experience, I agree with you 100%.
I've known this since the login was instituted, and the bitlocker issue for years, but I gratefully laud you for spreading this information.
wow... thanks for making this video! the last bit on bitlocker settings being turned on for Home edition makes me shiver! I have always used local account logged in till some recent changes in windows (I think it was from Win 8/9 to Win 10) that prompted me to log in using microsoft account which I didn't think much and went ahead.. now that you have highlighted all the nasty things that Microsoft has been doing... I am gonna switch back to local account login, and yes, you are very right that logging in using local account still allows us to access our office 365 / office 2021 and older editions purchases, one drive files etc. Thank you!!!
I was a computer tech, and the amount of people both home and corporate users who had no idea they had bitlocker installed was astounding. If I had to replace a system board on a machine that could not post, and when presented with the the Bitlocker recovery key would think its my fault and responsibility to fix.
Great video as always! And you don’t even need to sign in with a Microsoft account at all during initial setup. If you type ‘a’ into the username and password fields, it will tell you something went wrong and just let you make a local account. As someone who works in IT and sets up new computers all the time, this is a huge lifesaver.
Nothing beats a offline drive backup of your data. I built my own nextcloud nas with raid.
Wow!! Thank you SO much for this eye-opening video! I'm a long time Windows user and I honestly never gave it a second thought logging in with my microsoft account versus a local account. That's going to change. I'm also going to share this with the many other users I know in hopes they will change their ways as well. Appreciate this!
There is one advantage you didn't list... and that's having the Windows license being bound to that user account rather than the motherboard of the system. So, if you have to replace the motherboard, or you build a new computer, you don't have to worry about activating Windows. However, that's really mostly relevant to the DIY space. It's also a double edged sword, because if your account is hacked... you might never be able to get back in, and that activation would be useless and you have to get a new key.
Totally agree with you. It's MY computer, MY data and I am not going to add another dependency (that as you mentioned, can be hacked) between me and MY computer.
My local computer guy warned me about MS spying a few years ago. I switched to Linux and never looked back.
I 100% Totally agree. I always pick the Offline sign on option when setting up new computers.
One does not have to be a geek to have a visceral nauseous response to the idea that a corporate entity can not only be sniffing your data but also lock you out from your own "personal" computer. Having your data sniffed is bad enough, all depends on your tolerance for having your privates sniffed, but the idea you can be locked from access to your own property is beyond the pale. If you have a need for that sort of humiliation and degradation there is always marriage and access to a spouse that will be happy to lock you out of your own property.
30 Years as a computer engineer and I have had all of these issues with my customers, I agree with you 100%. This is YOUR computer that you paid for with your money, DO NOT give controlling access over to Microsoft, Use a Local Account.
Working in IT MS accounts was the bane of my existence. Conflicts and lack of controls where the biggest headache for sure.
If you are a corporate user with M365 logging in with your m365 credentials is crucial, but always create a local admin account.