Microsoft isn't shy about its preference that you create a Microsoft Account over a Local Account on Windows machines. But it's now made information about Local Accounts harder to find. As Tom's Hardware reports, Microsoft hid a tutorial for creating a Local Account that was online as of June 12, as per the Wayback Machine. By June 17, the tutorial was gone.

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 seems like Microsoft is going out of its way to hide ...

Windows 11 has ushered in numerous changes to Microsoft's entrenched operating system. Not only do you need specific hardware to run Windows 11, it pushes you to connect a Microsoft account to your PC, whether you like it or not. Until recently, Microsoft ...

I was just working on fixing a computer for a family friend. I installed a fresh SSD with a fresh install of Win 11, and yeah, this person did not want to share his MS creds with me (I, in fact, advised him not to), so I had to download tools to make a ...