{"id":3207,"date":"2014-02-25T07:27:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T07:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2014-02-25T07:31:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T07:31:47","slug":"how-to-setup-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Windows 8.1 without Microsoft Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you install or upgrade to Windows 8.1, you’ll be forced to create a Microsoft account or use an existing Windows Live account to log on your computer. There is no option to setup a local account during the installation. Microsoft account is now the preferred sign-in type since Windows 8. However, if you insist on using a local account, you’ve come into the right place. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to setup \/ install Windows 8.1 without a Microsoft account.<\/p>\n

Tips:<\/strong> If you forgot your local or Microsoft account and can’t sign into Windows 8, you can bypass the password with PCUnlocker<\/a> and regain access to your computer.<\/p>\n

How to Setup Windows 8.1 without Microsoft Account?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Boot your computer from Windows 8.1 installation DVD or USB drive, and follow the setup wizard until you see the screen where asks for your Microsoft account to continue.\n

    \"sign-in-microsoft-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Enter an invalid Windows Live account or an incorrect password like shown in the following screenshot. Click on Next. You’ll get some information that indicates your email\/password is not correct.\n

    \"continue<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Simply click on the lightly-colored link that said “continue without a Microsoft Account”.<\/li>\n
  4. Now we need to press “Create a local account” button.\n

    \"create-local-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Type your local account name and password and click on “Finish”.\n

    \"windows-8.1-local-account\"<\/p>\n

    Proceed to complete the left task of your installation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When you install or upgrade to Windows 8.1, you’ll be forced to create a Microsoft account or use an existing Windows Live account to log on your computer. There is no option to setup a local account during the installation. Microsoft account is now the preferred sign-in type since Windows 8. However, if you insist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,39],"tags":[1598,1597,1596,1595],"class_list":["post-3207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-8","tag-install-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account","tag-setup-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account","tag-windows-8-without-microsoft-account","tag-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}