{"id":5012,"date":"2015-05-30T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2015-05-30T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T13:28:37","slug":"how-to-install-windows-10-or-81-with-local-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-install-windows-10-or-81-with-local-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Windows 10 or 8.1 with Local Account (Skip Microsoft Account)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can I install Windows 10 with a local account as now a Microsoft account is required? When installing Windows 10 or 8.1, you will not see an option to create a local account by default, and instead you have to log in to your Microsoft Account or be asked to create a new one. Here’s a workaround to skip the Microsoft account sign-in so you can install Windows 10\/8.1 with a local account.<\/p>\n

How to Install Windows 10 or 8.1 with Local Account?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Start the installation of Windows 10\/8.1 as you would usually do, and follow on-screen instruction to proceed.<\/li>\n
  2. When you’re prompted to sign in to your Microsoft account, click on “Create a new account<\/strong>“.\n

    \"create-a-new-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. On the screen where you’re required to enter information to create a Microsoft account, scroll down to the bottom, and click on “Sign in without a Microsoft account<\/strong>“.\n

    \"install-without-ms-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Enter your desired user name, password and password hint for the local account to be used to login to Windows. Click on Finish to continue the installation as usual.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Can I install Windows 10 with a local account as now a Microsoft account is required? When installing Windows 10 or 8.1, you will not see an option to create a local account by default, and instead you have to log in to your Microsoft Account or be asked to create a new one. Here’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,39],"tags":[2176,2178,2179,2177],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-install-windows-10-with-local-account","tag-install-windows-10-without-microsoft-account","tag-install-windows-8-without-microsoft-account","tag-install-windows-8-1-with-local-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","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=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5017,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}