{"id":6205,"date":"2016-02-29T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T11:04:48","slug":"block-or-disable-microsoft-account-in-windows-10-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/block-or-disable-microsoft-account-in-windows-10-8\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Block or Disable Microsoft Account in Windows 10 \/ 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you’ve switched to a Microsoft account, Windows encrypts your text password with a reversible encryption algorithm. Therefore, any user of the PC with the administrator privileges can easily recover it (refer to this article<\/a>). This is a security hole discovered in Windows 10 and 8. For security or privacy reasons, you might think of disabling Microsoft account logon sign-in option. <\/p>\n

In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to block or disable Microsoft account, making users unable to add or log on Windows 10\/8 with Microsoft account.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Block Microsoft Account with Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \nPress the Windows Key + R combination, type gpedit.msc<\/strong> in the Run dialog box and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

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

  2. \nThe Local Group Policy Editor should open. Navigate to the following location:
    \nComputer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Polices > Security Options<\/code>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \nOn the right-side, locate the entry named “Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts<\/strong>” and then double-click on it to open its properties.<\/p>\n

    \"block-microsoft-accounts\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \nUnder Local Security Setting tab, click on the drop-down box and you can see the following three options:<\/p>\n
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    • This policy is disabled<\/li>\n
    • Users can’t add Microsoft accounts<\/li>\n
    • Users can’t add or log on with Microsoft accounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"cannot-add-logon-ms-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \nIf you select “Users can’t add Microsoft accounts<\/strong>“, users on the PC will not able to add new Microsoft account. This also means that one can’t switch a local account to Microsoft account. But you can still log on with your existing Microsoft account.<\/p>\n

      If you select “Users can’t add or log on with Microsoft accounts<\/strong>“, uses on the PC will not able to add new Microsoft account. The existing Microsoft account will disappear from Windows sign-in screen and you’re unable to login with it. So if you’re already using a Microsoft account, you should first switch to local account before applying this policy.<\/p>\n

      After selecting the right policy, click Apply<\/strong> and then OK<\/strong>. Sign out or restart your computer for the policy to take effect.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 2: Block Microsoft Account with Registry Trick<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Group Policy Editor is not available in all versions of Windows 10\/8. If you don’t have access to Group Policy Editor, you need to block Microsoft account through the Windows Registry. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

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      1. \nPress the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and hit Enter.\n<\/li>\n
      2. \nWhen the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following keys:
        \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System<\/code>\n<\/li>\n
      3. \nIn the right pane, you’ll see a value named NoConnectedUser<\/strong>. If the value doesn’t exist, right-click on the empty space to create a DWORD<\/strong> value and name it NoConnectedUser<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n
      4. \nSet the NoConnectedUser<\/strong> value to 1 if you just want to block users from switching to Microsoft account, or set it to 3 if you want to block users from either adding or logging on with Microsoft account.<\/p>\n
          \n
        • 0 = Allow Microsoft Accounts<\/li>\n
        • 1 = Users can’t add Microsoft Accounts<\/li>\n
        • 3 = Users can’t add or log on with Microsoft accounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \"no-connected-user\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        • \nYou can now close the Registry Editor window and reboot the machine.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Method 3: Block from Switching to Microsoft Account<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Here is another registry trick that could also be used to block users from switching to Microsoft account. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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          1. \nPress the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and hit Enter.\n<\/li>\n
          2. \nWhen the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following keys:
            \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PolicyManager\\default\\Settings\\AllowYourAccount<\/code>\n<\/li>\n
          3. \nIn the right pane, double-click on the entry “value<\/strong>” and set it to 0.<\/p>\n

            \"block-microsoft-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          4. \nLog off and log in. Open the Settings charm and select Accounts, you’ll find the option lablelled “Sign in with a Microsoft account instead<\/strong>” is now greyed out. That’s it!<\/p>\n

            \"microsoft-account-disabled\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Once you’ve switched to a Microsoft account, Windows encrypts your text password with a reversible encryption algorithm. Therefore, any user of the PC with the administrator privileges can easily recover it (refer to this article). This is a security hole discovered in Windows 10 and 8. For security or privacy reasons, you might think of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,39],"tags":[2550,2551,2552,2554,2553],"class_list":["post-6205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-block-windows-10-microsoft-account","tag-block-windows-8-microsoft-account","tag-disable-microsoft-account","tag-disable-microsoft-account-login","tag-disable-microsoft-account-sign-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205","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=6205"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6219,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions\/6219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}