{"id":6596,"date":"2016-04-12T06:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T06:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2016-04-13T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:40:00","slug":"block-switching-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/block-switching-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Switching from Microsoft Account to Local Account in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to restrict switching from Microsoft account to local account? If you’ve set up a child account in Windows 10<\/a>, switching to a local account will put Family Safety in an unworkable condition, and parents couldn’t monitor the kids’ accounts any longer. So we come up with a method to block switching from Microsoft account to local account in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/strong> This method works with Windows 10 only. It won’t block you switching from local account to Microsoft account<\/a> and you can still create a new local\/Microsoft account.<\/em><\/p>\n

Block Switching from Microsoft Account to Local Account in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

This method works by renaming a system file named UserAccountBroker.exe<\/em>. After renaming, go to PC Settings<\/strong> -> Accounts<\/strong> -> Your account<\/strong>, click on the “Sign in with a local account instead<\/strong>” link and you’ll get no response.<\/p>\n

\"block-switching-to-local-account\"<\/p>\n

In Windows 10, most system files have TrustedInstaller as owner. If you want to modify, rename or delete a system file, you have to take ownership and grant full access permission to your current logged on account. Here’s how to take ownership of UserAccountBroker.exe<\/em> and rename it:<\/p>\n

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  1. Download and install the freeware TakeOwnershipPro<\/a>. After installing, the program will add the “TakeOwnershipPro<\/strong>” shortcut to Windows Explorer’s right-click context menu.<\/li>\n
  2. Open File Explorer, navigate to the C:\\Windows\\System32<\/em> directory. Right-click on the UserAccountBroker.exe<\/em> file, and then select “TakeOwnershipPro<\/strong>” from the context menu.\n

    \"take-ownership\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. You’ll see a pop-up window showing the process of taking ownership is complete. Click Exit<\/strong> to close it.\n

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

  4. Next rename the UserAccountBroker.exe<\/em> file by by adding a .bak<\/strong> extension. If you’re running 64-bit version of Windows 10, you also need to rename another copy of UserAccountBroker.exe<\/em> under the C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64<\/em> directory.\n

    \"rename-useraccountbroker\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Now you’ll be unable to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account from PC Settings charm. If you want to convert back to a local account later, you have to rename the UserAccountBroker.exe.bak<\/em> file by removing the .bak<\/strong> extension. That’s it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is there a way to restrict switching from Microsoft account to local account? If you’ve set up a child account in Windows 10, switching to a local account will put Family Safety in an unworkable condition, and parents couldn’t monitor the kids’ accounts any longer. So we come up with a method to block switching […]<\/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],"tags":[2649,2648],"class_list":["post-6596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-block-convert-microsoft-account-to-local-account","tag-block-switching-to-local-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596","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=6596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6622,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions\/6622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}