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A bit cheeky from a company that won't let you use your desktop computer without an online account
by _bxg1 7y ago
A bit cheeky from a company that won't let you use your desktop computer without an online account
- JohnFen 7y agoYou can totally use Windows without an online account. I do it.
- jandrese 7y agoNot that Microsoft wants you to know that. They make the offline account button/link smaller and harder to spot regularly. I've thought several times that they finally removed it only to spot it hiding in a corner in a grey link one shade darker than the background.
- NullPrefix 7y agoThey could be treating it internally as unsupported workflow too. Or at least untested workflow. Kind of like that issue where your CPU would be loaded 100% when you open start menu if you have cortana disabled.
- JTbane 7y agoIn version 1809 there was a dark pattern that misled people installing Windows into thinking it was not an option.
- noja 7y agoOnly if you know to disconnect the ethernet cable, then the local account option magically reappears.
- jodrellblank 7y agoIt isn't "from a company" > Statements do not establish the official position of Microsoft Corporation. - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/?p=25453 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/?p=25453