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Maybe that’s it. I untick all of the boxes during install and use a local account instead of a Microsoft account.
by halfcat 3y ago
Maybe that’s it. I untick all of the boxes during install and use a local account instead of a Microsoft account.
- gertop 3y agoYou had to fight the install process to get that local account, though.
- pests 3y agoIt was like three clicks
- OkGoDoIt 3y agoThe hoops you have to jump through to use a local account are a prime example of user hostility. Sure it’s technically possible, but only if you are power user that searches online and figures out how. That’s the general feeling I have with Windows these days, it is technically possible to get it to work the way I want, but it generally feels like I’m fighting an adversary. Sure it’s currently possible to win, but it’s definitely not a good feeling, and not moving in the right direction.
- jeroenhd 3y agoNote if you installed with a local account and expect Bitlocker to work: make sure to actually enable it. With a local account. Bitlocker may state that it's on, but by default, it doesn't encrypt the drive unless you log in to a Microsoft account or manually add a key protector. This is documented on a Microsoft site somewhere, but it's shit like this that make me wary of the "bypass Microsoft's shit" approach; the bypass methods often lead to behaviour that Microsoft never bothered to test and has side effects they don't bother to warn you about.