With the latest insider build for Windows 11, Microsoft is killing off a workaround that let you set up a local account instead of a Microsoft account.

Press Shift+F10 when the country selection screen comes up. Enter the command "start ms-cxh:localonly". Enter your desired local account username in the pop-up, and you're off to the races.

Moving forward, web and mobile apps will adopt the new screens first. Support for Windows and Windows apps will follow. To ...

Of course, you won’t get the advantages of using a Microsoft Account with Windows if you do this. But if you don’t like the idea of a massive, faceless corporation having acce ...

An April 2025 Microsoft security patch rollout has been spotted creating an empty ‘inetpub’ folder on receiving systems.

Update: Republished on March 30 with news of a workaround to new sign-in requirements and more passkey information. All change for Microsoft. The company has suddenly confirmed a major update ...

However, this popularity also makes Gmail users prime targets for scammers, spammers, and hackers.With so many of us using ...

Here's a ChatGPT guide to help understand Open AI's viral text-generating system. We outline the most recent updates and ...

That 2TB can be yours, forever, for a one-off $399. As of April 2025, pCloud claim that this is a third off of the price it ...

Method 3: Skip Microsoft Account Using the Rufus Tool Rufus is a fantastic tool for creating bootable USB drives, and it offers plenty of options to customize the installation, one of them being the ...