Windows 10 offers to sign in via a Microsoft account; however, you can also use a traditional local user account to use the operating system. Sync features can only be used with a Microsoft account, but almost all features are available in local account users.
If you don’t want to use a Microsoft account to sign-in to Windows 10, you can always create a local user account to use Windows 10.
How to Create a new local user account in Windows 10?
There are two methods through which you can create a new local user account in Windows 10.
Using Settings app:
1. Open the Settings app by clicking the start menu or simultaneously pressing the Windows logo and I keys.
2. Click Accounts (Your account, sync settings, work, family).
3. Click Family & other users from the left side pane.
4. Under the Other users sub-section, click ‘Add someone else to this PC.’
5. Under the “How will this person sign in?” screen, click the link labeled “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information.”
6. Under the “Create an account for this PC” window, fill in the information like a username for your account, password, re-enter the password to confirm the same, type a password hint.
If you don’t want to secure your account, you can leave the password field blank.
7. Click the Next button.
Now a new local user account will be created on Windows 10 PC. Sign out from the current user and login with a new user account.
Using Command Prompt:
If you cannot create a Local User Account using the above method, you can try the command prompt. This works under all versions of Windows.
1. Click “Start” and search box type “CMD.”
From the search results, right-click on Command Prompt (Desktop app) and choose “Run as administrator.”
2. If UAC (User Account Control) prompts, then click Yes to run command prompt.
3. Type the following command under the command prompt window:
control userpasswords2
4. Press Enter from the keyboard to open the “User Accounts” window.
5. Click the “Add…” button.
6. Under “How will this person sign in?”, click the link “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information.”
7. Under the “Add a user” page, click “Local Account.”
8. Now fill in the required information, then click the Next button.
Now you have successfully created a new local account. Log-out from the current user and sign-in to your new user account.
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