Instructions removed

What Microsoft is hiding from millions of users

Microsoft apparently does not want users to change this setting.

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Microsoft offers help and advice to Windows users on its official support pages. However, there is one thing that the company now seems to prefer not to tell millions of its users and has therefore removed a corresponding guide ...

The modern world is a networked one, with very different platforms and services, all of which have one thing in common: They require a combination of username and password, in short a login. As this requires a certain amount of time and cognitive effort given the wealth of applications used on a daily basis - from social media and email services to online shopping - single sign-on solutions have become established over the years.

They allow users to identify themselves with just one login for a variety of services. Facebook, Google and Apple offer such "single sign-on" solutions, as does Microsoft for Windows 11, among others. However, the fact that the latest version of the operating system can also be used without a Microsoft account and with a local account instead has recently been concealed from millions of users.