Scott Hanselman, a long-standing Microsoft employee and current Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft, has ...

Windows 11 nudges you to use a Microsoft account, and it's been getting worse since the last few Windows updates, but that ...

Windows 11 now lets users choose their default user folder name during setup. The new OOBE option fixes the 5-letter folder ...

There are plenty of people, for plenty of reasons, who really don’t want to sign into their copy of Windows 11 using a Microsoft account, no matter how seamless an experience this brings to the ...

Microsoft may be preparing to revisit one of the most controversial aspects of Windows 11: the requirement to sign in with a Microsoft account during installation.

Microsoft could relax the Windows 11 Microsoft account requirement after backlash, but nothing is confirmed yet.

Over the last few years, Windows 11 setup has been steadily pushing users towards cloud-linked Microsoft accounts, especially ...

Microsoft insists you to use a Microsoft account when setting up a brand-new Windows PC, but what if you don’t want to? Fortunately, Windows 11 (Home 24H2) works in the same way previous Windows 11 ...

A newly discovered trick allows Windows 11 users to bypass Microsoft’s online account requirement during setup, raising questions around user control and privacy. The workaround, shared by X user ...

From surprise folder syncing to constant storage warnings, Windows 11's OneDrive integration can feel more aggressive than ...

You cannot rename a User Profile folder in Windows 11/10 if one or more of the following conditions are true: You are not signed in as an administrator. You are signed in to the same user account, ...