How to upgrade Windows 10 to 11 using a local account — A step-by-step guide to skipping the Microsoft account requirement

The process to upgrade your Windows 10 computer to Windows 11, skipping the Microsoft account, is straightforward because the ...

How to improve Windows 11 security using Administrator Protection — shielding your PC with a switch buried in its settings

On Windows 11, you can now enable Administrator Protection to improve security while elevating commands or applications, and ...
PC World

Windows 11 demands you use a Microsoft account. Here’s how to bypass it

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 ...
Digital Trends

Windows 11 users outsmart Microsoft once again with new local account trick

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 ...
PC World

Windows 11 battens down security with new admin rights check feature

As mentioned in the recent Windows Insider blog post, the latest preview version of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel includes a new feature called “Administrator Protection,” which “aims to ...
Yahoo

Boost Your PC Security by Renaming Your Windows 10 Administrator Account

This article describes how to change the built-in Administrator account name in Windows 10 to bolster your computer's security. We'll also look at how to change the name of other accounts that have ...