How many people actually use the microsoft login for Windows 10?

[FearoftheNight]

Hey just got a Windows based machine for the first time in a few years. I skipped the whole microsoft login thing. Just curious if any of you guys use it and if so why? What are the benefits of using it? Maybe I'm just old fashioned...

Thanks! Let me know your thoughts!

 

[boomerang]

I use it. One thing I like is that I use multiple devices and the integration with OneDrive I find handy. My stuff is available across my Laptop, Desktop and Phone although with Android it's not as seamless as I'd prefer. I also use an outlook.com email and email as well as my calendar integrate. I, for whatever reason never got on the Google bandwagon. I didn't get on the Microsoft bandwagon to this degree until moving the computers to Windows 10.

I hear ya on old fashioned. I'm still stuck on the way I did things in days of old far too much when it comes to interacting with my computers.

 

[OlyAR15]

I just use a local account and use my ms account to login to the various components like the store and onedrive.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I use the MS account for all of my pc's to sync settings across them. For me it makes things convenient but YMMV.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Given I only have my one PC, my phone is Android, and I'm not quite trusting enough of MS (despite what some people here may want to think), I still use a local account. I see zero benefit for my usage to switch to a connected MS account, only potential privacy concerns. I distrust the security and privacy of "the cloud" so I don't use those services from anyone for anything that I consider personal/private.

 

[Raizinman]

I have a new Windows 10 machine that only I use at home. How do I disable the Windows log in? It drives me crazy to have to do this every time.

 

[FearoftheNight]

Given I only have my one PC, my phone is Android, and I'm not quite trusting enough of MS (despite what some people here may want to think), I still use a local account. I see zero benefit for my usage to switch to a connected MS account, only potential privacy concerns. I distrust the security and privacy of "the cloud" so I don't use those services from anyone for anything that I consider personal/private.

are you invested in google's ecosystem?

 

[bbhaag]

I have a new Windows 10 machine that only I use at home. How do I disable the Windows log in? It drives me crazy to have to do this every time.

I used this guide on my Win8 machine but it applies to 10 as well. Now my computer just auto logs on every time I restart or turn it on.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/fl/auto-logon-windows-8.htm

 

[Raizinman]

I used this guide on my Win8 machine but it applies to 10 as well. Now my computer just auto logs on every time I restart or turn it on.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/fl/auto-logon-windows-8.htm

Many thanks! It worked perfectly.

 

[TeknoBug]

I use it. One thing I like is that I use multiple devices and the integration with OneDrive I find handy. My stuff is available across my Laptop, Desktop and Phone although with Android it's not as seamless as I'd prefer. I also use an outlook.com email and email as well as my calendar integrate. I, for whatever reason never got on the Google bandwagon. I didn't get on the Microsoft bandwagon to this degree until moving the computers to Windows 10.

I hear ya on old fashioned. I'm still stuck on the way I did things in days of old far too much when it comes to interacting with my computers.

You know you can still do that with a local account, each app can have its own login doing it that way.

The downside I see to using a MS login to the computer is when you lose your internet connection, it won't let you use your computer.

I used this guide on my Win8 machine but it applies to 10 as well. Now my computer just auto logs on every time I restart or turn it on.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/fl/auto-logon-windows-8.htm

Yup my guest computer running Win 10 auto logs in without a password.

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

The downside I see to using a MS login to the computer is when you lose your internet connection, it won't let you use your computer.

That's not true.

 

[boomerang]

That's not true.

Was just going to post this. Quite the interesting bit of misinformation though.

 

[postmortemIA]

i use it with a pin. Mostly because it is convenient. I have two desktops, tablet, and a laptop. having some settings synced up between them does save time

 

[Berryracer]

On Windows 8 I had to use an MS Account otherwise I wouldn't be able to login to OneDrive. Now with Windows 10 it's great I can have a local account and still login to OneDrive. I don't want anything synced with Microsoft. Don't trust em, I have all privacy invading stuff disabled using O&O ShutUp10

 

[TeknoBug]

That's not true.

I just tried it and it works this time when offline but before it wouldn't let me log in without an internet connection, I took the tablet with me on the Greyhound bus a year ago and couldn't use it.

 

[Anteaus]

Using a Microsoft account to log in always seemed like a huge security hole to me. If your local admin account is the same as your Microsoft account, wouldn't that give Microsoft defacto control of your entire machine? Maybe I'm misunderstanding how it works. I'm not saying there is any foul play here, but assuming someone can hack MS (not completely out of the realm of possibility) and get a hold of large swaths of login information, it would theoretically be equivalent to someone acquiring keys to the front door of every house who allows people in the gate (i.e. remote login).

Does MS allow a separate login for people who might want to use their services without actually using system login credentials? I've used Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10 but I've never actually created a Microsoft account. I've used only offline accounts.

 

[Zahid Iqbal]

I don't. Actually i don't like win 10 yet. May be in future. After upgrade from Microsoft to win 10, i was in horrible situation. So I get back to my win 7 again.

 

[ArisVer]

I login with Windows 8.1 and 10 TP. Makes no difference to me. I am also logged in google through my phone 24/7.

 

[corkyg]

On my desktop, I do not use a log in PW - no need to. On my laptop, I do use a PW or FP log in because during travel, risk exposure is higher.

 

[SparkyJJO]

are you invested in google's ecosystem?

Not sure I understand what you're asking. I use their stuff for email, some calendar items, and a few odds and ends in the Google Drive but nothing important. As I've said before I refuse to put personal data on any cloud service.

 

[Mushkins]

Using a Microsoft account to log in always seemed like a huge security hole to me. If your local admin account is the same as your Microsoft account, wouldn't that give Microsoft defacto control of your entire machine? Maybe I'm misunderstanding how it works. I'm not saying there is any foul play here, but assuming someone can hack MS (not completely out of the realm of possibility) and get a hold of large swaths of login information, it would theoretically be equivalent to someone acquiring keys to the front door of every house who allows people in the gate (i.e. remote login).

Does MS allow a separate login for people who might want to use their services without actually using system login credentials? I've used Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10 but I've never actually created a Microsoft account. I've used only offline accounts.

Having your microsoft account information does not allow them to remotely control your PC or pull any data off of it.

And if someone hacked into Microsofts account database and managed to get credentials in cleartext, *and* they have your physical PC in front of them, you're already hosed anyway. Physical access to a machine trumps everything but the absolute best full disk encryption solutions with a pre-boot environment.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Not sure about Windows 10, but at least up through Windows 7 if I had physical access to a PC with a local account/password I can easily be around that password in a matter of a couple minutes assuming no disk encryption. It is so easy to do with a boot CD.

 

[Mushkins]

Not sure about Windows 10, but at least up through Windows 7 if I had physical access to a PC with a local account/password I can easily be around that password in a matter of a couple minutes assuming no disk encryption. It is so easy to do with a boot CD.

If there's no encryption you don't even need to waste 10 minutes cracking the password. Just pull the drive out and pop it into any system running Linux. You have full access to the files and Linux doesn't care about NTFS permissions at all.

Really, physical access is full access.

 

[Megatomic]

i use it with a pin. Mostly because it is convenient. I have two desktops, tablet, and a laptop. having some settings synced up between them does save time

I do the same. It's a nice and convenient system.

 

[Z15CAM]

On my personal OS - I never use a Login. My BackUp, since 95A, is my Login.