When you sign in to your personal computer with a Microsoft account, you connect the computer to the people, files, and devices you’re interested in. Microsoft recommends that you create and use your Microsoft Account to sign in to Windows.
Create a Microsoft account
- Swipe from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, then taps Change PC settings. (Move your mouse on the fee in the lower right corner, the setting icon will appear, and click on it)
- Click Accounts, then click or click Other accounts.
- Click or click Add an account.
- Enter the account information for this person to sign in to Windows. There are four ways to do this:
– If the person you’re adding already has a Microsoft account, enter it now.
– If the person you’re adding doesn’t have a Microsoft account, you can use their email address to create one. Enter the email address the person uses most often.
– If the person you are adding does not have an email address, click or click “ Sign up for a new email address ” to Register a new email address. It’s free.
– If the person you are adding is a child, click or click “ Add a child’s account ” to Add a small account.
- Follow the instructions to finish setting up your account.
Create a Local account
- Swipe from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, then taps Change PC settings. (Move your mouse on the fee in the lower right corner, the setting icon will appear, and click on it)
- Tap or click Accounts, and then click or click Other accounts.
- Tap or click Add an account, then tap or click “ Sign in without a Microsoft account (not recommended) ” to Sign in without a Microsoft account (not recommended ).
- Tap or click Local account.
- Enter the username for the new account.
- If you want this person to log in with a password, enter and verify the password, add a hint of the password, then click Next. If your computer is on a domain, depending on the domain’s security settings, you can skip this step and click or click next, if you prefer.
- Tap or click Finish.
