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The countdown toward Windows 10’s official end of life has long felt like the slow passing of an era, punctuated by warnings and gnawing uncertainty for millions of users still loyal to the venerable operating system. Yet even as the last months tick away, a new twist in Microsoft’s support...

As the Windows 10 end-of-support deadline looms closer, millions of users face a challenging dilemma: stay on their familiar operating system with paid security updates or transition to newer alternatives, often involving hardware upgrades or unwanted account changes. But for those clinging to...

Change is the only constant in the world of technology, and Microsoft’s Windows operating system is no exception. Over its decades-long history, Windows has seen bold reinventions, sweeping UI redesigns, and subtle quality-of-life improvements. Yet, with the arrival of Windows 11, the narrative...

When Elon Musk, the world-renowned entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, found himself unable to set up a new Windows 11 laptop without first creating a Microsoft account, he did more than vent on social media—he reignited a vital global conversation about privacy, digital autonomy, and the complex...

When Users Rebel: Stories of Microsoft Backlashes That Changed the Windows World Microsoft, a titan of the tech world, has always tried to steer its vast user base toward the “next big thing”—sometimes with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. But while Redmond may be home to innovation, it’s also...

Microsoft Ends Bypass Script for Local Accounts in Windows 11 Microsoft is making waves in the Windows internals once again. In the latest Windows 11 Insider Dev preview build 26200.5516, the tech giant has quietly removed the popular BypassNRO.cmd script—a tool that allowed users to bypass the...

Windows 11 Hack: Create Local Accounts Without a Microsoft Account Microsoft has long steered users toward a unified ecosystem—one where the Microsoft account reigns supreme. But if you’re among those who value privacy, flexibility, or simply a more “old-school” PC experience, you might be...

A new Windows 11 Insider build is making waves among enthusiasts and IT professionals alike by eliminating a long-standing workaround that let users circumvent the mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in. In this latest Dev Channel release, Microsoft has removed the bypassnro.cmd script—a tool that...

Microsoft Cracks Down on Local Account Creation in Windows 11 Microsoft appears determined to relegate local accounts to the history books with its latest Windows 11 Dev update. Recent patch notes revealed that a crucial script—the bypassnro.cmd—that once allowed users to create a local account...

I've been using Windows server 2012R2 Standard for almost a decade now. I have apps running on the server which have created about 50,000 local users. These are local users created using WMIC scripts and eq. API's. The purpose is to allow for easy integration with IIS authentication. The app...

As far as I can see MS OneDrive is (oftentimes) pre-installed on Win10 systems. Can I uninstall this "Feature"/Program without affecting Win10? When I setup my Win10 computer I did NOT specify a MS account. I use just local accounts. Peter

Hello everybody! I have more local accounts on my PC and I want to know, how I can change that when I install an application and an shortcut on desktop, I don't see it on the other account? Thanks for every Help!

Hello all, First off I'd like to thank anyone who helps me with this in advance. I recently built a dedicated server system for my home to serve movie files, music, pics, things of that nature and we have a few kids in the household who like to click without thinking and delete things and I'm...

My elderly dad's machine got updated from Win7 to Win10 without me anticipating it, and it brought a raft of issues that I'm having to deal with, but I'm just going to focus on one of them for this thread: I had TWO user accounts set up on the machine under Win7, the one that was originally...

So currently I was promoted from a standard user to an administrator, and now wish to demote myself using my administrator account. Is this possible? I tried going into Accounts in PC Settings, but there was no tab to manage accounts. Should I go to the control panel, or do I have get the...

Hi I have Windows 7 SP1 and I want to create a custom default profile so that, when I will have to create the local accounts, they already will have the custom profile. Thanks Bye

I am running Windows 7 32-bit Professional and I have two local user account on my computer (Administrator Profile and Students Profile). Problem is once I join computer to domain, at logon screen only last logon profile is shown and if I want to logon as a second user I have to choose "logon...

I have spent hours trying to figure out how to get other operating systems to connect to my main workstation. I run a workshop and i have 8TB+ of disk space in it, previous versions, xp vista, hell 98/2000 i was able to configure it so that clients could connect to my 8TB+ of disk space simple...

I am having problems with running sysprep on some new Windows 7 64-bit machines that we just got in. Here is what I have: Dell Optiplex 780, Windows 7 64-bit operating system. We do not have a volume license; we just use the product key that is on the machine. Here is what I want to do...