Don't use a Microsoft Account!
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- WHY are you still using a Microsoft Account to access your Windows?
STOP doing that - Do this instead!
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Yes please. More info on which privacy settings to turn off and which settings to leave on 😊
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There are lots of freeware apps that allow you full control, of almost every W11 setting imaginable. Just google win privacy fix or similar. I have one from Ablesoft that has one click optimization buttons, that you can adjust afterwards.
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Hi Liron
I've been using microsoft outlook for years.
How am I supposed to transfer all my bill payment accounts to a different email provider please?
No videos on this subject on UA-cam.
Thank you.
@@LironSegev include how to block windows telemetry if you can.
I have customized the Microsoft privacy settings for years and think you should make a video about it because everyone should know their options. I recommend checking them every now and then because sometimes updates change some settings back to default.
Yes definitely, make a video on the group policy editor for privacy.
Please make one on group policies!! It'll be very helpful to many
Yes, please! A video with more privacy settings would be great!!!
I set up two local accounts on a new Windows computer: an administrator account and a standard user account. Most of the time I use the standard account, so I don't mess something up inadvertently. I only log in to the administrator account when I want to install software or similar.
Same here, I always set up two local accounts. Some software won't install without admin privileges, If not for that fact I'd only have the one local account.
One of the first things I did with my new windows laptop, I uninstalled all the bloat wear like one drive, 365, Skype, teams, just anything I had no intention of ever using. Then I downloaded a new internet browser, installed it and found out how to completely remove edge. I disabled Cortana, I won’t use it. Now with Microsoft forces copilot onto everyone, I found out how to completely remove that as well. I would get rid of the Microsoft store but it’s the only way to actually get programs on your computer now days. I wish companies like Microsoft would stop installing things we don’t ask for. I wish the US would follow the EU and force Microsoft to allow us to uninstall the things we don’t want. No one wants Edge, not many people use teams or Skype, and not very many want to use AI like Cortana or copilot. Just allow us to customize our windows experience.
absolutely want more privacy, and a registry video would be cool, too
Yes we do want to see which settings we should have in Windows!!
Thank you for offering!!!!
I really appreciate how balanced and objective this was. Most UA-cam videos on the subject seem to have an agenda, and end up ignoring the requirements of the user.
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I would like to see what policies you have set on your daily computer. Thank you for your work done on your videos.
As would I
Only problem with a local account are the endless prompts and suggestions that state you should use a Microsoft account. Of course, you cannot shut these off; just like Windows and Office prompts about features that most could care less about. Then there are "your system is in an unsafe state" or "your system could run more efficiently" messages one many pages that need to be read and ignored. None of this is a big issue, but .... If security is that much of an issue, ditch windows. Some sacrifices come with that choice. Still, it would be mostly safer and more secure. Next video, Chrome login :)
? I never had a Microsoft account and I don't get any of that.
Definitely make a video about more privacy please Liron.
One thing you need to watch out for is whenever you download a windows update, it can automatically change to a Microsoft account from a local account. I've noticed this and changed it back to a local account.
Thank you Liron sir as you made this so easy.
Very useful and pertinent, thank you.
Yes, please, to the video, to turn off all privacy settings on microsoft
You are saying let them in , strange idea but if that’s the way let’s go
@@DobermanDave531 - one day you will figure it out!😃
@@DobermanDave531 That's not what I said
@@lacyp5530Turning off all privacy settings opens doors to let unwanted things in. Turning of Telemetry settings instead, doesn't allow your usage to be tracked and collected. Some of those settings are disguised as 'security' or 'privacy'.
Thank you! and I will love more videos about Wiindows especially Stop Code
Sure thing!
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yes please, and would like a video on which setting to turn of in edge and bing
And this is a huge reason why I switched to Linux.
Linux now owned by Gates, was in media yesterday.
Linux is open source. There are many flavors of Linus. The one I like is Windows FX.@@debralegge8513
@@debralegge8513 Linux is open source, so not owned by anybody. Have you noticed it's free?
This is simply not true. @@debralegge8513
@@debralegge8513 ....no way. ..😨
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Yes please do a video on more information regarding privacy settings. Additionally, a video on group policies which those of us who have Windows 11 Pro could use would be great.
I don't think it changes much to change windows by tweaking it, since you have approved a lot when you accepted the license agreement. All that will then just be changed back at the first update, since you have already approved it.
Very interesting video! I would definitely like to see a video on which privacy settings should be turned on in Windows.
Noted!
Hi to correct something you said about MS Account, timestamp 6:08... You can sign in to windows even when you are offline. What you can't do though is changing things like user names when you are offline.
Yea! Just what I was looking for! And yes I would love the privacy setting video
Agreed, stay logged on with Local Account.
Great video Liron, can you show how to take away, remove, delete and not have a Micros. Acccount when logging in after I reformated my computer by accident with that account, and tells me the Bios has to be altered? Perhaps there is a tutorial of how to specifically apply this? Once this works, will use a personal account for access.
Hi Liron would like to see how to get privacy settings set up
Yes to more privacy settings!
you used to be able to create a Windows user account that didn't have a Microsoft account attached to it, but nowadays it's no longer possible because after a short period of time Microsoft requires you to attach a Microsoft account to your Windows user account.
Great video, interesting
I have always used both since about 2015.
I use the admin Microsoft acct with admin for updates and Local account for daily use.
Thinking is that a Local account reduces the risk of getting a virus since it’s not admin and also controls auto updates. Thoughts?
Probably the best way to go about things, short of not using Windows at all.
I just wish we didn’t have to deal with this sort of stuff and could just use a Windows OS without being tracked, surveilled, commodified, marketised, and treated like a child!
If possible, that is
Which edition did you use?
Home or professional edition?
As far as I know, local accounts on windows 11 are only available on the windows pro edition.
Wow! Been into computers since the MSDOS days, but had no idea that we could make the switch after installation....THANK YOU, and I am now using a local account in W11..Of course they changed the location of the switch in settings, so I had to Google it....
If Linux was only ready for primetime......
This has happened to me twice, could not login with my known pw, and even the security questions and disk failed. So this time I definitely created the Windows installation as local account. Fingers crossed!
Your videos are excellent, I have a work laptop and I am not tech savy by any means, so if you could provide more information on privacy settings that would be very beneficial. I also have a problem with using Gmail to send private informed, all of this bugs me to no end. I want to protect myself and my family business/ information. Any advice and tips would be very welcome, thank you.
Absolutely brilliant advice, thank you Sir.
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Very welcome
Liron! , Thanks for posting this video.
Thanks for being here 🔥
I've always used a local account. My MS account is basically just used for my Xboxen. However, I've heard stuff about MS making it non-intuitive to set up a local account when firing up a Win11 machine for the first time. I have that situation with a new Win11 laptop that I have yet to unbox and place into service. Now, I know I can find this info elsewhere on YT, but such a procedure (workaround?) would be a nice complement to the info you've presented here.
Yep they made it non user friendly to make a local account on Win 11 but you still able to and if you know what your doing it isn't hard just a big hassle.
YES DO IT!! PLEASE!! Thank You Liron
Thank you, was just wondering how to do this.
If Microsoft uses data to "improve" the user experience then why does each version of Windows seem worse than the previous one? They seem to work towards making even the simplest actions more difficult.
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Yes please make this privacy settings video. Thank you!
to be on safe side, which setting should we on and off. And what the best security login to windows?
Thank you, l had Microsoft Account on my PC and l was not able to access remotely, l have now changed to Local Account and it has now worked
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Liron 👌 it makes sense. It's a great video 👍
Glad you liked it
Yes please, I would like to know more about privacy settings on MY own computer. I will check back for another video
I do clean installs when I upgrade from the Home to Pro version (using the free upgrade option). First step is to use NTLite (the free version suffices for my needs) to customize the Windows ISO image I download from Microsoft's site. Besides removing Windows components and apps I don't want, it gives me the option to automatically have the same account as the computer I'm using to run NTLite. That of course will be a local account, and I always use a generic name. So when I do the installation, I don't even get prompted with any of the account screens.
on eleven you can bypass the login form by entering wrong from a known account the password and block the accound for 24hours then you can login as unregistred account
It's why I run local account and "O&O shutup" to remove telemetry and other feeding of data to third parties
Can you please make a video on WinBuntu? (Use a virtual machine) and why you should stay away from it?
Thank you and take care.
More about privacy settings please. I log in with a pin.
This is great advice if you're only talking about one or two Windows installs. If you have lots of devices and licences to manage, the Microsoft account makes sense then.
Absolutely a video about privacy setting please
Yes more privacy info. Great work.
How can I tell if I initially signed in using a "Local Account" first or if i did it with a "MS Account?"
BIG ISSUE: You CANNOT RECOVER a lost account's files, if damaged or other. Unplug network cable at the step JUST BEFORE the account creation page when installing, you can create a local account
For a prebuilt PC, should I go with a full Windows 11 retail or cheap key version? What is the difference?
Have you done a video on installing or fresh install of Windows
Definitely make a video on more privacy settings the more secure the better.
Not sure what windows you are using but mine doesn't even have that option that I can find. There is no 'manage your account', it only pulls up a web search. I can't find anything to do with a local account. Using windoze 11 here.
How would you compare Google vs Microsoft in terms of privacy? Wouldn’t you run in the same issues if you are using a Chromebook?
I had no idea that you'd need your Microsoft account every time you logged in if you used it while setting up windows! Last time I set up windows, I forgot and let it access the internet during setup. Thankfully it kept rejecting my password(idk why) I turned off the router and restarted the process and made a local account. I prefer a local account, especially when I'm installing windows for friends and family on their computers.
Thank you for this advice Jemmy from Seychelles
More privacy on Windows? That would be helpful information, indeed.
Is there something called privacy on Windows?
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If you do lose your local account password, can you use your MS account access to go into local account settings and reset it?
I moved from Win 7 to Win 11 (yes, I know but I loved my Win 7 machine). I was able to install it with the local account after watching videos on how to do that. I also use Excel a lot but with this new version of Excel that I was able to download to my local machine I have to sign in with my Microsoft account. Why? If I am using it locally, why do they need to know? I can fire up Excel 2010 on my Win 7 machine without anyone asking me who I am.
Did I install that part (Office) incorrectly? Is there a way to run it like Excel (Office) 2010? I really dont care to have to sign in every time I want to use it - its like they're tracking me and (hopefully not) my data?
When you create that local account and you have to enter the credentials of your MS account, MS now knows that local account is the same person as the MS account, so I’m sure they are linked. Therefore the local account is no more private than the MS account. You probably don’t know the info is being sent to MS. If an average person like me thought of that, I’m sure MS thought of it long time ago.
Mr. Liron Segev! I hope you are doing well. I keep up with all your advice and you have yet to let me down.
I have a HP x7t54 to which I cannot get passed the blue screen.. sosomething about 0x00021A.. and I just had connected my Microsoft account to do onedrive and stuff..
Any idea what I can do?? Please and thank you.
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Don't use an MS account bold statement but true ,In my opinion the user has become the product rather than the O/S. The only way to force a climb down from this strategy is don't give them data to sell . However this is easier said than done especially if you run the home editions which i would guess a large majority do. Running pro and above does give other options but you need your tech head on to implement them
I just build a new computer and made that fatal mistake. My fresh install instantly was trashed. It setup desktop and icons and alot of files. The problem was I didn't realize one drive had collected this information tho I had turn it off many times.
Anything to stop giving anything to shoddy Microsoft.
Yes, a vid on which privacy settings should be turned off will be very helpful.
Will do!
This is very great information
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I've been wanting to do this for awhile now. I've got issues with Ms and slowly loosing control over my emails and passwords by setting and resetting passwords. I followed your guided instructions, however, when coming to manage accounts, it was not in the menu. Now what do I do.
More infomation on which privacy settings to turn off and which settings to leave on Thanks.
kevin j
You windows license also gets backed up and linked to your Microsoft account.
So you don't have to worry about managing those keys, should you need to active a New Windows install
You don't get privacy on a local account...
eh....WHAT? explain your last statement please as it makes zero sense
And if I make a "Local Acct" Do I have to always go to settings to sign into the MS acct? I use OneDrive on multiple dives that I use everyday and not sure that by signing into a Local Acct that I would not get frustrated going back and forth to sign in using the steps in Settings. I'm confused. Please respond because I would really like to have a Local Acct, just not sure how that would all work for me.
Yep, cheers.
That's exactly how I do it, local admin account and then OneDrive associated with MS account to get my files, etc. Brave browser with VPN to mask IP address. Cheers.
I like video gaming. I don't mind video game ads. But if I receive an advert about fishing and camping when I have no interest in that, then we'll have a problem. Get my drift? Targeted & customised advertising isn't bad at all.
each to their own I guess
fishing and camping is far better for u than playing childrens games in cyberspace
Hi Liron
I use SDAntiBeacon to disable all Microsoft Telemetry on my computer 😁
Hi, I need assistance in making sense of the following, please. Why would an enail be routed to an international data center as per its headers if email was sent in a local country to another email also based in this same local country using local ISPs with both companies not based inany way internationally. That international ms corp Data Center ip has several serious reports of malicious activity. Could it be that the email was somehow instructed to go there regardless?
Please make a video on blocking non-essential Microsoft services please (other than the clickable options in the control panel).
If you have kids and want to use Microsoft Family Safety to manage the computer, you'll most likely to use a MS account.
In that situation, use WPD to regain control of your privacy and block telemetry.
And now that you’ve told us all about that, they’re gonna plug that loophole
I always use my local account but have an MS account which I rarely use. However in Office I’ve noted that it displays the MS account at the top of the screen which I can’t get rid of. If I sign out of MS then Office keeps prompting me to enter the password??
First, there’s no such thing as privacy when you’re on the internet. There are all sorts of ways vendors and other people can get your information. Second, if you use a local account, Office can’t verify your license. Trying to log into Office 365 on your pc while your windows is logged into a local account will just time out. You will have to switch back to logging into windows with Microsoft, start Word to update the license, then switch back to a local account.
I actually do this myself. I use a mini computer to control my telescope and cameras. Where I go, there’s no internet. I use a travel router and connect to the mini computer with a laptop via Remote Desktop. The problem is, if the computer you are connecting to uses the Microsoft account, it will need the internet to call home. I found my rdp connection timing out often.
I just purchased a Win 11 and cannot type anything in the box after hitting Shift F10. Is Windows now locking the keyboard to prevent you from bypassing the setup?
I went to login to my HRKiosk on my computer at home. It sent me to a windows login screen that we use at work (nobody had told me this would happen, and it is only in the last month or so it was set up). Should I have any privacy concerns?
So I bought the computer September 2022 and it made me sign to Microsoft. How do I get all my information out because now that I gave the computer to my son I am all his stuff is saved on my cloud, my Microsoft cloud and I’m not able to get my emails and communicate because all our information is combined now.
Even if we're not login to Windows with Microsoft account, our privacy can still be seen, if we're using the internet on our laptop. There's nothing we can do.
By the way, I used Microsoft 365 corporate account as a login to Windows because our company requires this, and I can still login on it offline, although OneDrive keep screamin' on me through notifications about syncing files, even I setup OneDrive only specific folder used only for corporate, not the entire My Documents.
You can add local or Microsoft users or family members too. It's not just one type OR the other. Setup your MS account as an admin, and the local account as your internet browsing account and as a standard user....
Yes more privacy videos please .
Tip: you can create the local account when setting up the bootable USB using Rufus.
If I don't wish to use the One drive as storage. What other storage is available? Thanks
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The only use I have for the account is to activate the digital license when I reinstall Windows.
More Microsoft Privacy Tips Please.