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I'm trying to link my windows 10 product key to my microsoft account without transforming my machine's local login account to a microsoft account. In the Microsoft doc on "Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change," it gives steps for linking product key as:
Nowhere in this list do the instructions indicate that following these steps will convert the local account into a microsoft login account. Yet when I go to do the "Add a Microsoft Account" step, after logging in with my microsoft account creds, it displays a warning that:
Uh... no thanks?
So I went through the rigamarole of creating a separate user account, this time using the microsoft account as username from the get-go. Login as that new user, and sure enough, under "Activation" Windows 10 shows up as registered to the microsoft account. Then I go in and change the password to a local one, instead of the same password as the microsoft account, and now the windows 10 activation page no longer says it's linked to the microsoft account.
How do I get the Windows 10 license registered/linked to my microsoft account without allowing my microsoft account credentials to login to the computer? And if that's not possible -- whatever happened to the good ol' security principle of not re-using passwords?
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"1. Select the Start button, select Settings > Update & security > Activation > and then select Add an account. You must be signed in as an administrator to add your Microsoft account; for more information, see Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10.
2. Enter your Microsoft account and password, and then select Sign in. You’ll also need to enter the password for your local account if the Microsoft account you entered isn’t a connected account.
3. After you add your Microsoft account, you’ll see Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account on the Activation page."
Nowhere in this list do the instructions indicate that following these steps will convert the local account into a microsoft login account. Yet when I go to do the "Add a Microsoft Account" step, after logging in with my microsoft account creds, it displays a warning that:
"From here on out, you'll unlock this device using either the password for your Microsoft account or, if you've set one up, your PIN..."
Uh... no thanks?
So I went through the rigamarole of creating a separate user account, this time using the microsoft account as username from the get-go. Login as that new user, and sure enough, under "Activation" Windows 10 shows up as registered to the microsoft account. Then I go in and change the password to a local one, instead of the same password as the microsoft account, and now the windows 10 activation page no longer says it's linked to the microsoft account.
How do I get the Windows 10 license registered/linked to my microsoft account without allowing my microsoft account credentials to login to the computer? And if that's not possible -- whatever happened to the good ol' security principle of not re-using passwords?
Continue reading...