[dba-Tech] Password

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 15 23:12:08 CDT 2017


On 4/15/2017 23:07, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> I changed by password for my Microsoft account.  I was supposed to find that
> he login password on my computer was changed to that new password.
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> Tonight I tried to change my login password but apparently my computer login
> password is tied to my Microsoft account.
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> Am I not allowed to pick a password for my computer which is different from
> my Microsoft account?  I don't want my login password to be in the cloud
> somewhere.  I don't want it to be anywhere but in my head.
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> Is this a privilege I lost when I upgraded to W10?"

Local pswd seems possible still:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-tip-switch-back-to-a-local-account-from-a-microsoft-account/

PB

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