This will invoke Windows search and quickly reveal an item called Sign-in options.

That implication is that when the upgrade is completed, you’ll now need to login to your computer using your Microsoft account instead of your machine account as you had previously.Īt the tiled Start screen, just start typing the words “sign in”. What happens more often is that people enter in their Microsoft account credentials not realizing the implications referred to in “the fine print” later on. I’ve heard of both disconnecting from the internet, as well as selecting “Create a new account” and then canceling that. There are steps that you can take to avoid this. In fact, it strongly implies that it’s required. Nowhere does it state that this is optional. Then, you’ll be asked to provide a Microsoft account:

There may indeed be many pros to using a Microsoft account, but the upgrade definitely made it look like a required change.įortunately for people like me who prefer local machine accounts for a variety of reasons, it’s quick and easy to revert.Īt some point during the 8.1 upgrade process, you’ll have been ask to first provide your machine account password (to prove you are the machine owner and therefor authorized to perform the upgrade):

Many people (myself included) were surprised to find that after updating Windows 8 to 8.1, their login had changed from the traditional machine or “local” account to a Microsoft account that was requested as part of the upgrade installation.

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