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Then tried out Cortana by setting the language and location to the US but then it wanted me to logon to a Microsoft account. I have one but it seemed doing that would mean I would need to use a Microsoft account logon for that PC and I much prefer a local account. Is that the case? The message was not clear at all.
You do need to sign in with a Microsoft account if you want to use Cortana - unless you're on a domain in which case you can add your Microsoft account alongside your domain account.
Heh I wish I could, if I try to add an account on my AD enabled machine, the window starts drawing, and then closes. No errors. Can't add a MS Account.
Is there a reason you prefer the local account over the Microsoft account for logon on that PC? There are a bunch of benefits you can get using a Microsoft account - including synching your settings etc across multiple PCs via the cloud.
I want to add MS as a secondary account on my home computer, I like my local authentication (I have had a number of times where trying to login to my home PC has resulted in it giving an error about being unable to reach Windows Servers or something. 5 minutes later it was ok.
MS's recent lack of transparency doesn't fill me with confidence around the way it handles my data and I also (admittedly could be a lack of knowledge in this area) can't see to find a control panel that lets me decide what settings I want in the cloud, so that when I go to a new PC and login, I can decide what I want copied to said machine.
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