alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10www.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down14cross-posted to: stallmanwasright@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.worldanticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comtechnology@lemmy.mlwindows@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10www.xda-developers.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: stallmanwasright@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.worldanticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comtechnology@lemmy.mlwindows@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareVaryag@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd not being able to log into my own fucking machine if I lose internet access, or if Microsoft servers are on fire? Absolutely fucking not.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoIf? As someone who works for a Microsoft CSP there is no if, it is always a when. But in all seriousness the you don’t auth to ms when you login. You have a local pin that only works on that system.
minus-squareVaryag@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah I know my internet craps itself out every now and then, it’s just a fact of life. I like my things on my machines to work regardless of that. Anyway, that second explanation, doesn’t sound much better. Then again, I don’t think I’m going to use Windows again when 10 goes EoL.
And not being able to log into my own fucking machine if I lose internet access, or if Microsoft servers are on fire? Absolutely fucking not.
If? As someone who works for a Microsoft CSP there is no if, it is always a when.
But in all seriousness the you don’t auth to ms when you login. You have a local pin that only works on that system.
Yeah I know my internet craps itself out every now and then, it’s just a fact of life. I like my things on my machines to work regardless of that.
Anyway, that second explanation, doesn’t sound much better. Then again, I don’t think I’m going to use Windows again when 10 goes EoL.