If you already have one, no problem, just enter your username and password and click the Sign-in button. At some point in that process, Microsoft displays a 'Make it yours' page asking if you want to log in with a Microsoft account. Your first chance to set up a Microsoft account occurs during the Windows 10 setup. Sign in with or set up a Microsoft account And at that point, they'll have even less incentive to do so if it means shelling out $119 for the regular edition of Windows 10 and $199 for the Pro flavor. That freebie, though, is scheduled to end on July 29, after which people will have to pay to upgrade.
And Windows 10 is less dependent on a Microsoft account than was Windows 8.īut a Microsoft account is the way to go if you want a single login for all of your Windows 10 devices and wish to keep your visual themes and colors, browser settings, certain passwords and other key settings in-sync across each device.įollowing the misfortune of the much-scorned Windows 8, Microsoft has been striving to coax people to jump to Windows 10, which is currently free for users of Windows 7 or 8.1. Starting with Windows 8 and continuing with Windows 10, Microsoft has offered you the ability to set up either a local account or a Microsoft account.
