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Windows update was trying to force setting up a Microsoft Account – Resolved

By Christopher G Mendla

August 21, 2020


Last Updated on August 21, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

When I came into my office this morning, I found that an update ran on my Windows 10 machine overnight.  The update was looking for a Windows Login. I prefer to use the old style local login. Fortunately I was easily able to bypass the demand for a Windows Login

Use the following bypass at your own risk.

I am a bit old school. The incessant nagging by Microsoft trying to force me to set up my Windows 10 laptop with a Microsoft account is getting annoying. 

This morning, I sat down expecting to start working through my tasklist. Instead, I was being forced into setting up a Microsoft account before I could access MY machine

I really wasn’t in the mood for this. I read posts online about how to bypass the requirement for a Microsoft Account. However, I couldn’t get into my machine to read those. I probably could have used my tablet or phone. 

A sudden inspiration hit me to try CONTROL-ALT-DELETE.  Then I chose “Switch User”. That got me back to my normal user account.

I’m not sure if I will need to do this on every reboot but at least for now I have access to my machine. 

I have seen other solutions that work as well. 

The two updates that installed and caused the issue were 

  • KB4566782
  • KB4569785

I will probably need to set up a Microsoft account and use it for my machine at some point in the future. However, today was just not a good day. 

Christopher G Mendla

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Self motivated critical thinker and problem solver providing technology consulting services.

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