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I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] tekdeb@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would love some more details as well about why they found it so difficult. I tried it myself just now without really knowing how to, and it was pretty easy. You either find the option by searching, or go to Settings -> Accounts -> Other Users -> Add account.

They do try getting you to add a Microsoft account first and you have to choose "I don't have this person's sign-in information" and "Add a user without a Microsoft account" which is the only other option than Cancel at that point to continue, then you set the username and password and you're done. To be clear, it would be better if they immediately gave you a clear option between local user and Microsoft account, but I would hardly call it selling your soul and whatnot.

But Microsoft for sure deserve most of the complaints they're getting and it's only getting worse.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

selling your soul and whatnot

Maybe they saw a Mandatory arbitration clause in the ToS when creating a MS account?