I know why different people are reporting two different behaviors here. One group of people is saying you can get rid of the sign-in prompt just by pressing the X button, and the other group saying the sign-in prompt won't go away. A - If you have never used any Microsoft account on this device, you can close the sign-in prompt without any problem. B - If you have ever used any Microsoft account on this device or used it to switch out from Windows 'S' Mode , Windows will keep asking you to sign-in, even for installing free apps.
The solution is simple but Microsoft will not tell you this. You need to go into your Microsoft account settings an 'remove' the device from there.
After you've done this, you will be able to install free apps from Microsoft Store without signing into your Microsoft account.
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work any more. Having removed the device from the link, and restarting my laptop, the store gives me an error "Try again later I agree with spicehead, it no longer works, I just create a new account each time I install something from the Microsoft Store. The same way I have to reply to comments on the internet. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.
Hello all, and thank you in advance for your help. However, I am running into the following roadblocks: 1. Edited Feb 14, at UTC. Microsoft , Followers Follow. Create a Microsoft account during the setup process and then change it to a local user account later. Once you have your local account, you can delete the dummy Microsoft account from the system.
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Read Elsie's Full Bio. From productivity to entertainment. Additionally, it has multimedia applications, games, and programs. Some of them are paid and others are free. However, an indispensable requirement to be able to use it is to log in with a Microsoft account. Consequently, this leaves out users with local accounts. This method applies to any edition of Windows However, the version must be equal or superior to November Without further ado, please enter the Microsoft store.
The first thing you notice is that an icon of a person with a plus sign appears. This means you are using a local account. Once the preparations have been made, press Install to begin the process. The only other option to get apps on the device was to sideload them.
All Windows users without a Microsoft account, and those who did not want to use the account to install apps, could not do so.
The account is not only used to link downloads and purchases, but also for synchronization and other things.
It appears that Microsoft has had a change of heart in regards to the requirement. If you have opened the Store recently on a device with Windows 10 Pro installed on it, you may have noticed that you can install the majority of apps and games just fine without an account.
The screenshot above highlights this. As you can see on it, no user is logged in the Store app as indicated by the people icon next to search in the top row. A click on the "get" button on the page starts the download and installation of the selected application or game.
This was restricted to Microsoft accounts previously but is no longer on Windows 10 Pro devices. Note : I had no chance to test this on Enterprise or Education versions of Windows I'd guess that this is the case for those editions of Windows as well. The downside to this is that you need to download all apps again when you install Windows 10 anew.
Some applications may also require a Microsoft account or another account to work properly or at all. Good news is that you don't need a Microsoft account anymore to install free apps or games on Windows 10 Pro devices. This is especially useful for privacy conscious users who prefer to reveal as little as possible to companies.
This is also useful if a computer is used by a community and not by individuals. When exactly was this done? I remember commenting about this here some time ago but I have no idea of when the change was made.
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