Win 10 – Two Questions

[anaxcrosswords]

OK, I finally succumbed and installed Win 10 to my netbook, a machine I bought from a lady called Francey last year. Logon uses her name but I’d like to change it to mine – but it asks me to set up a Microsoft account with email and all that, which I don’t want to do. Do I have to, or is there another way to create a new user?

I’m also considering Win 10 to my PC, currently running XP. It’s quite old – 512 Mb DDR, 2600+ AMD Athlon – and I’m not sure if it’ll cope? Also not sure how installing Win 10 will affect my current software, ie numerous crossword-related apps downloaded to run on XP. Will it involve re-installing much/most of what I have, including Microsoft Office?

[VHG]

You cant get a free upgrade from XP to Windows 10, you have to buy a new Windows 10 license.

To be honest you may better putting the money towards a new PC rather then spending all that money on Windows to put it on old technology.

[anaxcrosswords]

Will definitely forget the PC upgrade then VHG. It struggles in the media department but otherwise OK.

[pinkyboyid]

You don't have to set up a Microsoft account, there is an option tucked away at the bottom of one of the Windows 10 installation screens 'create other account type' or something wording to that effect.

If you have already installed Win 10 and have created a Microsoft account you can create an additional Local account(s) as per the following:-

- Logon to Windows 10 with the Microsoft account then,
- Press the Windows keyboard Logo key and the "I" key combination together to display the settings window
- Select 'Accounts'
- Select 'Family and other users'
- Select 'Add someone else to this PC'
- Select 'I don't have this person's sign-in information'
- Select 'Add a user without a Microsoft account'
- Fill in the new user account details i.e. User Logon Name & Password
- Click Next to create the account
- Restart your PC
- Logon with your original Microsoft account as usual
- Press the Windows keyboard Logo key and the "I" key combination together to display the settings window
- Select 'Accounts'
- Select 'Family and other users'
- Click the new account name created previously
- Click 'Change account type'
- Expand the 'Account type' and select the option 'Administrator' to change from the default 'Standard User'
- Click 'OK' to complete
- Restart your PC again and when the Logon screen is reached select your new User name and Logon with the password that you created for that account

[anaxcrosswords]

Thanks Pinky. Via FB I got pointed to typing in 'netplwiz' which allowed me to change the logon name, so all sorted now. I might still use Francey as an alias elsewhere though ;)

[VHG]

On Windows 8 if you log on with a NON Microsoft account you were limited to what you could do (I don't think you could download apps from the Windows store for example).

I don't know if that is still the case with Windows 10 as I have not installed it yet, maybe others can advise.