I assume that a local account is still available when setting up new users.
My original objection to M$’s insistence on using their Account as an Administrator, was that it was insecure as it revealed half of the log-on info. As few will use a random 14 character, for most people the sign-on becomes a busted flush that even a weak cracker such as ‘John the Ripper’ can quickly mash.
At the time I could not see a way of getting around the stupid M$ requirement, so I went along with using my hotmail address to initially set things up. Once done I set up my REAL admin account and demoted the M$ account to a limited user. Microsoft will sometimes barf at this and say that my hotmail data needs attentiom, but in the main it just works.
Obviously this method means that the intrusive M$ data handling routines are still there but locked safely away.
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