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query . I wanted to download a free app to my computer with Windows 8.1. To do that I had to get a Microsoft account first.

As I would later start the computer as Microsoft forced me to sign in with this account! This they have not received my permission to do.

/ Goran

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ANSWER. In both Windows 8 and Windows 10, there are two different modes:
one is called Local account . If you use it, you do not disclose any personal information, but you can use Windows as you have always done. In this situation, your privacy is protected.

The second mode uses a so-called Microsoft account. To use it, you must register and enter your personal information to Microsoft.
If you are running local account, you can still use your common applications and install new ones. You can surf as usual and you can log on to the example email, Facebook, Internet banking and SVT.

However, they require the store (Windows Store) where you thought home the new kind of apps that you run a Microsoft account . The same applies to the Microsoft services that become part of the operating system. Example, you must be signed in with a Microsoft account to sync your Windows settings between different gadgets.

Your decision . You can use Windows 8 and 10, both with and without login. Choose yourself!

Microsoft has of course two tanks behind Microsoft account. One is that Windows works smoothly if you are registered. Various services and applications can share information with each other and with various gadgets.

The second thought is that Microsoft will be able to expose you for advertising. If they know you’re doing, they can easily display custom advertising.

To require registration to get download apps is not unique. It is also something that Google does in Android and Apple in the iPhone and iPad.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to using a Microsoft account, and each user must decide whether we are willing to sacrifice a part of our integrity to take part of the new free services. But we must choose. We can not both eat your cake and have it too.

And if you believe that your privacy is important, I think you should use Local account . Read here how to replace here :

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