On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 01:19:41PM -0500, William Park wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 10:14:51AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > > | From: [email protected] > > > > | I was impressed by the packaging and build quality of the computer. I was > > | not impressed by Windows 8.1, which is a real dog's breakfast of Selling > > | Stuff and Requesting All Your Information, and a really badly designed UI. > > > > When you first log into Win8.1, they want you to use a Microsoft > > identity (i.e. in the cloud). Only when you cancel do they offer you > > the choice of local credentials. This is not obvious and most folks > > get tricked. > > 1. If the network is not connected, then it will give you opportunity to > create "local" account.
So will being persistent about going back/canceling. It would sure be nice if it wasn't so insistent. > 2. When it asks for Microsoft id, type something common (ie. > user=abc@com, pass=abc) and it will complain, and give you "local" > account. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
