Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years. It's the right thing to do.

The end of Windows 10 support is near, forcing users to eventually switch to the newer Windows 11 operating system. No internet connection? No problem.

Microsoft is increasingly clamping down on methods for bypassing the Microsoft Account requirement for Windows 11.

Microsoft is removing more methods that help users create local Windows accounts and bypass the Microsoft account requirement when installing Windows 11.

Microsoft first quietly started testing improvements in Windows 11’s dark mode in August preview builds of the operating ...

The Windows setup process has generally required an Internet connection and Microsoft account sign-in since the Windows 11 ...

Windows Insider Program lead Amanda Langowski said in a blog post on Monday that those setup screens -- called the Windows Setup experience (or "out of box experience") -- are "critical" during ...

A long-running issue with the “Update and shutdown” feature in Windows 11 is finally getting fixed. After two years of user ...

Microsoft is now mandating the use of a Microsoft account during Windows 11 setup, removing workarounds for local account ...