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A Microsoft VP doesn't like forcing a Microsoft account in Windows.
This means the company may finally let you use a local account instead.
This is part of an effort to make Windows more reliable and friendly.
Microsoft has long prevented you from creating a local account to sign in to your Windows 11 PC. Instead, you're forced to use a Microsoft account even if you don't plan to use any of its associated features. Needless to say, that requirement has frustrated a lot of people. Now, a Microsoft VP has hinted that he's working on a way around this annoyance.
Improving the quality of Windows
In a Friday post on X, Microsoft Developer Community VP Scott Hanselman said that improving the quality of Windows is part of his new job. Hanselman pointed to a Microsoft blog post in which the company touted all the new features and fixes headed to the OS.
In response, one person pointed out that there was nothing in the blog post about removing the requirement to log in to an MS online account just to use the computer. And to that, Hanselman's reply was short and sweet, but hopeful: "Ya I hate that. Working on it."
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