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> It's even worse when you activate Office 365. There is a small checkbox at the end which if you don't uncheck, converts your local administrator into your Mic

> It's even worse when you activate Office 365. There is a small checkbox at the end which if you don't uncheck, converts your local administrator into your Microsoft account.. Going back to a local administrator account is not an easy task. I'm not even sure it's possible, I've tried multiple approaches but gave up after almost having to do a clean install. Now I have to deal with an accountname that contains multiple characters that make WSL interactions with the windows paths a game of Russian roulette with shell quoting bullets.

nyuszika7h 4y ago
> Now I have to deal with an accountname that contains multiple characters that make WSL interactions with the windows paths a game of Russian roulette with shell quoting bullets. Really? For me, when I install Windows with a Microsoft account, it makes my username just something like "nyusz" rather than "nyuszika7h".
29athrowaway 5y ago
- nyjah 5y ago
  I saw this comment and began to wonder if it was necessary to make a throwaway to make your comment. But then I clicked the name and realized this account is used more than some random throwaway. Almost had me asking hn if we were abusing throwaway accounts.
- leshenka 5y ago
  Unlike Meta/Alphabet, Microsoft actually has something that’s not shameful
  - ahmedalsudani 5y ago
    You don't think any of those are "not shameful"? - Google search - Google maps - YouTube - FB Messenger/WhatsApp - Instagram - Oculus - FB Marketplace
    - throwuxiytayq 5y ago
      To be honest, yeah, I can't decide which one is the biggest anti-user shitshow. My personal favorite is YT which likes to make at least one universally disliked decision per year. But I'm sure everyone has their own.
    - michaelmrose 4y ago
      Facebook marketplace is full of stolen goods boosted by meth heads that they won't do anything about.
      - martin_a 4y ago
        All the sweet monthly active users and the ad revenue!
      - 29athrowaway 4y ago
        And Facebook groups are full of posts advertising impersonation services aimed to bypass background checks at jobs, notably delivery and ridesharing services, for people with criminal background and people that do not pass e-verify. I have reported them but Facebook won't do anything about them.
    - 29athrowaway 4y ago
      Where do you think they got the motivation to form monopolies in their respective areas?
  - rapind 4y ago
    Off the top of my head, Project Zero? I never forgave M$ for IE6 though, so I’m biased. A new generation is being lulled into thing they’re the good guys.
  - raxxorrax 4y ago
    That is a pretty low bar to have in tech. A few years ago spying on your users was seen as a grave sin. This was changed by large tech corporations that groomed their developers respectively so that they can justify it to themselves. So being the least bad tech company isn't too convincing.
    - bcg361 4y ago
      Who thinks spying on users is fine nowadays?
  - hoseja 4y ago
    >embrace
chillwaves 5y ago
Can't you just make a new local admin account and delete all traces of the other account, including in the registry?
- Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
  The word “just” is doing some heavy lifting there…
  - hef19898 4y ago
    So heavy I abandoned and went for a clean install and new Win10 license. Turned it was faster and easier.
hef19898 4y ago
Oh, I installed two OSes last year: Ubuntu on my then daily driver (it still is my private one) and a clean Windows ten on my son's laptop. That used to be my old back-up and had my old company account on it, in addition to his school teams account. I tried to convert it to a local admin and throw his educational MS Office license on it. It ended with buying a second market Win10 license (I bought two, only one worked) and a clean, new install. Everything else just failed. I'll never use a MS Account for anything again. That expends to MS Office subscriptions as well. I once bought one through (stupid, I know) GoDaddy as an extension to my domain mail service. It never worked, not once. I still paid for it, so. The user account didn't even exist on MS's end. Only way to get rid of it was to cancel the credit card behind it. MS stopped bothering me after two months of unpaid subscriptions...

nyuszika7h 4y ago

> Now I have to deal with an accountname that contains multiple characters that make WSL interactions with the windows paths a game of Russian roulette with shell quoting bullets. Really? For me, when I install Windows with a Microsoft account, it makes my username just something like "nyusz" rather than "nyuszika7h".

29athrowaway 5y ago

nyjah 5y ago
I saw this comment and began to wonder if it was necessary to make a throwaway to make your comment. But then I clicked the name and realized this account is used more than some random throwaway. Almost had me asking hn if we were abusing throwaway accounts.
leshenka 5y ago
Unlike Meta/Alphabet, Microsoft actually has something that’s not shameful
- ahmedalsudani 5y ago
  You don't think any of those are "not shameful"? - Google search - Google maps - YouTube - FB Messenger/WhatsApp - Instagram - Oculus - FB Marketplace
  - throwuxiytayq 5y ago
    To be honest, yeah, I can't decide which one is the biggest anti-user shitshow. My personal favorite is YT which likes to make at least one universally disliked decision per year. But I'm sure everyone has their own.
  - michaelmrose 4y ago
    Facebook marketplace is full of stolen goods boosted by meth heads that they won't do anything about.
    - martin_a 4y ago
      All the sweet monthly active users and the ad revenue!
    - 29athrowaway 4y ago
      And Facebook groups are full of posts advertising impersonation services aimed to bypass background checks at jobs, notably delivery and ridesharing services, for people with criminal background and people that do not pass e-verify. I have reported them but Facebook won't do anything about them.
  - 29athrowaway 4y ago
    Where do you think they got the motivation to form monopolies in their respective areas?
- rapind 4y ago
  Off the top of my head, Project Zero? I never forgave M$ for IE6 though, so I’m biased. A new generation is being lulled into thing they’re the good guys.
- raxxorrax 4y ago
  That is a pretty low bar to have in tech. A few years ago spying on your users was seen as a grave sin. This was changed by large tech corporations that groomed their developers respectively so that they can justify it to themselves. So being the least bad tech company isn't too convincing.
  - bcg361 4y ago
    Who thinks spying on users is fine nowadays?
- hoseja 4y ago
  >embrace

chillwaves 5y ago

Can't you just make a new local admin account and delete all traces of the other account, including in the registry?

Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
The word “just” is doing some heavy lifting there…
- hef19898 4y ago
  So heavy I abandoned and went for a clean install and new Win10 license. Turned it was faster and easier.

hef19898 4y ago

Oh, I installed two OSes last year: Ubuntu on my then daily driver (it still is my private one) and a clean Windows ten on my son's laptop. That used to be my old back-up and had my old company account on it, in addition to his school teams account. I tried to convert it to a local admin and throw his educational MS Office license on it. It ended with buying a second market Win10 license (I bought two, only one worked) and a clean, new install. Everything else just failed. I'll never use a MS Account for anything again. That expends to MS Office subscriptions as well. I once bought one through (stupid, I know) GoDaddy as an extension to my domain mail service. It never worked, not once. I still paid for it, so. The user account didn't even exist on MS's end. Only way to get rid of it was to cancel the credit card behind it. MS stopped bothering me after two months of unpaid subscriptions...