Microsoft login vs. local login


  1. rtcary
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    Microsoft login vs. local login


    My Windows 10 Pro is accessed by me (administrator) using my Microsoft password.

    If I want to connect from another computer, I am asked for my password which I assume is a local one, which I do not have. Is there a way that I can keep using my Microsoft login yet have a local password? I do not want to give up my current organization.

    Many thanks...

    Todd

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  3. Wisewiz
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    Might your local password be your PIN?
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  4. NMI
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    rtcary said:
    My Windows 10 Pro is accessed by me (administrator) using my Microsoft password.

    If I want to connect from another computer, I am asked for my password which I assume is a local one, which I do not have.
    If I've understood your requirement, I believe your assumption is incorrect:

    RDP connection to computer with microsoft account
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  6. mngerhold
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    Assuming you are not using RDP, but merely trying to see something on a drive on the desktop machine from another PC over a local network, then when it asks for a password, it should also be asking for an account name to connect with, and that would be any name you use when you log in to the desktop, for which you presumably have a corresponding password?
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