WINDOWS 10 Experts Please

AsheGuy wrote:
I don't believe any of the "experts" that have commented on this thread so far have addressed the fact that current Windows 10 versions default to the user of a new PC signing up for a Microsoft account with password. If the user of a Windows 10 PC is using a Microsoft account on their PC, they have to login with its password or they will not be able to access their content that is in the MS cloud rather than on their PC. Many new users are not aware enough of this to reject the MS default of using a Microsoft account and instead setting up a local account on their PC that will allow logging in with or without a password at the user's choice, and result in their documents being on their PC and not the MS cloud.

That leads to the question to the OP, which kind of account was set up on your PC. A PC can be setup with both account types and if that is the case for the OP, maybe that is what is causing the confusion.

OK, to refresh, I will also quote the original post..

DD716TED writes "Last week my New HP Desktop computer AGAIN installed an all to frequent update.. I have the computer set up to when turned on to start without entering a password. After the last update, 2 out of every 3 times when turned on, the computer prompts the wife for a password which we don't have.. I then have to turn the computer off for about 30 seconds and restart it again and it starts/signs on without entering a password and works fine. Not a pleasant experience for the DW or me who she summons every time it does this. Anyone else experienced this problem, and if so.. what corrective action did you take?"

OK, so, according to the info that DD716TED has given, they HAVE setup their new PC WITHOUT THE NEED TO ENTER PASSWORD.

It OBVIOUSLY WAS WORKING the way the OP wanted.

AFTER the PC received a WINDOWS UPDATE it NOW asks for a password 2 out of every three times the PC is turned on or rebooted.

OP says that THEY DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD, in other words, when they did the FIRST bootup, they SKIPPED the portion where Windows asks for a "memorable password" that you won't forget.

To skip the password setup, you simply leave the password BLANK, in other words you hit the ENTER KEY and OS will continue on without any password.

This SHOULD work regardless if you setup as a "local" or Online MS account and obviously the OP DID have it working.

Setting up with local account is easily accomplished by not giving Windows the password to the WiFi or having the PC connected via Ethernet while setting up. Just simply tell it to continue on without Internet. In other words, no Internet access until AFTER Windows has finished the first boot process.

MS has forced their online account on folks but you can work around it during initial setup but well worth it. You can always joint it to an online account afterwords if you like.. But it can be difficult to setup a local account after the fact short of reinstalling. Not everything in life must or should be part of the online steamroller 24/7.

It is nice to have the local account installed for those times where something online with MS Account gets borked..

Obviously, the OP did not want to have to enter a password at bootup, it was working, then quit working AFTER a Windows UPDATE.

Obviously, the UPDATE CHANGED SOMETHING to bring up the password screen.

With no password setup, the password screen should NEVER popup.

OP could try hitting an ENTER at the password screen (leaving the password empty or blank) and see if it logs in..