Follow some more steps to online create Microsoft family Account:
5. Choose Add Someone Else to Your PC.
Microsoft immediately complicates matters, as
shown in the How Will This Person Sign In? window, by asking for the new
account holder’s e‐mail address.
Microsoft is trying to say is that you can choose either of two types of accounts for your new account holder:
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Microsoft account: A Microsoft account is required for many Windows 10 features. A Microsoft account is simply an e‐mail address that links to Microsoft, its computers, and its billing department. Only Microsoft account holders can download apps from the Windows Store app, store files on an Internet storage space called OneDrive, and access other perks offered by a Microsoft account. To create a Microsoft account, go to the Step 6.
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Local account: Select this option for people not interested in Microsoft accounts and their privileges. It lets the person use your computer with an account specific to your computer. To create a Local account, click the words Sign in Without a Microsoft Account (Not Recommended) and then jump to Step 7.
Can’t decide which type of account to create?
Creating a Local account is always a safe bet. (Local account holders
who want or need the advantages of a Microsoft account can upgrade to
one at any time.)
6. Type the e-mail address of the new account
holder’s Microsoft account into the Email Address text box, click Next,
and then click Finish.
- The account will be waiting on the Sign In screen.
- When the person wants to use the computer, he chooses the account bearing his e‐mail address and then types in his Microsoft account password. Windows visits the Internet, and if e‐mail address and password match, the account is ready for action. You’ve finished.
7. Click the words Sign In without a Microsoft account (Not Recommended), shown at the bottom of the last figure.
- Alarmed that you’d consider choosing a lowly Local account over the wondrous Microsoft account, Microsoft displays a confirmation page with two buttons: Microsoft Account and Local Account.
- This tells Microsoft that yes, you really do want a Local account. (After all, Local account holders can always turn their account into a Microsoft account at any time.)
- A new screen appears, asking for a name for the account (username), the account’s password, and a password hint in case you forget the password.
- Use the person’s first name or nickname for the username. Choose a simple password and hint; the user can change them after he signs in.
- Tell the person his new username and password. His username will be waiting at the Sign In screen’s bottom-left corner for him to begin using the computer.
