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> Connecting with Microsoft accounts is only useful to enable Windows Hello. Otherwise, use local accounts only.

I have a Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 and a local-only account, and I log in with Windows Hello. Is that unusual or deprecated in Windows 11 or something?

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Do you use a security key?

It seems like you need a Microsoft Account otherwise.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sign-in-to-your-...

For Windows 10 that’s absolutely not the case, you can use any Windows Hello method you want with a local account. Most of that article is talking about security keys because they are more involved than Hello.

No security key, just my face. That link also seems to say it can be used without an online account. Hence my question.

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