{"id":54584,"date":"2023-09-04T19:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=54584"},"modified":"2024-02-18T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T09:36:27","slug":"windows-11-create-local-user-without-microsoft-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/54584\/windows-11-create-local-user-without-microsoft-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11: create local user without Microsoft account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create a new local user in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft wants to encourage users to use a Microsoft account. This is already noticeable in the Windows installation, where a few pull-ups have to be made in order to create another local account. Even in the finished Windows, one first looks for how to create another local account.<\/p>\n<p>We look at how this can be done quickly in the Windows settings and also on the command line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/54584\/windows-11-create-local-user-without-microsoft-account\/#Video\" >Video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/54584\/windows-11-create-local-user-without-microsoft-account\/#Creating_a_local_account_in_the_settings\" >Creating a local account in the settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/54584\/windows-11-create-local-user-without-microsoft-account\/#Create_a_local_account_via_the_command_prompt\" >Create a local account via the command prompt<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video\"><\/span>Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g6MfZem8lP4?si=a57ctqCgaFlUO13D\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_local_account_in_the_settings\"><\/span>Creating a local account in the settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the graphical settings app. Here we go to the section &#8220;Accounts&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Other users&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_1.png 896w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_1-768x375.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here we can now add an account. First of all, Microsoft wants us to use a Microsoft account. We have the backdoor that we can click the link that we don&#8217;t have the credentials.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"662\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_2.png 720w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_2-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is not giving up yet and now wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62792\/vba-outlook-create-new-e-mail\/\" title=\"VBA Outlook: Create new e-mail\">create a new<\/a> account. Here, we now use the option to create the user without an account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_3.png 665w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_3-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we have reached our goal, we can now assign a local username, password and security questions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"590\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_4.png 664w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_4-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create_a_local_account_via_the_command_prompt\"><\/span>Create a local account via the command prompt<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The command prompt is quicker and does not require much clicking. We open this with admin rights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_5.png 707w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_5-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the following command we can now create a new user:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nnet user \"Username\" \"Password\" \/add\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"145\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_6.png 455w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_6-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Done! The user now appears in the accounts. Here we can also determine, for example, which rights the new user should have. By default, it has no admin rights. We can also remove and delete the account here. All data of the user will be deleted, just as a hint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_7.png 603w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/user_en_7-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a new local user in Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1559,1816],"class_list":["post-54584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-tutorial-en","tag-windows-11-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}