August 29, 20223 yr Some time ago I came across a recommendation that when installing MSFS in Win10, a Local Account instead of Microsoft Account should be used. My understanding is that as long as the account has Administrator privileges the account type should not make a difference. Is there any technical basis for the Local Account recommendation ? Thanks zachlog
August 29, 20223 yr No problem if you're ok with the system Apps always signing in for your MS account, which I don't particularly like because for instance I have to access different services with different accounts from my laptop or desktop PCs... I always ellected to have a Local Account for my Windows operating systems. Did ytry it with an MS account but saw no advantage from it, so I reverted to Local account. Since I also always erase all data / cookies on exit from EDGE, I am not even plagued with the auto-login quirks that MS apps like to do... ( MS is not the only - MacOS and Android try the same ... ). Edited August 29, 20223 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 29, 20223 yr Local account vs Microsoft account should not matter. Always used Microsoft account on both Win10 and 11 and never had issues. CPU AMD Ryzen 9800X3D | GPU NVIDIA RTX 3080 | RAM 32 GB DDR5 6000
August 29, 20223 yr 7 hours ago, zachlog said: Some time ago I came across a recommendation that when installing MSFS in Win10, a Local Account instead of Microsoft Account should be used. My understanding is that as long as the account has Administrator privileges the account type should not make a difference. Is there any technical basis for the Local Account recommendation ? Thanks I thought it was the opposite. Recently I was in touch with Zendesk support, and IIRC one of the suggestions was to make sure the account is not local. 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
August 29, 20223 yr I have always used a Local Account as I do not agree with sharing data etc across multiple devices. The same with Google / Chrome accounts attempting to sync information across every platform you use. Chris Chris Ibbotson AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D / MSI AMD MPG x670E Carbon Motherboard / Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming OC 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card / Corsair DOMINATOR Titanium RGB Grey 64GB 6000MHz AMD EXPO DDR5 / NZXT C1200 Gold ATX 3.1 - Fully Modular Low-Noise PC Gaming Power Supply - 1200 Watts - 80 PLUS Gold / 48” UltraGear™ UHD 4K OLED Gaming Monitor / 40" Philips 4K LED Monitor / Honeycomb Alpha Yoke / Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant / WinWing Orion Rudder Pedals c/w dampener / WinWing Ursa Minor Airline Joystick / WinWing Airbus MCDU
November 2, 20223 yr Author On a related topic....after downloading MSFS (took under 5 minutes) and clicking "Install", approximately how long should the install run ? Mine has been running for about 7 hours. In MS Store, the display says "Installing..." and the (3) dots are blinking. Just want to know if this is normal behavior. zachlog
November 2, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, zachlog said: Just want to know if this is normal behavior. its normal...
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