It also helps keep users from being locked out of their account, writes Microsoft.

A local account also offers more security.

The good news is that these notifications can be easily disabled.

Microsoft will use the Windows 10 Settings app to nag users into creating an online account

Just go to configs > Privacy & security > General and then deselect everything.

It’s not been the best month for Windows.

First we heard that Microsoft could soon sneakmore adsinto the Start menu.

Then there was the former Microsoft dev who called the Start menu’s performance “comically bad.”

Microsoft also blamed abugfor automatically installing the Copilot app on some Windows 11 PCs without notifying users.