ThioJoe demonstrates an official method to set up a local account in Windows Pro without using a Microsoft account, explaining the limitations for Home Edition. He also critiques Microsoft's reasoning ...

When a bank's customer dies, a patchwork of rules and regulations that vary by jurisdiction creates a potential nightmare for survivors and creditors alike. The industry should converge around ...

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Microsoft is tightening the reins on new installations of Windows 11 with stricter Microsoft account requirements. As participants in the Windows Insider Program have ...

Microsoft is removing known workarounds for local account creation in Windows 11 setup (OOBE), effectively making a Microsoft Account (MSA) mandatory for most users. The company cites proper ...

This is important because: Microsoft is closing the side doors to offline setup. As familiar workarounds disappear, most people are guided toward a Microsoft account on day one, which narrows choice ...

A new report out today from Darktrace Ltd. details how attackers are exploiting virtual private servers to compromise software-as-a-service accounts, launch phishing campaigns and evade detection. The ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

Microsoft this month pushed out 133 patches for a broad swatch of software and apps and plugged a zero-day flaw in SQL Server. With 133 patches in its Patch Tuesday update this month, Microsoft ...

User login and password information for some of the most popular websites and services on the internet were exposed recently on an unprotected server. According to Wired, cyber researcher Jeremiah ...